Losers' Club (Kaybedenler Kulübü)

Tolga Örnek directed Losers' Club (Kaybedenler Kulübü), a Turkish comedy-drama based on a true story that he co-wrote with Mehmet Ada Öztekin. It is about the cult radio show of the same name, aired on Kent FM from 1996 to 2001, and its hosts Kaan Çaydamlı and Mete Avunduk. The film opened on March 25, 2011, on 137 prints, drew about 65,000 viewers and 666,000 TL in three days, opened at number two and became one of 2011's highest-grossing Turkish films.

The story unfolds in mid-1990s Istanbul. Kaan (Nejat İşler) runs a publishing house known for alternative books, while Mete (Yiğit Özşener) runs a bar in Kadıköy and collects records. On air they talk as if simply chatting, though plenty listen. Kaan, seen with a different woman every day, finds the love he wanted in Zeynep (Ahu Türkpençe), whom he meets at the bar. Around the show a community of listeners who mock even their own loneliness becomes a real "Losers' Club".

Reviews were mostly positive, and the film won the Golden Okra and the Audience Okra at the Altın Bamya Awards. A book about the production was published, and a sequel, Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda, directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin, followed in 2018.