The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali) , held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important national film festival in Turkey. The event, jointly organized by the Foundation of Culture and Arts in Antalya (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and the Foundation of Turkish cinema and Audiovisual Culture (Türkiye Sinema ve Audiovisuel Kültür Vakfı, TÜRSAK), takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM). Since 2005, the festival is accompanied by the International Eurasia Film Festival.

Egg (Turkish: Yumurta) is an award winning Turkish drama feature film produced in 2007 and directed by Semih Kaplanoglu.

Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years, delivering high quality entertainment to audiences in Turkey, across Europe (among the Turkish minorities), and in rare cases, the USA. Yesilcam ("Green Pine") refers to the Turkish film industry in the same way that Hollywood refers to American film. Yeşilçam is named after Yeşilçam street in the Beyoglu district of İstanbul where many actors, directors, crew members and studios were based.

Valley of the Wolves Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi Irak) is a popular Turkish film from 2006 based on a television series of the same name that has been a hit in Turkey for three seasons. The movie is set in northern Iraq during the Occupation of Iraq and begins with U.S. forces capturing 11 Turkish special forces soldiers.

Okay Temiz (b. 1939, Istanbul, Turkey) is a leading Turkish fusion jazz musician.

Yilmaz Erdogan (b. 1967 Hakkari, Turkey) is a Turkish film director, scenarist, poet and actor.

Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu is a 1967 Turkish romantic drama film directed by Nejat Saydam based on a novel by Peyami Safa. The film stars Kartal Tibet and Hulya Kocyigit.

Şerif Muhiddin Targan (1892 - 1967), also known as Sherif Muhiddin Haydar or Serif Muhiddin Haydar, was a Turkish classical musician and oud player. His instrumental compositions for the oud depart from the traditional style to explore the limits of this instrument, technically challenging the performer.

Fazli Teoman Yakupoğlu (20 November 1967, Giresun, Turkey ), using the stage name Teoman, is a popular Turkish rock singer and song-writer. His biggest hits include "Paramparça", Senden Önce Senden Sonra and Papatya.