The Republic (Cumhuriyet) (translated)

Cumhuriyet (The Republic) is a historical film from 1998; Ziya Öztan directed and Turgut Özakman wrote the script. It was made by TRT and shown on TRT 1 on October 30, 1998. It was prepared after the series Kurtuluş about the War of Independence, and it was among the biggest-budget productions of its time. The film covers the period from the Mudanya Armistice, around 1922, to the mid-1930s and the first years of the Republic.

It follows the political work of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Rutkay Aziz) alongside his private life. It opens with İzmir in the joy of victory; Latife Hanım (Dolunay Soysert), whose house serves as the commander-in-chief's headquarters, admires Mustafa Kemal. At the Çankaya residence, Fikriye Hanım (Hülya Aksular) looks after Zübeyde Hanım (Macide Tanır) and the small Abdürrahim, hides her illness, and is eventually sent to a sanatorium in Munich. Later parts deal with the abolition of the sultanate, the choice of a new caliph, the Lausanne talks and treaty, the proclamation of the Republic, the Civil Code, the closing of the dervish lodges, the trial over an assassination plot, the alphabet reform and membership of the League of Nations.

İsmet İnönü is played by Savaş Dinçel, Halide Edip Adıvar by Ayda Aksel, Abdülmecid by Tamer Levent, Reşit Galip by Çetin Tekindor and Ziya Hurşit by Tarık Ünlüoğlu.