''Recep İvedik'' is a

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movie starring

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, which was released on February 21, 2008. It was filmed after the character of Recep İvedik was caught on TV. The trailer of the film, whose trailer was watched approximately 5 million 750 thousand times on the video sharing site

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as of March 2008, was released on February 21, 2008 with 230 copies after the great interest it received. Watched by 791,536 people in the first three days, Recep İvedik ranked second in the list of the most watched films in Turkey in the first 3 days. It was watched by 3 million 150 thousand people in 17 days.

Storyline

The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover. When Recep comes sees Sibel, he starts to remember the old days. From there on he goes into very ridiculous lengths to impress her. The story gets a bit complicated when Recep comes across many obstacles but overcomes everything in his own funny ways.

Cast

as Recep İvedik * Fatma Toptaş as Sibel * Tuluğ Çizgen as Sibel's mother * Lemi Filozof as Fazil * Hakan Bilgin as Müdür

Sequels

External links

* for the film (Turkish) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Recep Ivedik 2008 films 2008 comedy films Films set in Istanbul Films set in Turkey Fictional Turkish people Turkish comedy films 2000s Turkish-language films