Direnis Karatay

A war film set against the backdrop of the Great Mongol Empire-the world's most powerful nation-in its invasion and colonial rule over the Seljuk Empire.

In the 13th century, when the world's strongest nation, the Great Mongol Empire, was in the midst of its global conquest, the Mongol armies swiftly invaded the Seljuk Empire, and in no time, conquered and colonized the Anatolian Peninsula, reducing the Seljuk Empire to merely one of the Mongol Empire's global colonies. "Karatai" is a war film that portrays the heroic final stand of the Seljuk Empire's troops (whose successors became the Ottoman Empire) as they fiercely resisted the Mongol invasion to the very end. I highly recommend it as a war film.

Low budget movie but magnificent performance from Mehmet Aslantug

This is the first movie in the Seljuk period. The spectator was a satisfying and excellent job. We enjoyed it. I would recommend.

Firstly, The movie was sensational compared to the low budget of 7 million dollars, The battles were supposed to be more realistic but there is no problem if the events will impress the audience. Secondly, I think this is the first movie in history ever adapted the seljuk period, so it was a superb job to try to show the world that not only the ottomans who defended the islam but also the seljuks and before them the arabs did. Thirldy, it would be better if a film with a great budget about Alp Arslan was directed before this movie to make the events successive. Thirdly, this awesome movie also got by some main humane rules as following: Evil can get out of any body and that doesn't have a relation with his religion, and illuminate some misunderstood matters about the islamic religion. Eventually, take into account more marketing and media as it isn't accepted that a good film like karatay has just 1,106 rates on IMDB, keep going, it's just a matter of time. Turkey has a great islamic history and should raise the budget of its movies to compete with hollywood, USA has no history, although they are making fake heroes like iron man, captin america, thor, benjamin martin, black panther and captin marvel.

Is it the most attractive movie in terms of cinematography? Maybe not, but it is a very successful film in terms of telling the Seljuk period, the success in the costumes and the spaces, the effect of the music, and leaving the battle scenes.