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Ekin Koç
İsmet Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish actor and musician. Early life His father is Tourism Professional Vehbi Koç and his mother is banker Sefika Koç. Due to his father's job, he completed his primary education by studying at different schools. He completed his high school education at Aldemir Atilla Konuk Anatolian High School in Antalya. Koç left Antalya to study Business Administration (English) at the Istanbul Bilgi University and start to study online education sociology. Career Film His first movie was ''Senden Bana Kalan'', which is the adaptation of the Korean movie ''A Millionaire's First Love''. He played the main role "Özgür Arıca", for which he won an Ayhan Işık Special Award. Shortly after, he played the one eyed soldier "Mehmed" in the British movie '' Ali and Nino'', in which Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors. The movie is an adaptation of Kurban Said's novel (1937) and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He starred in ...
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2025 Sundance Film Festival
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival took place in person from January 23 to February 2, 2025, in Park City, Utah, Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, and online from January 30 to February 2. The first selection lineup was announced on December 11, 2024. It is one of the last editions to take place in Utah, as the festival announced it will be held in Boulder, Colorado, beginning with the 2027 edition. Films U.S. Dramatic Competition World Cinema Dramatic Competition U.S. Documentary Competition World Documentary Competition Premieres Next Midnight Spotlight From the Collection Episodic Episodic Pilot Family Matinee U.S. Fiction Short Films International Fiction Short Films Animated Short Films Nonfiction Short Films Awards Grand Jury Prizes * Grand Jury Prize Dramatic, U.S. Dramatic – ''Atropia'' by Hailey Gates * Grand Jury Prize Documentary, U.S. Documentary – ''Seeds'' by Brittany Shyne * World Cinema ...
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Ahmad Sanjar
Sanjar (, ; full name: ''Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah'') (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118,"SANJAR, Aḥmad b. Malekšāh"
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when he became the of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157.


