The Last Ottoman

The Last Ottoman
Theatrical poster
Directed byMustafa Şevki Doğan
Written bySuat Yalaz
Mehmet Soyarslan
Baykut Badem
Produced byMehmet Soyarslan
StarringKenan İmirzalıoğlu
Cansu Dere
Engin Şenkan
CinematographyZekeriya Kurtuluş
Distributed byÖzen Film
Release date
  • January 19, 2007 (2007-01-19)
Running time
121 mins
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (Turkish: Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali) is a 2007 Turkish action film, directed by Mustafa Şevki Doğan based on the book by Suat Yalaz, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu as the titular hero Tahtacızade "Yandım" Ali, who is inspired by the landing of Mustafa Kemal at Samsun and decides to join the resistance movement fighting against the occupation of Constantinople in the aftermath of the First World War. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on January 19, 2007, is the fourth highest grossing Turkish film of 2007.