‘Dry Summer’ selected best movie in Turkish cinema

The first internationally-awarded film of Turkey ‘Susuz Yaz’ (Dry Summer) has been selected as the best film of Turkish cinema during online voting that started in June The online voting, which was initiated by the Culture and Tourism Ministry in June to select the top 100 films of Turkish cinema as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the country’s cinema, has ended. According to the result, Metin Erksan’s “Susuz Yaz” (Dry Summer), which brought the first international award to Turkey, has been voted the best film of Turkish cinema.

Speaking about the results, Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik said 300 films, selected from a list of 500 films determined by academics, professional societies and nongovernmental organizations were presented to the public for the first time for the voting.

He said more than 360,000 people voted, adding, “This is one of the widest participated works in the history of Turkish cinema. Among the most voted first 10 films, ‘Susuz Yaz’ received 22,582 votes and ranked first. The second film is ‘Hababam Sınıfı’ [The Hababam Class] with more than 19,000 votes. It is followed by ‘Babam ve Oğlum’ [My Father and My Son] with some 12,000 votes, and ‘Eşkiya’ [The Bandit], which is also my favorite, with more than 2,000 votes.”

Çelik said the films “Canım Kardeşim” (My Dear Brother), “Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım” (The Girl with the Red Scarf), “Züğürt Ağa” (The Agha), “Yol” (The Way), “Vizontele” and “Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da” (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) were also among the top 10 movies...