The Abandoned (Terkedilmiş) (translated)

Terkedilmiş ("The Abandoned") is a 2015 Turkish drama written and directed by Korhan Uğur, his second feature film. It tells of a Syrian migrant family that has fled war and runs into an organ mafia. The story is built around an illegal operation that ties together the lives of nine people, and events take place in İzmir.

Levent Ülgen plays a rich man, Hakan Vanlı a homeless man, Sema Şimşek a nurse and Hakkı Ergök a doctor. Neriman Uğur plays the homeless man's wife, Burak Sarımola an ambulance driver and Mahmut Gökgöz the father of a kidney patient. The two migrant characters are played by the Azerbaijani actors Gönül Nagiyeva and Kamran Ağabalayev; Nagiyeva's character is the migrant who becomes an organ donor.

Shooting took about two weeks and the film reached cinemas on May 15, 2015. Saygın Film produced it and The Moments Entertainment distributed it; the producers include Mustafa Saygın, Hakan Ordu and Korhan Uğur. Ali Cihan Yılmaz was the cinematographer and Fatih Yılmaz the editor.