Best Turkish mystery movies

Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.

A beautiful girl who has everything. A sudden car crash, and her heart stops for a few minutes. When she wakes up, everyone assures that everything’s alright. But she knows it isn’t. Because she cant remember her final month; a September of her life is missing.

Upon turning eight-teen, Salih leaves the orphanage to find his lost family and begins working in a Serbian farm. Suddenly, at the most unexpected moment he has found a home. Will he ever be able to let go of the ghosts of his past and be happy in this new life? As tension escalates disquieting secrets surface. A gripping tale of family, love and identity, My Mother's Wound follows Salih as he searches for a trail of hope amongst war-torn lives.

In a place where there is no time, a traveler comes to an unnamed village where we do not know where on the map. The weary traveler is a messenger. They have stories to tell, words to say.

In a poor neighbourhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighbourhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing them to give away their innermost secrets.

In the quiet foothills of Turkey, Faik lives an isolated existence. When his second son brings his boys for a visit, Faik takes the opportunity to pontificate about the law of the land, as he sees it. He shares one unsolicited thought after the next, most particularly focusing on the elusive nomads whom he suspects have been trespassing on his property. The day and night wear on, and each member of the clan takes his turn entrusting the film's audience with his own dark secret.

As dismembered legs begin appearing across Istanbul, Commissioner Fatih and his partner Doruk—a U.S.-trained forensic psychiatrist—race to catch the killer, even as Doruk’s wife Beyza, haunted by mysterious blackouts, discovers a chilling connection between her missing time and the victims.

Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.

A woman is searching for a face in photographs taken by a photographer. The face she hopes to meet one day belongs to a watch repairman, but the shop has long since closed.

Scream, called the first Turkish horror/thriller film, deals with the story of a doctor who takes refuge in a mansion on a stormy night and meets a young girl who has been driven crazy by her uncle because of an inheritance issue there. Unfortunately, there is no extant copy of the film.

During the period of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a woman who reluctantly went to a gloomy Istanbul mansion as a bride, and the mysterious owner of the mansion, will go on a journey to the dark secrets of the past together.

A quirky receptionist in a hotel in Istanbul welcomes guests as they tumble upon their daily struggles, all to end up in a mix of chaos and dread after the arrival of a mysterious man who declares that he is their patron Saint.

A confused script writer takes refuge in the ruins of a Byzantine church at a remote village while looking for locations for his next film.

Yunus is a man struggling with a past filled with secrets and pain, crushed by a talent he cannot decide is a curse or a gift. In the hope of finding a small house where he can rest and find peace, he knocks on the door of Sema Real Estate. Will the journey he undertakes to his childhood and past in the House of Nightmares help lighten his soul and lead him to the path to that distant land he has always seen in his dreams?

Taner is a successful, wealthy, ambitious, and powerful businessman. His life, built on the pink lies he shares with his wife Filiz, is turned upside down by an advertisement he sees on television and in magazines. "Missed Opportunities Limited: Reclaiming the opportunities you’ve missed is no longer difficult!” Will Taner emerge profitable from the deal he enters into to reclaim the opportunities he’s missed, or will he fall victim to the schemes of Fuat Bey, the owner of Missed Opportunities Limited?

A barber working in Istanbul longs to be ‘both here and far, far away’. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people disappear one by one.

Gulyabani is an entity, a ghoul, an outsider. She’s the restless spirit of a desolate and lonely place. Fethiye Sessiz, a notorious clairvoyant from Izmir in 1970s and 1980s, remembers fractions of her survival from abuse, kidnappings and violence. Recounting the events of her childhood through her diary and letters to her estranged son, Gulyabani recollects the emotional landscape in the most violent period of post-Republic Turkey, where the memory of the future and fragments of the past come together at once.

Sükran's son Veysel works in a factory. Suffering as a result of her husband's political actions, she tries to save her son from the same fate.

Ten years after being thrown out of her parental home, Nur hears that her mother is at death's door. Taking her young daughter with her, Nur hurries back to her father's world to see, and reconcile with her mother before it is too late. While the universal theme of mother-daughter relationships lies at the centre of the film, this is underpinned by an allusive subtext of incest, one of most common but least addressed social problems in Turkey. The individual stories of the family members combine with a sense of hope fuelled by tragedy to paint a portrait of the socially disconnected.

On a snowy day, little Ali's sister and sister are killed by a wildly uncertain man. Years later, Ali will not be able to take over the psychological impact of the incident and things will become terrible.

Mustafa lives in Kars with his 8 years old disabled son Rıza and his wife Suna.

Aslı is a senior at the Fine Arts Faculty, majoring in painting. She borrows an antique, original book from a professor she greatly admires. That day, she loses her bag, which contains the book. However, she cannot remember where or how she lost her bag. Her closest friend, Nevin, a senior at the Faculty of Medicine, takes Aslı, who is becoming increasingly depressed as she tries to remember how she lost the book, to a psychiatrist. Psychiatrist Dr. Melih is a scientist with strict scientific ideas. As soon as he sees Aslı, he makes his diagnosis: Dissociative Amnesia. And he wants to apply the treatment that best responds to this diagnosis. Hypnosis... Aslı initially hesitates but eventually agrees to undergo hypnosis.

