Seddulbahir 32 Hours (Seddülbahir 32 Saat) (translated)

The Seddülbahir front of the Gallipoli Campaign is the subject of Seddülbahir 32 Saat (Seddulbahir 32 Hours), a four-part Turkish miniseries combining history, drama and war. It aired on TRT 1 from January 14 to February 4, 2016, and ran for a single season. Okur Film produced it, with Ahmet Okur as producer and Güven Kaprol as executive producer. Behind the camera are director Yasin Uslu, screenwriter Funda Çetin and cinematographers Çetin Çavan and Yusuf Atmaca.

The story is set in 1915 and follows the open-field battle, above all the clashes between Turkish soldiers and Anzac troops, through its incidents, episodes and human side. Okan Yalabık plays Cevat Paşa, İbrahim Çelikkol plays Mehmet, Dolunay Soysert plays Hatçe, Murat Ünalmış plays Mahmut Sabri, İlker Aksum plays Ramiz and Deniz Celiloğlu plays Yahya Çavuş. Emel Dede appears as Cemile, and Uğur Güneş, Hakan Kurtaş, Ahmet Mekin and Melahat Abbasova are also in the cast. Ziver Çiftçi plays İbrahim, Günnur Adıgüzel plays Zeliha, Şakir Güler plays Bayram, Özgür Onur Damar plays Yusuf Kenan, Mehmet Emin Kadıhan plays Muhittin and Olcay Uzun plays Seyfettin.

Roughly eight months of preparation preceded the shoot, which then lasted four months on location in Çanakkale. Erhan Akgün handled art direction and set design, and Yahya Tayyip Aydeniz served as project consultant.