Kırık Hayatlar (Broken Lives) is a 1965 Turkish drama film, directed by Halit Refiğ and starring Belgin Doruk, Cüneyt Arkın, and Nebahat Çehre.[1] It is based on the novel with the same name from Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. Another version TV series was released in 2021, starring Meltem Akçöl, Murat Onuk and Burcu Almeman.[2]
In Orhan Pamuk's novel The Museum of Innocence the main character finances a movie based on Broken Lives, which is described as "a tale of love and family ties in the Ottoman mansions of the Westernized bourgeoisie and the imperial elite".[3]