Etyen Mahçupyan
Writing
Biography
Etyen Mahçupyan (born 9 March 1950) is a Armenian journalist, writer and columnist from Turkey. He served as the senior adviser to Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu from 2014 to 2015. Mahçupyan was the screenplay writer of the movies Pains of Autumn and Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds and he also hosted several TV programs.
Known For
During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durmuş a job at the inn. However, making a living by serving as a porter is not in line with Durmuş's ambitions. He wants everything Halit Bey has, the inn owner. Halit Bey begins to dispose of his property in order to pay the tax stipulated to his beloved wife Nora, who was treated in a nursing home. Wealth Tax has begun to affect everyone's destiny.
Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds
When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the events of September 6th-7th in 1955, the Istanbul Pogrom.