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‘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.

Voting still open for top Turkish movies

The voting, which had begun in June, to select the best 100 films of Turkish cinema as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the country’s cinema, will end soon. Nearly 289,000 people so far have voted and the cult 1970s series “Hababam Sınıfı” (Chaos Class) tops the list. The film is still the most-watched film on Turkish televisions.