Ten Women (On Kadın)

Described as a feminist work about the position of women, the Turkish drama On Kadın (Ten Women) was shot in color in 1987 by director Şerif Gören. It strings together the stories of women from different parts and classes of society as short films, and Türkan Şoray plays every one of them. Many identities for one actress make it a portrait gallery built around Şoray.

Among the women she plays are a villager, a bride, a journalist, a gypsy, a prostitute and a feminist; names such as Füsun and Zeliha also appear. Around her are Erdal Özyağcılar (Mahmut), Songül Ülkü (Kuma), Bilâl İnci (the father-in-law), Asuman Arsan (the mother-in-law), Bora Ayanoğlu (Fuat), Selma Tarcan (Sibel) and Oya Prosçiler (Yasemin). Okday Korunan is in the cast as well. Each segment centers on a different woman's life and the difficulties she meets.

The script is by Hüseyin Kuzu. Uzman Film made the picture, with Kadir Turgut and Ferit Turgut as producers. Erdal Kahraman was the cinematographer and Atilla Van the composer; the 35 mm film was dubbed at Lale Film and processed at Şafak Film. Each of the women Şoray plays was voiced by a different dubbing artist: Celile Toyon the villager, Bedia Ener the bride and Arsen Gürzap the journalist.