https://vo.rs/tags/turkish-cinema/Latest from the Turkish Cinema desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/turkish-star-wars-the-most-audacious-rip-off-ever-filmed/<p>There is a film in which two Turkish space cadets fly through a dogfight lifted, frame for frame, from the trench run in <em>Star Wars</em>, while John Williams&rsquo;s score blares off a scratchy dub, and then crash-land on a desert planet where they punch cardboard monsters and train for battle by tying boulders to their legs and jumping over rocks. It is called <em>Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam</em> — &ldquo;The Man Who Saves the World&rdquo; — it was released in 1982, and the world knows it by the nickname it earned honestly: Turkish Star Wars. It is the most brazen act of cinematic theft ever committed to celluloid, and it is a genuine delight.</p>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000