NEW TORK'TA BES MINARE starts off in familiar fashion, as two Turkish cops travel to New York in pursuit of an alleged terrorist from Turkey who has been living in New York for thirty-seven years. There they encounter a group of FBI agents with innate prejudices against foreigners, and Muslims in particular. The two cops are drawn into a complex world, presided over by Islamic convert Danny Glover, where they seem apparently powerful to act. As the film unfolds, however, so the story becomes more complex. Hadji (Haluk Bilginer), ostensibly the prime suspect in the case - whose capture the Turkish cops are entrusted with - turns out to be completely different from what we, as the audience, expect of him. Director Mahsun Kirmizigul's film turns out to be a meditation on extremism, irrespective of religious difference: some Americans, as well as Turks, seem incapable of adopting either a moderate or a tolerant point of view. The film has a surprise ending, where we discover the true reason why Hadji went to America, and what kind of a person he actually was. Both noble yet self-aware, he remains a figure to admire in a complex world. NEW YORK'TA BES MINARE is an unexpectedly complex work, tautly filmed and grippingly told.

I agree with the review from zaperzipzip = "I couldn't relate the way the story starts and how it ends". The movie has a misleading title. It really is the story of a vengeance. Hadji is accused in Turkey to kill a man, and escapes to the USA, being afraid of getting back to Turkey. You don't find out till the very last scene ( spoiler ahead ) when you see the murder which caused his arrest. The vengeance story is from the family from Firat against Hadji. But it is not clear who was murdered in that revealing last scene. The script is full with references to Islamic extremism issues, not always objective. The plot is rather emotional and confusing, to such extent I had to login to IMDb to find an explanation which makes sense. I mostly agree with other reviewers on the incoherence of the main plot.

Not often i would give a movie a 10/10 vote, but this movie is exceptionally great and packs a punch right from the first few minutes right through to the end. It is full of action,drama and some very emotional parts that if you are the type that like a bit of tear jerking then keep the tissues handy because this movie also delivers this.I could actually imagine this being a true story with the amount of bungles that happen today and the way we are so quick to accuse and condemn others.I do not intend to give an overview of the story as it is pretty well covered on site. But its a story of innocence and wrong doing.The scenery is breathtaking in some of the scenes and its one of those movies that has you glued to the story all the way to the point if you get a slight distraction you will be wanting to go back and watch what you missed.The only thing that might annoy some are the subtitles as the movie is also shot in Turkey. but once in America it is mostly English and then a bit of both but i found the subtitles very user friendly and a nice job done all round.Danny Glover, as usual exceeds in this movie, but the acting is superb all round.

Despite a few clichés, the movie is not, first of all, a predictable one. It starts like any other Hollywood picture, with secret agents and the most fresh subject: Muslim and terrorism. But further more we find that it is about religion, about the fact that there is only one God. We find that the fundamentalist's of Islam are not tolerated by the Islam itself. We can see a dialog between a fundamentalist priest and a true one, despite the fact that they are dressed in ... white and black, suppose a lack of inspiration. We find that the destiny is inevitably. We find that there is love and forgiveness in both - in all of religions.