The Return (Dönüş) (translated)

Dönüş (The Return) is a 1988 Turkish drama directed by Faruk Turgut. It adapts Osman Şahin's short story Son Cirit, and Turgut and Şahin wrote the screenplay together. Produced by Uzman Film and shot in color on 35 mm, its producers were Ferit Turgut and Kadir Turgut.

The story is set in the village of Hano, where the equestrian javelin game of cirit is taken very seriously. It follows the shifting emotions of a shepherd, Berde, caught up in the cirit rivalry between the lower and upper parts of the village. Berde is a man who came back from prison to take up shepherding in his village. Tarık Akan plays Berde and Nur Sürer plays Zerbo. Yaman Okay is İzollu and Mustafa Yavuz plays Şıh; Engin Çelik, Hilmi Poyraz and Raci Kiper are among the villagers.

Cahit Berkay composed the music, Salih Dikişçi was the cinematographer and İsmail Kalkan the editor. Esen Günay directed the dubbing and also voiced Tarık Akan.