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It is about the Siege of Kut al-Amara, which the Ottoman Empire ended with a decisive victory on the Iraqi Front during World War I, against Britain.

Ismail Hacioglu, Fatih Dönmez, Ogün Kaptanoglu, Dilsad Çelebi, Cansu Tosun, Ismail Ege Sasmaz, Berk Erçer, and Özgü Kaya in Mehmetçik: Kut'ül Amare (2018)

A good historical drama with highs and lows

It's highly recommended to watch this splendid movie ♥

A good drama series overall, despite its faults. The characters are mostly interesting, each fulfilling a role and with different personalities, that largely complement each other well. Season 1 is better by season 2 by some distance both in terms of story and the gallery of characters. Season 1&#39;s spy story is more interesting than season 2&#39;s gloomier story of war. The character gallery of season 1 has more diverse personalities, even if some gives off the impression of rather one-dimensional stereotypes; the simple-minded kind villager Niyazi, the righteous Rumelian refugee and die hard patriot Üsküplü Ali (succeeding the similarly patriotic officer Süleyman Askeri Bey), the idealist activist Mehmet, the wise, pious Mevlut and loose cannon Said. Nevertheless many of these characters play off well each other, and in particular Said and his troubled relation with his brother Mehmet is interesting to follow. As the saying goes, &quot;a story is only as good as its villain&quot;, and season 1&#39;s antagonist Percy Cox, a fictional character, quickly proves a charming and rather humorous figure, providing a contrast to his rival, the more serious Üsküplü. The treacherous Neccar embodies Arab opportunism and Arab grievances against Ottoman Empire; in fact, he airs these grievances as the reason for disloyalty in conversation with Üsküplü, who embodies the ideal image of the Ottoman Empire; a tolerant, just and vibrant state as opposed to the oppressive, unjust, nationalist state it was, and whose failings Üsküplü readily acknowledges, yet whose root causes aren&#39;t adressed. Unfortunately season 2 drops off in quality on all fronts. Several characters are killed off or written out, and unfortunately the characters left are those who are rather similar to each other. Said is the one who provides the lighter moments of season 2, but it doesn&#39;t work out as well as in season 1. General Townshend is not as interesting as his predecessor, another historical figure, general Barrett. The pairing Townshend-Hamilton and their internal conflicts are not as complex nor interesting as the earlier Barrett-Cox pairing. As regards intra-military conflicts, season 2 shows Ottoman officers quarrel with each other regarding military strategy. Season 2&#39;s primary antagonist Captain Hamilton is a more straightforward, less interesting villain with one humanizing scene which unfortunately isn&#39;t really expanded upon nor utilized later in the series. Season 2 also gives the sense of being more plot-driven than character-driven than season 1. Mehmet&#39;s plotline of losing his memory and turning temporarily against the Ottomans, feels uninspiring and it seems obvious that he will eventually regain his memory. His relegation to a side-character seems a solution to the problem of season 1, that Mehmet and Üsküplü are rather similar characters, with the latter being a more mature version of the former. Üsküplü is also far more charismatic, and his actor&#39;s brilliance probably convinced the writers to make him the sole, main protagonist of the series. Another problem with season 2 is the love triangle centered on Fatma, which is also predictable and doesn&#39;t really affect those involved in any way with the exception of Neccar. Likewise, Zeynep&#39;s role as pining agonizingly after Mehmet is a disservice to the role she had in season 1. Fatma, who was introduced in season 1, develops in season 2, taking Zeynep&#39;s role as the leading woman of the show; similar to Üsküplü, she is a headstrong woman who forges her own path and doesn&#39;t follow authority for the sake of doing so. As usual with drama series, some rather significant liberties are taken as regards to actual history; some more egregious than others, in particular the entirely fictional Ottoman victory at the fictional town of Rota, or how benevolent or wise Ottoman officers are portrayed, considering their...less-than-stellar record (to put it diplomatically) in real life. Oddly enough the exception, Nurettin Pasha, is in a sense &quot;scape-goated&quot; (and shown to be suicidal!) to contrast him with Halil Bey.

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Mehmetçik: Kut'ül Amare

A1 Series very interesting Series in my life, l ove turkish Series soo much

One of the movies that showed how powerful Muslims are when they united behind one flag and one goal. It is a stunning masterpiece that illuminate how brutal UK was and how they invaded the world. In addition that, It presented the oppression of England and their hegemony over the indian in the arabic countries and how the ottoman defeated them through a siege of almost 4 months. Finally, The great army of England surrendered after killing about 30000 english soldiers in World WarI in 1915. The second season was extremely superb, full of intelligent tricks in war, tough battles and fantastic music. God bless the director who made us see the UK insulted after invading the poor people around the globe.
That is the truth, It&#39;s a battle between the falsehood and the right, not between the east and the west.

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Mehmetçik: Kut'ül Amare

A good historical drama with highs and lows

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It's highly recommended to watch this splendid movie ♥

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