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• Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı 2024 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı.

• Saladin: The Conqueror of Jerusalem 2023 Series Series and programmes PakistanTürkiye

  A Turkish–Pakistani co-production on Saladin's rise in Egypt and the recapture of Jerusalem — the largest recent screen production on the Crusades leader.

• Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu 2021 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  Turkish historical series on the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan and Manzikert; among the largest Turkish period productions after Ertuğrul.

• Mendirman Jaloliddin 2021 Series Series and programmes TürkiyeUzbekistan

  Uzbek-Turkish series on Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah and his resistance to the Mongol invasion; a Central Asian production.

• Quo Vadis, Aida? 2020 Film Films AustriaBosnia & HerzegovinaFrance

  Quo Vadis, Aida?.

• Gaza mon amour 2020 Film Films GermanyFrancePalestinian Territories

  The Nasser brothers' film about an ageing Gaza fisherman who falls in love amid the blockade; Palestine's Oscar entry.

• Rise of Empires: Ottoman 2020 Documentary series Series and programmes TürkiyeUnited States

  A Netflix docudrama series on Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople and its aftermath, blending Turkish dramatic scenes with historians' commentary.

• Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu 2020 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  Turkish series on Sultan Malikshah's Seljuk era, Hasan-i Sabbah and the Assassins; part of the Turkish historical wave.

• It Must Be Heaven 2019 Film Films CanadaGermanyFrance

  Elia Suleiman's film of travels between Palestine, Paris and New York; a near-silent visual comedy on Palestinian identity.

• Kuruluş: Osman 2019 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  The sequel series to Ertuğrul, following Osman I and the founding of the Ottoman state — among the most-watched Turkish historical series worldwide.

• Last Men in Aleppo 2017 Documentary Films DenmarkSyriaTürkiye

  Last Men in Aleppo.

• Payitaht: Abdülhamid 2017 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  A TRT series on Sultan Abdülhamid II's final years ruling from Yıldız Palace — a prominent modern dramatisation of the late Ottoman period.

• Ziraat Katılım 2015 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Türkiye

  A Turkish public participation bank founded on 12 May 2015 and owned by the Turkey Wealth Fund, part of the Ziraat Finance Group, holding Islamic banking licences for profit-and-loss sharing, consumer finance and credit cards.

• Mustang 2015 Film Films GermanyFranceQatar

  Film about five Turkish sisters facing strict custom in a Black Sea village; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film.

• Yunus Emre: The Journey of Love 2015 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  A TRT series about the Sufi poet Yunus Emre and his apprenticeship under Taptuk Emre — one of few television dramas centred on a Sufi's life.

• The Water Diviner 2014 Film Films AustraliaTürkiyeUnited States

  The Water Diviner.

• Resurrection: Ertuğrul 2014 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  The TRT series about Ertuğrul, father of Ottoman founder Osman I; dubbed and broadcast to mass audiences across the Arab world, Pakistan, India and beyond.

• Fetih 1453 2012 Film Films Türkiye

  Fetih 1453.

• Çanakkale 1915 2012 Film Films Türkiye

  Çanakkale 1915.

• Muhteşem Yüzyıl 2011 Series Series and programmes Türkiye

  Globally famous Turkish series on Süleyman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan; among the most-watched Turkish series in the Arab world.

• Hür Adam: Bediüzzaman Said Nursi 2011 Film Films Türkiye

  A Turkish biopic of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi — Kurdish scholar to author of the Risale-i Nur — the largest film about a modern Turkish religious scholar.

• Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) 2010 Standards body Enterprise, brands and finance Türkiye

  An intergovernmental body based in Istanbul, affiliated to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, working on standardisation, metrology and the removal of technical barriers to trade among 37 member states and two observers; its statute entered into force in May 2010.

• The Edge of Heaven 2007 Film Films GermanyItalyTürkiye

  The Edge of Heaven.

• Times and Winds 2006 Film Films Türkiye

  Reha Erdem's film about three children in an Anatolian village whose days are structured by the five prayer times — a landmark portrayal of rural worship.

• Takva: A Man's Fear of God 2006 Film Films GermanyTürkiye

  A Turkish–German film about a devout doorkeeper hired to collect money for a Sufi order, whose piety is shaken by wealth and power — a study of religion and modern life.

• Head-On 2004 Film Films GermanyTürkiye

  Head-On.

• Al Baraka Group 2002 Conglomerate Enterprise, brands and finance BahrainAlgeriaEgypt

  An international Islamic financial group based in Manama, licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain as an investment firm under Islamic principles, with banking subsidiaries in 13 countries; registered in 2002, it floated in 2006 and was delisted from the Bahrain Bourse in 2024.

• Bank Asya 1996 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Türkiye

  A former Turkish participation bank in Istanbul that operated from 1996 to 2016 and is widely considered tied to the Gülen movement; the banking regulator cancelled its licence on 22 July 2016, and it was declared bankrupt on 16 November 2017.

• Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank 1989 Company Enterprise, brands and finance GermanyTürkiye

  A Turkish participation bank based in Istanbul, founded in 1989 as a special finance house under Turkish Council of Ministers Decision No. 831/7506 of 1983, subject to the Banking Law from 1999 and named Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası in May 2006; Kuwait Finance House is its largest shareholder.

• Albaraka Türk 1984 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Türkiye

  A Turkish participation bank in Istanbul, founded in 1984 and active from 1985 as a special finance house, known as the first participation bank in Turkey; Al Baraka Group is its largest shareholder.

• Kuwait Finance House (KFH) 1977 Company Enterprise, brands and finance United Arab EmiratesBahrainGermany

  A Kuwaiti bank founded in 1977 as Kuwait's first bank operating according to Sharia rulings; it opened on 31 August 1978 and was listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in 1984; it has branches and subsidiaries in Bahrain, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, completed its acquisition of Ahli United Bank in 2022, and Kuwaiti state funds hold its largest stakes.