Forever Thirty-Three

Overview

Forever Thirty-Three refers to the first original encyclopedia written and completed about the 1500-year journey of Islamic culture and civilization in the Islamic geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...

Directed by Murat Pay

Top cast

Hüseyin Soysalan

Ekmel

Birhan Tut

Niyaz

K

Kübra Tüzgün

Sacide

M

Mehmet Beyazıt Uzgaş

Tailor Yakup

B

Barçın Çalış

Erol

Mert Asker

Baki

İsmail Düvenci

Ömer Hodja / The Old Author

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İlhan Görmek

Tomb Keeper

Mustafa Karaoğlu

Mullah Kasım

Muttalip Müjdeci

Article Author

Alper Banko

Inspector

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Reyhan Nur Çalıkoğlu

Female Researcher

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Koray Kuru

Salih

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İnci Cevher Uzgaş

Salih's Wife

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Abdullah Kurt

Subscriber #1

Zeki Ocak

Subscriber #2 (Mr. Yavuz)

D

Doğukan Töngel

Young Selim

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Ahmet Akif Baştürk

Child Selim

Bulut Güneş

Postman

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Emre Coşkun

Tailor's Apprentice

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