
The Ten Best Turkish Films were determined by a poll by the prestigious Ankara Cinema Association, starting with the 1964 production, Dry Summer by Metin Erksan, and leading up to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's award-winning 2003 release, Distant. 

Dry Summer (Susuz yaz/1964) - Metin Erksan 

Hope (Umut/1970) - Yilmaz Guney 

The Bride (Gelin/1973) - Omer Lutfi Akad 

The Girl with the Red Scarf (Selvi boylum, al yazmalim/1977) - Atif Yilmaz 

The Herd (Sürü/1979) - Zeki Okten 

The Road (Yol/1982) - Serif Goren 

Motherland Hotel (Anayurt Oteli/1986) - Omer Kavur 

Mr. Muhsin (Muhsin Bey/1987) - Yavuz Turgul 

Innocence (Masumiyet/1997) - Zeki Demirkubuz 

Distant (Uzak/2003) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan