Sakıp Sabancı (1995)
Working, working, working... Here are the words that make up a contemporary Turkish fairy tale. In fact, this fairy tale is not just the story of one person or a family. It is also the story of a country...
Top billed cast
Mehmet Ali BirandSelf-Narrator
Sakıp SabancıSelf
Hacı Mehmet SabancıSelf- Ali Haydar TaşlıSelf
- Hasan GüleşçiSelf
- Güler SabancıSelf
- Sevil SabancıSelf
- Dilek SabancıSelf
- Türkan SabancıSelf
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