Longing (Özleyiş) (translated)

Özleyiş (Longing) is a 1961 black-and-white Turkish film written and directed by Aydın Arakon. A sentimental drama adapted from a real event, it was released on December 20, 1961. Murat Köseoğlu produced it, with Acar Film handling production and film preparation. Among its tags are a composer, blindness, letters, mussels and joking around.

Muzaffer Tema stars as Mithat, with Belgin Doruk as Suna and Salih Tozan as her grandfather. The cast also includes Ulvi Uraz (Recep), Handan Adalı (Kamuran), Nubar Terziyan (Agop), Muammer Gözalan (Tevfik), Melih Mesçi (Dündar) and Leman Akçatepe. In the dubbing credits Abdurrahman Palay voices Muzaffer Tema, Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voices Belgin Doruk, Hayri Esen voices Melih Mesçi and Rıza Tüzün voices Nubar Terziyan; Hayri Esen was dubbing director.

Nedim Otyam was music director, with songs credited to İbrahim Solmaz and compositions to Necip Celal. Şadan Kamil was the cinematographer and Zafer Davutoğlu the editor.