在这部萨克姆夫人的钻石剧情/历史片中,Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds (Turkish: Salkım Hanım'ın Taneleri) is a 1999 film adaptation of the award-winning historical themed novel of the same name, written in 1990 by author Yılmaz Karakoyunlu. This film was directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu and It stars Zafer Algöz, Güven Kıraç, Zuhal Olcay, Kamran Usluer, and Hülya Avşar. Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds was released on November 19, 1999 in Turkey. It was Turkey's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was filmed in Aşkale, Büyükada and Mardin.（wiki）
Set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi (Property Tax-1942) where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around two thousand non-Muslims, who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the time-limit of thirty days, were arrested and sent to a forced labor camp in Askale in the Erzurum Province of eastern Turkey. Twenty-one of these laborers died there. The movie is in Turkish with some parts in Armenian. It follows the plight of a family and traces how they were affected by the tax and other policies directed at non-Muslim ethnic minorities: Durmus and Nimet are in the grip of poverty in a village of Central Anatolia. They move to Istanbul, a metropolitan city for better life and take shelter behind their fellow countryman, Bekir. He is the concierge in an inn of Halit Bey, a rich businessman. He finds a job as a porter for Durmus. This favor will create a break in the fortunes of all inhabitants. Durmus is an ...
