A massive explosion rips though a busy street in Istanbul, Turkey. 95 people are dead; 30 Americans and 5 British. The massacre sends shock waves from Turkey to London and Washington, DC. A new terrorist organization is behind the attack. The explosion is just the beginning. Labyrinth' is the code name of the operation conducted by Turkish intelligence to stop a second, more devastating attack that will plunge Turkey, the only democratic Muslim country in the region, into chaos and destroy the fragile balance of the Middle East. After the initial attack, Turkey becomes a battlefront for terrorists and Turkish, British and American intelligence officers. Everyone has his own agenda in the fight that stretches from Istanbul to Eastern Turkey and from Frankfurt to Northern Iraq.
Production
Istanbul location work that Hollywood would bankrupt itself replicating.
Writing
Intelligence officers who actually act like exhausted bureaucrats with guns.
Director
Tolga Örnek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Turkey's strained NATO relations, the film's sympathetic military portrayal drew government support—making its bureaucratic cynicism even more fascinating.
Örnek cast actual Turkish intelligence veterans as extras; Esen shadowed an MIT officer for three months, explaining Fikret's convincingly tired posture.
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