Vatan Ve Namik Kemal (1951)

Name: Vatan Ve Namik Kemal
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-01-01T17:05:17+01:00
Rating: 4.5

Drama | 89 minutes

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Genre: Drama

Duration: 89 minuten

Alternative title: Namik Kemal and the Motherland

Country: Turkey

Directed by: Talat Artemel, Sami Ayanoglu and Cahide Sonku

Starst: Cahide Sonku, Cüneyt Gökçer and Talat Artemel

IMDb score: 6,7 (43)

Releasedate: 1 January 1951

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Vatan Ve Namik Kemal plot

The story of Poet Laureate Namik Kemal who, under the despotic regime of Sultan Abdülaziz, wants to make his people aware of the Western experience of freedom through his poems and columns. When his play "Vatan yahut Silistre" ("Silistria or the Fatherland") sparks a true revolt against the regime, Sultan Abdülaziz has had enough: he banishes Namik Kemal along with his two friends Ahmet Mithat and Ebüzziye Tevfik. to Cyprus.