Director: Mustafa Kotan
A gastronomy graduate's search for a career and a soulmate collides with a stranger she meets online in this 2024 Turkish romantic comedy from director Mustafa Kotan.
What is 3 Gun about?
Elya has just finished her studies in gastronomy in Izmir and is trying to figure out what comes next: an academic career, a steadier income, maybe someone to share it all with. When she starts chatting with a man named Semih through social media, the connection feels easy, almost too easy, and she agrees to meet him. What follows pulls her into a chain of misunderstandings and coincidences that neither of them planned for, forcing Elya to reconsider what she actually wants from her work and from the people she lets close. The film leans on everyday, recognizable situations rather than big set pieces, following Elya as she juggles job interviews, family expectations, and a budding relationship that keeps taking unexpected turns.
Cast & crew
Yağmur Tanrisevsin plays Elya opposite Berk Atan as Semih, with veteran performers Nursel Köse and Derya Alabora rounding out the supporting cast. The ensemble also includes Nurseli İdiz, Ceren Taşçı, Efe Tunçer, and Ecem Karavus in smaller roles that fill out Elya's circle of friends and family.
Context & significance
3 Gun is a Turkish production released in 2024, part of a wave of Turkish romantic comedies that have found an audience well beyond domestic television and streaming charts. The film runs 97 minutes and keeps its focus tight on a small group of characters rather than a sprawling cast. That smaller scale gives the story room to breathe, letting the humor come from awkward silences and mismatched expectations instead of manufactured chaos, which is part of why the genre has traveled so well to audiences outside Turkey.
Where & how to watch
3 Gun is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, alongside a growing library of international titles curated for Farsi-speaking audiences. The film currently streams in its original Turkish, and the K-Time interface itself is available in Farsi for easy browsing.