Recep İvedik 2

Recep İvedik 2 is the second cinema outing of the rough-edged but lovable character created by Şahan Gökbakar. Released on February 13, 2009, it follows Recep İvedik (2008) and was succeeded by Recep İvedik 3 in 2010. The character first appeared in the comedy program Dikkat Şahan Çıkabilir, broadcast in 2005 and 2006. Reportedly the top-grossing Turkish film of 2009, it earned about 22.4 million dollars. Aksoy Film produced it and Özen Film distributed it.

The story revolves around Recep's only relative, his elderly, hairy grandmother. She wants her grandson to give up his aimless, unruly life and become a proper man, with a job, a salary, a partner and a happy life. Recep sets off to look for work and a wife, but turns every setting upside down. Cashiers, pharmacists, an agency office and even yakuza figure among the characters he meets. Şahan Gökbakar plays Recep and Gülsen Özbakan plays the grandmother, Pakize İvedik; Zeynep Çamcı, Esin Gündoğdu, Asiye Dinçsoy, Füsun Öztoprak, Efe Babacan and Çağrı Büyüksayar also appear.

Togan Gökbakar directed, with a screenplay credited to Togan Gökbakar, Şahan Gökbakar and Serkan Altuniğne. Mehmet Soyarslan and Faruk Aksoy produced, Oğuz Kaplangı composed and Ertunç Şenkay shot it. The character has stirred debate, and some groups have criticized the film.