Ferit who works as a reporter on a newspaper, makes fake news about the olive oil king Hulusi. One day he writes that he adds machine oils to his oils, another day he writes that his daughter Alev hangs up with men and prints her photos. Actually the married man seen in the photos is Alev's cousin.
Acting
Tarık Akan's smug reporter face is perfectly punchable.
Production
Istanbul newsroom authenticity, typewriters and all.
Costume
Alev's wardrobe screams wronged socialite perfection.
Director
Orhan Aksoy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This satirizes Turkey's 1970s yellow press wars, when rival newspapers literally fabricated scandals to sell copies.
Müjde Ar became the era's queen of 'wronged woman' roles; this was her breakout. The cousin-misidentification plot was lifted from an actual 1972 lawsuit.
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