Early years

Sanjar was born on 6 November 1086 in Sinjar, a town situated in northwestern

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Turkish Muslims
Islam is the most practiced religion in Turkey. Most Turkish people, Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. The established presence of Islam in the region that now constitutes modern Turkey dates back to the later half of the 11th century, when the Seljuk Empire, Seljuks started expanding into Eastern Anatolia Region, eastern Anatolia. While records count the number of Muslims as 99.8%, this is likely to be an overestimation; most surveys estimate lower numbers at around 94%. The most popular school of thought (maddhab) being the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam (about 90% of overall Muslim denominations). The remaining Muslim sects, forming about 9% of the Muslim population, consist of Alevis, Ja'faris (representing 1%) and Alawites (with an estimated population of around 500,000 to 1 million, or about 1%). There is also a minority of Sufism, Sufi and non-denominational Muslims. History Islamic empires During the Muslim conquests of the 7th a ...
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1992 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman province The Roman provinces (, pl. ) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as Roman g ...s divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chine ...
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Taş Kağıt Makas
Taş is a Turkish word meaning "stone", often used as a surname, it may refer to: *Asya Nur Taş (born 1994), Turkish individual and group rhythmic gymnast * Atilla Taş (born 1975), Turkish singer * Ayşe Taş (born 1987), Turkish female boxer * Aysel Taş (born 1964), Bulgarian born Turkish female javelin thrower * Coşkun Taş (1935-2024), Turkish footballer * Didem Taş (born 1992), Turkish women's footballer * Erol Taş (1928–1998), Turkish actor * Mehmet Taş (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Nizamettin Taş (born 1961), Turkish military commander of Kurdish separatist organization PKK * Yakup Taş Yakup Taş (16 June 1959 – 7 February 2023) was a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party who was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from 2018 until his death. He represented the electorate of Adıyaman. Ta ... (1959–2023), Turkish politician See also * TAS/Tas {{DEFAULTSORT:Tas Turkish-language surnames ...
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Sultan Ahmed I
Ahmed I ( '; ; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no longer systematically execute their brothers upon accession to the throne. He is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey. Early life Ahmed was born at the Manisa Palace, Manisa, probably on 18 April 1590, when his father Mehmed was still a prince and the governor of the Sanjak of Manisa. His mother was Handan Sultan. After his grandfather Murad III's death in 1595, his father came to Constantinople and ascended the throne as Sultan Mehmed III. Mehmed ordered the execution of his nineteen half brothers. Ahmed's elder brother Şehzade Mahmud was also executed by his father Mehmed on 7 June 1603, just before Mehmed's own death on 22 December 1603. Mahmud was buried along with his ...
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The Things You Kill
''The Things You Kill'' is a 2025 mystery film written and directed by Alireza Khatami. The film stars Ekin Koç as a university professor who solicits his gardener to seek vengeance after the suspicious death of his mother. Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, and Ercan Kesal provide supporting roles. Khatami, Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarsk, and Michael Solomon co-produced the movie. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Synopsis Ali, a Turkish-born university professor teaching in the United States, is enraged by the suspicious circumstances of his ailing mother's death in Turkey. During his grieving process, Ali reveals his resentment for his estranged father and befriends a gardener named Reza whom he enlists to avenge his mother's death. Cast *Ekin Koç as Ali, a Turkish university professor teaching in the United States *Erkan Kolçak Köstendil as Reza, a gardener that Ali ...
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Make Me Believe (film)
''Make Me Believe'' () is a 2023 Turkish romantic comedy film directed by Evren Karabiyik Günaydin and Murat Saraçoglu and starring Ayça Ayşin Turan and Ekin Koç. Cast *Ayça Ayşin Turan as Sahra *Ekin Koç as Deniz * Çağla Irmak as Ahu *Cagri Citanak as Ulas *Kemal Okan Özkan as Kerem *Bülent Gültekin as Mert * Yildiz Kültür as Aysel * Zerrin Sümer as Semiha Reception A critic from ''Collider'' wrote that "''Make Me Believe'' has created a world that the viewer can get lost in. The dreamily-paced romantic developments which build between the beautiful actors are supported by stunning visual backdrops of sparkling seas, sun-dappled quaint towns, and ancient rocky coastlines". A critic from ''Common Sense Media'' rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "''Make Me Believe'' is a fumbling, formulaic romcom in which two self-absorbed singles are pushed together by their meddling grandmothers". A critic from ''LeisureByte'' wrote that "It is like every a ...
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Burning Days
''Burning Days'' () is a Turkish-French drama film, directed by Emin Alper and released in 2022. The film centres on Emre (Selahattin Paşalı), a lawyer newly appointed as the state prosecutor in a small drought-ridden town plagued by sinkholes, who is drawn into political conflicts around local corruption, with his authority challenged both by being drugged at a party where a young woman named Peknez (Eylul Ersoz) was raped, as well as by allegations that he is having a sexual relationship with Murat ( Ekin Koç), the editor of the local anti-establishment newspaper. The cast also includes Erol Babaoglu, Erdem Senocak, Selin Yeninci, Sinan Demirer, Nizam Namidar, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Onur Gürçay, Mehmet Kervanci, Hatice Aslan, Gönenç Acaroglu, Salih Aydin, Tuncay Demiras, Mustafa Elma and Enver Husrevoglu. Distribution The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm. It had its Turkish pr ...
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Brother's Keeper (2021 Film)
''Brother's Keeper'' () is a 2021 Turkish drama film directed by Ferit Karahan. Cast * Samet Yıldız - Jusuf * Ekin Koç İsmet Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish actor and musician. Early life His father is Tourism Professional Vehbi Koç and his mother is banker Sefika Koç. Due to his father's job, he completed his primary education by studying at dif ... - Selim * - Headmaster * Cansu Fırıncı - Hamza * Melih Selçuk - Kenan * Nurullah Alaca - Memo References External links * 2021 drama films Turkish drama films 2020s Turkish-language films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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Succession (TV Series)
''Succession'' is an American Satire (film and television), satirical black comedy, black comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong that aired for four seasons on HBO from June 3, 2018, to May 28, 2023. The series centers on the Roy family, the owners of global media and entertainment Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family's Patriarchy, patriarch. Brian Cox (actor), Brian Cox portrays the family patriarch Logan Roy. His children are played by Alan Ruck as Connor Roy, Connor, Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, Kendall, Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, Roman, and Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy, Shiv. Other starring cast members are Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans, Shiv's husband and Waystar executive; Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Logan's grandnephew also employed by the company; Hiam Abbass as List of Succession characters#Marcia Roy, Marcia, Logan's third wife; and Peter ...
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