Article 438 (Madde 438)

Ümit Efekan directed Madde 438 ("Article 438"), a 1990 Turkish drama-thriller shot in colour and running 84 minutes. It takes its name from Article 438 of the Turkish Penal Code, a provision that softened the sentence for rape committed against sex workers, and its script grew out of a real event, known as the "N.T. Olayı", that the provision set off. Efekan wrote the screenplay with Erdoğan Tünaş.

Gülşen Bubikoğlu plays Naciye Tuna, the film's central figure. Berhan Şimşek is Sabri Timur, Nedim Doğan is Arif and Hakan Ural is Oktay; Mehtap Anıl plays the mother-in-law, Güzin Çorağan is Perihan and Işık Aras is Fahriye. The cast also brings in the world of police and courts: Hakkı Kıvanç and Memduh Ünsal appear as police chiefs, Ekrem Dümer as a judge, Nejat Gürçen as a lawyer and Devrim Parscan as a jurist, while Dündar Aydınlı plays Kazım. Child actors Duygu İnal and Onur Öztatlı also appear.

Türker İnanoğlu produced the film for Erler Film, with Fono Film as the film-preparation studio. Melih Kibar composed the score and Çetin Gürtop was the cinematographer. Adnan İrkut coordinated production. In the dubbing credits, Müdrike Coşansu and Sema Aybars voice Gülşen Bubikoğlu and Zafer Önen voices Nejat Gürçen.