Turkey

Directorate General of Cinema

Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü (SGM)

Government Film Body · Ankara

The top-level government body for cinema in Turkey, under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. It administers film-production support funds (including a dizi/TV-series scheme), runs the national archive, issues ratings and — most relevant to incoming action productions — handles the shooting permits foreign productions must obtain. The single most important state authority over all film labour, including stunt work.

Actors' Union of Turkey

Oyuncular Sendikası

Performers' Union · Istanbul

Founded 2011, Turkey's union for stage, film, screen and voice actors and a FIA member. It runs dedicated units including a Set Working Unit (Set Çalışma Birimi) and an Occupational Health & Safety unit — the bodies most relevant to on-set performers and stunt safety. No separate stunt-performers' union with its own web presence exists; screen-action workers are represented here or through the teams.

Turkish Film Commission

Türkiye Film Komisyonu

Film Commission · Istanbul

Founded 2012, the main industry-facing point of contact for productions shooting in Turkey — coordinating filming permits, location scouting, fixer and production services, drone permits and ATA carnet logistics, and signposting the VAT-return and tax incentives that bring international action productions to Istanbul. A private commission (not a government office); useful for staging large-scale action on location.

İstanbul Stunt Team

İstanbul Düblör Ekibi

Stunt Team & Coordination · Istanbul

A long-running Istanbul stunt team supplying performers and coordination to Turkish features and dizi for over a decade. Credits span major series and films (Mehmed, Prens, Selahaddin Eyyubi) and international work including Guy Ritchie's Operation Fortune. The most web-verifiable professional stunt outfit in the country, with a strong social presence (@istanbulstuntteam).

Serhat Arvas Stunt Team

Martial-Arts Stunt Team · Istanbul

Serhat Arvas is a Turkish action director and martial artist (full-contact, kung fu, wushu, aikido) who founded the Serhat Arvas Stunt Team in 2004 to give fight scenes a more professional look. Listed honestly: the team operates through Arvas and social channels rather than a dedicated website, so the link is his reference profile. Social-only operation.

Teammax Stunt (Fatih Uğurlu)

Stunt & Action Coordination · Istanbul

An action and stunt outfit associated with coordinator Fatih Uğurlu — one of Turkey's most internationally credited stunt professionals (Turkey-unit stunt coordinator on Skyfall, stunt work on The Water Diviner). No live team website could be confirmed, so this is listed via his professional profile. Included for its significance to Turkey's international action work.

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

Sinema-TV Bölümü

State University Film School · Istanbul

Turkey's most historically significant academic film school (Department of Cinema and Television), with roots in the country's first film archive and club. A production-led degree training directors, cinematographers and crew — the people who commission and stage action. The premier academic pathway into Turkish cinema; not stunt-specific, but the key screen-craft feeder.

İstanbul Film Akademi

Private Film & Acting School · Istanbul

A long-established private film school (founded 2010) running practical, modular workshops in acting, directing, cinematography, editing and producing, taught by working Turkish directors and DOPs. A hands-on, industry-facing training route for performers and crew entering the dizi and feature world — a screen-craft and acting school rather than a dedicated stunt academy.

DUZ Academy — Stunt Driver Service

Stunt Driving Service · Istanbul

An Istanbul-based outfit offering stunt-driver services — supplying professional precision and stunt drivers to commercials, TV series and productions. Included as Turkey's clearest dedicated stunt-driving pathway, which is otherwise thin on the ground. Listed honestly: the page would not return content to an automated check, so confirm with a manual browser visit before relying on it.