Love Story (Aşk Hikâyesi) (translated)

Nejat Saydam wrote and directed Aşk Hikâyesi (Love Story), a Turkish romantic drama from 1971. It was made by Acar Film and produced by Murat Köseoğlu. A loose Turkish adaptation of the 1970 American film Love Story, it opened on 1 December 1971. Shot in colour, it runs about 85 minutes.

Its leads are Taner Silahçıoğlu, the son of a wealthy businessman, and Gül Şeker, a girl from a poor family. Salih Güney plays Taner and Deniz Gökçer plays Gül. Taner studies at the school his father owns and plays for a football club, and he falls for Gül, who works in the school library. When his family objects, he leaves home and marries her. Just as the young couple starts to cope with money troubles, a serious illness enters their lives. Yıldırım Önal plays Rıfat Silahçıoğlu, Nedret Güvenç plays Taner's mother and Münir Özkul appears as Ahmet the candy seller.

The music is by Francis Lai and the cinematography by Melih Sertesen. Tanju Şarman, Renan Fosforoğlu, Erol Keskin, Hüseyin Salıcı and Ergun Köknar are also in the cast, and director Nejat Saydam makes a brief appearance himself as a doctor.