Cenk Çalışır
Author & Screenwriter
Developing literary properties into internationally positioned screen narratives.
Selected Books
The Chess Murders
As a serial killer turns murder into a game of chess, a seasoned commissioner finds himself trapped in a match that forces him to confront the secrets of his own past.
Poisoned Desires
A man’s death exposes the quiet poison within love, as intertwined testimonies blur the line between passion, betrayal, and inevitability.
Bloodbath
When a brutal murder disguised as a film submission goes viral, two masked clowns turn terror into spectacle—plunging a city into panic as their true motive remains terrifyingly unknown.
A Game Within A Game
As virtual and tangible realities collide, three intertwined narratives unravel a crime tied to an international network—while the author himself steps in to disrupt the rules of the game.
The Key Operation
When the suspicious deaths of defense engineers reveal a covert war between intelligence agencies, a homicide investigation spirals into a global battle for technological dominance—and a commissioner’s unresolved past.
Beria
When a refugee child disappears in a sea of human trafficking, a grieving former commissioner sees in her rescue a final chance to reclaim the meaning he has lost.
Children Of the Deadend
When a young woman’s desperate plan to escape her authoritarian father spirals into violence, an open safe and six masked bodies expose the fatal cost of freedom.
Every Contact Leaves A Story 1-2
Inspired by Locard’s forensic principle, thirty dark tales explore the hidden motives behind crime—where the most damning evidence is never found at the scene, but buried within the human mind.
Produced Works
Dark City Stories : The Lock
Feature Film · Türkiye · Turkish
Screenplay by Cenk Çalışır (Co-Writer)
Ten bodies. One cause of death. Inside a high-security prison, two investigators discover that the real crime lies not in the cells—but in the system itself.
Screenplays
The Chess Murders
Adapted from the novel of the same title
As a serial killer stages murders like a game of chess, a rising security chief becomes both hunter and pawn in a revenge plot designed to make him choose between victory and love.
Poisoned Desires
Adapted from the novel of the same title
After a respected businessman is found dead, an investigation into his crumbling marriage and secret affair reveals a calculated act of revenge that turns love into lethal design.
Bloodbath
Adapted from the novel of the same title
When a horror film competition broadcasts a real act of mutilation, masked perpetrators turn violence into spectacle—plunging a city into panic as investigators race to stop a media-driven nightmare.
The Invisible
After a single impulsive night shatters his routine, an invisible middle-aged man confronts violence, regret, and lost dreams—discovering the courage to reclaim his life.
La Diva Turca – Leyla Gencer
Adapted from the biography by Zeynep Oral
In the turbulent decades following the birth of modern Turkey, a fiercely determined young soprano rises from obscurity to global acclaim as “La Diva Turca,” defying poverty, political interference, and international hostility to leave an indelible mark on opera history.
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