M. Tayfur Aydın
Directing
Known For

After their parents are murdered, two young Kurdish children are forced to live on the street.
Before Your Eyes

The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
Press

In their youth, Eren and Reyhan, who grew up in Büyükada, had a great love. As soon as their families heard about this relationship, they separated them. Eren, the daughter of a wealthy family, returns to the island years later and finds Reyhan in an unexpected situation.
Love, Spells and All That

In the aftermath of the scandal involving leaked erotic videos, renowned model Sevda and Dr. Yusuf, seeking an escape from the monotonous walls of his routine life, coincidentally meet after Yusuf leaves home following a heated argument with his wife. What starts as a chance encounter evolves into walks through the streets of Galata under the pretext of Yusuf’s documentary film project. As the duo explores the intricacies of the city, they embark on a profound questioning of life, relationships, beliefs, and societal polarization through Sevda’s scandals and Yusuf’s relationship with his wife Aysel. Two marginalized characters begin to discuss the unconventional nature of the relationship that develops between them as the story progresses.
Galata

Sara is a famous Iranian actress lives in France for years. She lost her contact with her family she left in Iran, when she immigrated to France at 17. One night when she comes home she receives a letter form her father calling her to Iran. As her entrance to her country is prohibited because of the obscene scenes she took part in, she takes illegal ways to arrive her village in Iran. A dangerous long journey full of patience; she will travel on the garrons through the foggy and snowy mountains, starts for her. Accompanied by the smugglers and a group of Turkish guides, will she be able to arrive her village to discover the mystery of her father's letter?
Black Crow

In a mid-upper class home in Istanbul, surrounded by disguised pressure from an Islamist society; a postpartum mother in baby blues, dares to question whether circumcision itself is blasphemy against Allah by interrupting perfection of the created body.
Foreskin

Ahmet Dirimoğlu, who writes novels on psychology, goes to his house in the forest to write his new book. One night, he has an accident with his car. However, he cannot understand what he's hit. His mind, which is filled with the book, will become more blurred due to the accident.
The Poet

The lives of Emrah and Mahmut, who are students in Istanbul, are about to change. Mahmut has decided to kidnap his girlfriend Kezban because her brother opposes their relationship. Emrah, Mahmut, Kezban, and Emrah's girlfriend Yaprak set off for Emrah's family's summer house in Mersin. At first, everything seems to be going smoothly in Mersin. However, one day, Emrah and Mahmut realize that their girlfriends have been kidnapped. Using the clues they have gathered, they find themselves in Adana. With the help of Serkan, who joins them there, they embark on a comical adventure filled with humorous incidents.
1 Kezban 1 Mahmut: Adana Yollarında

Being at death’s door, Seristan, an old woman in her eighties, wants her son to take her back to her homeland, with the last wish to be buried there. Her son, Mirza, is determined to keep his promise no matter what happens, thereby revealing an inconvenient truth about the roots of the family.
The Trace

Being surrounded by the dark political events in Kurdistan of Turkey at 1990’s as a child, Mirza cannot escape from being a victim of those devastating events that have been in existence for a long time. He is overclouded with deep misery and after his mother’s death, Mirza becomes a passive and introverted child who struggles with bad dreams. However, his life changes upon arrival of a guest named Mir Ahmed, with who develop friendship after Mir Ahmed’s persistent effort.
Colorless Dream

Hasan returns to his hometown as a young teacher after years in Diyarbakır. An anonymous letter he receives at school pushes him to seek the truth to defend someone wronged. While facing personal dilemmas and societal pressures, he forms an emotional bond with his family’s old, abandoned house, as the lines between right and wrong begin to blur.
The Road to Gayda

Unable to cope with the psychological burden of an unwanted pregnancy, Bahar decides to commit suicide. The first stop on her last journey is her university friend Mahir. The world of Mahir, who is crippled after being attacked during a march he participated in, and his father Cemal, who avoids facing what he has been through, cause Bahar to question her decision again.
Trees I Remember

In the mid-1990s, one morning in Istanbul, a young man named Deniz Şahin is abducted from his street by armed and civilian individuals. The young man is taken to the interrogation center of the counter-guerrilla organization JİTEM, and his captors are members of the JİTEM team. The team's goal is to extract information about the organization's activities from Deniz Şahin, whom they accused of being a member of the organization.
Kayıp Özgürlük

Şırnak is a Kurdish city on the border of Turkey, Iraq and Syria. In 2007, drama teacher Tayfur began recording candid interviews with children aged between 8 and 14. They were once enthusiastic, honest and full of hope for a brighter future. Today, such interviews are not even possible anymore. The school has been destroyed. Women's rights are fragile. People's mental health is deteriorating and self-confidence is lost. Bigger ambitions have faded. In 2016, war erupted on the streets of Şırnak.