Plot

Taksim Hold'em tells the story of the Gezi Park protests that shook Istanbul in 2013, from the viewpoint of a self-absorbed man who is judgemental about everyone yet reluctant to act to make a difference.

On a Saturday night in Istanbul, despite the pleas of his fiancée, cynical Alper refuses to join the anti-government protests happening on his doorstep. He just wants to stay home for his weekly dose of poker, played with his regular crew of high-school friends. Alper's game is threatened as his friends set off on a series of passionate, and at times ill-thought-out, squabbles on whether they should join the demonstrations or not.