durul taylan 1969 and yamur taylan 1966 also known as the taylan brothers are turkish film directors having studied industrial engineering and medicine respectively the brothers started their work behind the camera with their first television project sir dosyas after directing several other television series such as cinler ve periler baba and the hit comedy show beik kertmesi they made their first motion picture okul the horrorcomedy film was a critical and financial hit praised by turkish critics as an ambitious debut okul grossed 3255287 domesticallythey worked on other television projects such as alacakaranlk a police drama and the comedy series yabanc damat the foreign groom filmed in greece and turkey the series was a hit in turkey and other countries such as greece bulgaria and arabia and lasted 106 episodes yabanci damat was nominated in 6 categories in the 1st annual primetime beyaz inci awards and won in 3 categories including best music best director and best supporting actressin 2006 they released their second motion picture kk kyamet the little apocalypse a psychological horror film kk kyamet won awards including best editing at the 18th ankara film festival best actress at the twelfth sadri alk awards and best supporting actor at the twentyeighth turkish film critics association syad awardsthey next produced the television series karaylan a drama about the eastern front of the turkish independence wartheir third motion picture was vavien twoway switch vavien was a critical hit winning the best picture and fipresci award in the twentyninth international istanbul film festival and also earning 11 nominations and 5 awards at the turkish film critics association syad awardsthe brothers are currently filming muhteem yzyl a turkish primetime historical soap opera for turkeys show tv network it is based on the life of sultan sleyman i also known as suleiman the magnificent the longest reigning sultan of the ottoman empire and hrrem sultan the slave girl who became his queen