Exile (Sürgün) (translated)

Sürgün (Exile) is a 2013 Turkish drama film directed by Erol Özlevi. Adapted from Rıdvan Akar's book The Last Exiles of Istanbul with a screenplay by Selin Tunç and produced by Türker İnanoğlu, the story unfolds on Büyükada Island in 1964, placing a love affair at the heart of the era's tense political climate.

The film follows the impossible love between Eleni, the daughter of a wealthy Greek family, and Sedat, the son of an island carriage driver. Inseparable since childhood and fellow students at the Faculty of Literature, the couple's dreams of marriage collapse under the religious and financial gulf between their families and the worsening of Turkish-Greek relations; a law forcing Greek nationals to leave the country seals their fate. Saadet Aksoy and Tolgahan Sayışman star, with Mahir Günşıray as Eleni's father Stavro, alongside Ruhsar Öcal, Macit Sonkan and Tuğçe Kumral.