In a dystopian Turkey, the Government begins installing new TV antennas to homes throughout the country. Mehmet, a superintendent at a crumbling apartment complex, has to supervise the installation of the new antenna. When the broadcast it transmits begins to menace the residents of the apartment complex. Mehmet must seek out the spiteful entity. The night bulletin reflects the oppressed society of today's Turkey where freedom of speech is in jeopardy.

Sait, a man committed to his faith, has turned his back on the material world. This peaceful existence is shattered by a news story he sees on television and a municipal worker who comes knocking on his door in the middle of the night.

Sevil is one of the actresses of old Turkish movies that are now forgotten. As a result of the surprising offer he received at a time when he was hoping to work, he agreed for a new series of film projects. It is placed in the House of Nightmares in the town where the embankment is located. However, what he sees and sees in this house leads him step by step into the unused pool of the house. Will Sevil continue on her way with the big secret she discovered in the pool, or will she get her soul deserved freedom by listening to the voices coming through at the expense of losing the secret?

A girl, troubled by thoughts of her future, fades into the overwhelming darkness of nighttime Istanbul

A film about the conscience reckoning of three sinners. The paths of three sinners who do not know each other cross at an unexpected moment. The team escapes the sins they have committed and hides in the same cave to escape the terrible storm. Three sinners await their deaths when the exits of the cave where they hid to survive are closed due to a landslide.

A commissioner and his deputy, two members of the secret police department called the "Blue Bureau", conduct criminal investigations of paranormal-related incidents.

Adem lives a repetitive and monotonous life until he finds himself caught between reality and a virtual world. In this perplexing realm, he encounters an AI assistant that forces him to confront his past. As Adem interacts with the AI and unravels the mysteries surrounding him, he begins to question his own identity and the very nature of his existence. This journey into the unknown challenges everything he thought he knew and leads him on an unexpected path that will change his life forever.

The theater actor, Gülseren, is unable to relieve the pain of her husband Hilmi and her daughter Melisa, which she lost as a result of an accident. As a result of the pressures and insistence of his surroundings, he moves away from his house in order to find peace and come to the Nightmares House. A woman in a shady costume, who comes across in unexpected moments while thinking that she is getting away from all her pain, turns her entire balance upside down. While trying to solve the mystery of this woman with the help of Realtor Sema, Gülseren has to confront her daughter and her husband, on the one hand, and to resist the instant loss of time. Is this woman an ambassador, as Gülseren argues, taking the lost souls away and taking them to where they belong? All the answers are hidden in this shady woman and time is decreasing from time to time, autumn leaves its place to a winter fairy tale.

An introvert party goer in '60s makes it a habit of kidnapping meretricious female models to hidden spots out to wild nature to rape them, and of returning them to their homes nevermore.

Discharged from the mental institution after a long treatment, Derya (Z.Gencer) returns to her village, where her mother lives (G.Ökten). While trying hard to forget her miserable memories, including her son's tragic demise, her life completely changes due to a job offer by Sema Emlak.

A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting task is plunged into a web of mystery and intrigue when the watchmaker innocently witnesses the murder of a beautiful woman on his first day in the village.

Tas (Rock) is a film that presents a cross-section of the life of a family living a hard life in the countryside. It is a touch of sadness in the life of people living in nature- even as a part of it. And that life is nothing more than the waiting of a woman and man who lost their son. After waiting for many years, the family tries to get rid of the uncertainty by believing that the wounded man they found at the door is Selim (Ahmet Varli), their son.

Demet and Özgür are married couple spending night full of nightmares. They are afraid to even mention each other of their ghosts who come to visit them every night. Finally, they decide to change their homes. Their daughter, Nisan, and their servants, also move to the Nightmares House, temporarily. However, the visits continue here. There is nothing left to do. It's time to face themselves, their fears and their ghosts. The real surprise is about their assistant Saniye Hanım.

Müyesser is a disabled old woman dependent on her daughter-in-law's care. She can neither walk nor speak. In the mansion where they have just moved due to her son's new occupation, Müyesser meets a mysterious guest awaited for years, who proposes a last dance with her.

A woman is living alone at home, having an abortion want to get rid of her baby in the stomach. But it will not be as easy as she has expected.

Internet network has spread into every home Dabbe, under the command of electromagnetic systems all over the world with demons and shadow assets were seized.

The tragic conflict between Korkut, a history student working in the library, and a dark shaman of Altai Turkic descent.

Derya works in a bank's call centers to support her elderly mother. One day her life is suddenly turned upside down as she begins to hear a strange voice whispering to her. The source of the voice is a mystery and it tells her things and facts no-one else would know. Word gets out, and many in the community start to believe she is receiving messages from the divine. But soon the voice starts to become louder and louder, its tone becomes more and more threatening and Derya’s life starts spiraling into a nightmare.

Within a single space, the director treats the sorrows of two people married to each other.

At a historic Istanbul hotel, a journalist is thrust into the past and must stop a plot from unfolding that could change the fate of modern Turkey.

