They Paid With Their Blood

Kanlarıyla Ödediler, released internationally as They Paid With Their Blood, is a Turkish drama from 1955. Osman F. Seden both wrote and directed it, and the picture was made under Kemal Film, one of the busiest production houses of the era. It belongs to the opening stretch of Seden's career behind the camera.

The leads are Eşref Kolçak and Neriman Köksal, supported by Kenan Pars and Tamer Balcı together with Talat Artemel, Mualla Kaynak and Kadir Savun, all familiar faces of the Yeşilçam years.

Verifiable material on the story itself and on the film's release is scarce, so this page keeps to the credits and the cast. Seden went on to direct dozens more features and became one of the most prolific filmmakers in Turkish cinema.