The Mountain II (Dağ 2)

Alper Çağlar wrote and directed Dağ 2, a Turkish war and action drama released internationally as The Mountain II and also known as Brothers in Arms. It reached cinemas on November 4, 2016, as a follow-up to his 2012 film Dağ. About 3.6 million people saw it, making it the most-watched film of 2016. Its budget grew tenfold from the first film's 170,000 liras to 1.7 million. Filming used real weapons and armored vehicles, with special permission from the Turkish Armed Forces.

The story picks up six years after Oğuz and Bekir escaped captivity in the first film. Çağlar Ertuğrul plays Lieutenant Oğuz Çağlar and Ufuk Bayraktar plays Sergeant Bekir Özbey. The pair join the Special Forces 8th Combat Search and Rescue Team and are sent to free journalist Ceyda Balaban, played by Ahu Türkpençe, who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group in northern Iraq. This time several forces fight one another across the harsh terrain.

Besides writing and directing, Çağlar edited and produced the film; Mehmet Başaran shot it on 35 mm, and Mars Entertainment Group handled distribution. It runs 135 minutes. One reviewer called it a sincere story of comradeship, and it returned to cinemas on August 1, 2025.