Bitter Fate (Acı Kader) (translated)

Acı Kader (Bitter Fate) is a color Turkish drama made in 1990, part of the arabesque film tradition in which singers took the lead roles. Yücel Uçanoğlu, who also wrote the screenplay, directed it; the producer was Feridun Kete and the production company Ferkan Film. Ümit Ardabak handled the cinematography and Erol Karaşıray was chief of lighting. The music comes from Ceylan, who also plays the lead.

The singer Ceylan plays a character who bears his own name. Aslıhan Tükel plays Asiye, Bahadır Tok is Mesut, Bülent Polat is Mustafa, Nilgün Ceylan is Nilay and Nilgün Can is Cevriye. Zuhal Üstüntaş appears as the mother and Turgut Özatay as the foreman, with Gül Kocal, Rafet Kalkan and Onur Pekcan also in the cast. Bahadır Tok is dubbed in the film by Kerem Alışık.