Motherland (Ana Yurdu)

Motherland (Turkish: Ana Yurdu) is a 2015 Turkish-Greek co-production drama written and directed by Senem Tüzen in her feature debut. The film premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in September 2015, screening in the International Film Critics' Week section. It stars Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihal Koldaş, Fatma Kısa and Semih Aydın.

The story follows a divorced urban woman who leaves her life in Istanbul behind and retreats to her ancestral village in Anatolia to write a book. Nesrin's plan for solitude in her late grandmother's house is upended when her mother arrives uninvited and refuses to leave. As tension mounts between the conservative mother and her daughter, the writing stalls and the two women are forced into a dark confrontation. The film received numerous honors at the Adana Golden Boll and Ankara film festivals and from the Turkish Film Critics Association.