Ayşecik and the Magical Dwarves in the Land of Dreams (Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde) (translated)

Tunç Başaran directed the colour Yeşilçam film Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (Ayşecik and the Magical Dwarves in the Land of Dreams) in 1971. Musical and fantasy with comedy, it runs 88 minutes and opened on 1 March 1972. The film is an uncredited, very close local adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a local counterpart of the 1939 film version. It was produced by Özdemir Birsel for Hisar Film.

The lead is Zeynep Değirmencioğlu, who became identified with the character Ayşecik in nearly forty films. The little girl lands in a country of dreams and, searching for a way home, sets out to reach the great wizard. On the way she befriends a Scarecrow (Metin Serezli), a Tin Man (Süleyman Turan) and a Cowardly Lion (Ali Şen). Mürüvvet İşsever plays Ayşecik's mother, Ferdi Celep Keloğlan, and İlhan Hemşeri also appears. Toron Karacaoğlu dubbed Metin Serezli and Agah Hün dubbed Ali Şen.

Başaran wrote the script with Hamdi Değirmencioğlu. Yıldırım Gürses composed the music, and Mustafa Yılmaz and Rafet Şiriner shot it. It belongs to the Ayşecik cycle of Western tales adapted for Turkish audiences, alongside Sinderella Külkedisi (1971), Hayat Sevince Güzel (1971) and Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler (1970).