Pardon

Pardon is a 2005 Turkish black comedy film directed by Mert Baykal. Written by Ferhan Şensoy, it adapts his stage play Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma for the screen and was shot inside Sinop Prison. Inspired by a real incident, the story follows three close friends whose ordinary lives are overturned by a single misunderstanding.

İbrahim, who completed his military service late in life, has developed a habit of fleeing at the sight of any uniform; when he is caught at his friend Muzaffer's home in Istanbul, both men are taken into custody. Their friend Aydın, who runs a kiosk in Taksim, is also interrogated, and the trio find themselves trapped in a justice-system ordeal stretching from courtrooms to prison. Ferhan Şensoy, Rasim Öztekin and Ali Çatalbaş star, alongside Zeki Alasya, Erol Günaydın and Sermiyan Midyat.