07 Jan 2005
Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Eyna Bejnê
Her guerilla friends find out that Sakîne has never seen herself in a mirror. So they go on the quest to transport a tall mirror up into the mountains.
Top Billed Cast
Sabriye Îke Sakîne
Sadiq Cudî Cudî
Harûn Hêvî Saît
Hêvî Şanoger Piling
Tofan Şîlan Rençber
Bedrî Zevkî Serleşker Bedrî
Ronahî Huner Serleşker Newroz
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