Turkish actress , Ayşegül Coşkun, in her new film , «Motreb»
A film based on the novel of Halide Edip Adıvar, "Ateşten Gömlek" (The Ordeal) in which the first Turkish Muslim women actresses, namely Bedia Muhavvit and Neyyire Neyir acted in the leading roles, was the first movie to deal with the War of Independence. This film was first screened in İstanbul which was still occupied by foreign armies, on April 23, 1923, the third anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and only six months prior to the formation of the Turkish Republic.