Melis, a PhD students meets with a 70's erotic movie star to write a thesis on her career and the period. As Melis keeps interviewing her, she realizes this former star Alev Hanzade has a blurry past and dark secrets.

Forty-year-old Günel, whose only passion in life is to photograph inanimate objects, meets an energetic and sympathetic Şefik during the free Cyprus holiday that she won in the company lottery. The holiday, which starts with a beer in a luxury villa, by the pool, becomes unpleasant when Günel breaks his leg. Her only solace is meeting Nazli, who has the same name as her neighbor in Istanbul and is a nurse just like her. Watching Şefik in the neighboring villa out of distress, Günel witnesses an unexpected… murder? He can't be sure because of the hot weather and the drugs he takes.

An American in Istanbul gets entangled in the affairs of a melancholic aristocrat and her son Haldun, leading him slowly into a dangerous web through many secret layers of the city.

Meral is a divorced mother living with her six-year-old daughter Elif. One day, Elif disappears. Despite all efforts to search for her, she in not found. Meral’s former husband and lawyer Turgay take part in the search. During their investigation, Meral and Turgay become clo ser. A love relationship starts between these two loners.

Mert, a successful businessman who is well-liked by those around him, is also an obsessive person with a compulsion for order. After falling in love with Beren, it is impossible to know what will happen within the framework of Mert's flawless plans to win her over. No one can even guess Beren's secret secrets.

A man takes his seat for an interview. The questions begin, but something feels off. Who is he really talking to?

Emin, a Syrian refugee in dire straits, crosses paths with Ines, a journalist who is half Turkish and half French.

At the beginning of the story, Alp and Furkan go for a walk. Alp hears a sound through the forest as he walks along the path. This sound is the first sign that events will develop surprisingly.

In the midst of global pandemic, a trending voice chat platform becomes a lifeline for a group of friends seeking connection and solace. Their lives take an unexpected turn overnight when a mysterious stranger enters their chat room.

It is near future story in Anatolia. There is no indication of time and place, an post-apocalyptic world that ruled over by primitive technology. Zait, a loyal mine worker who works for a mine factory which is managed by unknowns, declares war against the factory.

English feature film. a group of original six short movies, with a variety of style and presentation. featuring exciting artistic elements comprised of drama, horror, Sci-fi, mystery and crime.

Political and social processes in recent and current Turkish political history.

On their first night at a new, secluded house, a couple (Esin Harvey, Gorkem Mertsoz) encounter the mysterious woman (Derya Alabora - A Most Wanted Man, When We Leave) who claims it to be her home.

Benjamin is a young poet from Turkey, works in Bosnia as a volunteer to help the extrication of dead bodies from the mass graves. He comes to Bosnia in order to escape from his past. A childish game of Benjamin causes Joseph's lover-Zeliha's dead. The psychological pressure of his job revives his past in his dreams. Zrinka is Serbian-Bosnian psychologist who is helping to the people in post war syndromes.Benjamin meets her committing suicide on Mostar Bridge.By the time they fall in love. She releases Benjamin from his qualms of conscience. Benjamin goes back to Turkey to face with his brother and past. Zrinka saw a dream something bad happened to Benjamin. She goes to Turkey but she finds secrets and new description of love.

Ayşim, who graduated from the boarding school she attended fourteen years ago, faints when she returns home. Dr. Tarık, who comes to the house to examine her, says that Ayşim needs attention. The people living in the house try to be kind to the young girl. However, Ömer, the head of the household, is not happy about Ayşim's return. Ömer's constant attempts to belittle Ayşim begin to unsettle everyone in the house. Ayşim, who is trying to adjust to life at home, begins to realize that the others are hiding something from her.

The story of a journalist trying to solve a murder case.

A psychopath serial killer and a necrophiliac rapist wearing a Halloween mask and gloves chooses victims based on the fact that their first initial is the same as the district in which he kills them.

Tension has long simmered between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish separatists in southeastern Anatolia and, in 2015, the conflict escalated into a military lockdown.  Given the lack of media coverage, locals began filming the empty streets in single-take, one-hour clips which were posted to the internet and then vanished.  Coinciding with this event is the falling of the Leonids, a spectacular meteor shower which emblazons the black skies with impermanent light. 

Ozan and Atilla are two colleagues who travel from village to village making a TV program about local life and foods. They come a mysterious village in Dikili. Ozan drinks Aunt Emine's fruit juice and his life changes.

Osman is a jealous and proud gentleman. Zala, who must have married him at a young age is unhappy. Avci, caught in a storm and had to take refuge in his hut, is an attractive young man who knows how to take advantage of his environment.

Head guard Hamza and his team conduct a headcount every morning at the prison. One day, during a routine check, they find one or two bodies in each cell they enter. There are no signs of beating, injury, or strangulation on the bodies of the ten prisoners found dead in eight cells. The other prisoners in the cells also make no statement about the incident. Selin Korkmaz from the intelligence agency and Chief Inspector Erol Haktan from the homicide department are assigned to investigate the incident. The two begin their investigation by quarantining the prison and questioning everyone inside. As Erol and Selin meticulously investigate every detail to solve the mystery of the murders, they uncover shocking truths with each "lock" they open.