Eyyvah Eyvah

Hakan Algül directed the Turkish comedy Eyyvah Eyvah ("Oh Dear, Oh Dear"), and Ata Demirer wrote it. Produced by BKM Film, it opened nationwide on 26 February 2010, runs 104 minutes and became one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of that year. Some sources date it to 2009, but its release was in 2010. Ata Demirer takes the lead, joined by Demet Akbağ and Şehsuvar Aktaş.

The story centres on Hüseyin, who lives with his grandparents in the Geyikli district of Çanakkale. A naive but good-hearted young man of nomadic Yörük stock, his great passion is the clarinet, and after it his heart belongs to Müjgan, the nurse at the local clinic. While life runs happily between music and his sweetheart, he learns that his father is alive and goes to Istanbul to trace him. There he meets Firuzan, a cheerful, motherly singer working on an album, who is uneducated but kind and helps him in his search. The journey changes the lives of everyone around Hüseyin, not only his own.

The film stood out among commercial comedies, and published reviews called it a well-joked, entertaining picture. Following its success, the series continued with Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011) and Eyyvah Eyvah 3.