10 Most Ridiculous Turksploitation Movie Rip-offs Ever

10. Turkish Star Trek (1973)

The film commonly referred to as The Turkish Star Trek  only earned its title because of the unauthorized use of some plot, dialogue, stylistic elements taken verbatim from several  Star Trek episodes including The Man Trap, What Are Little Girls Made Of, I, Mudd, Arena and Amok Time; Although being an unofficial project and part of another franchise, Turkish star trek stands as the first movie to take place in the Star Trek universe, filmed six years before the now official motion picture.

Turkish Star Trek is most reminiscent of the first episode of the Star Trek series but whereas the original Enterprise crew dealt with evil aliens in the universe, the Turkish version deals with farmer Ömer. Our protagonist Ömer beams aboard the Enterprise, creating havoc, and during the course of the movie Nancy shape shifts into a creature that preys for salt, Kirk battles androids, a Gorn-like creature and even Mr. Spak.

Perhaps, it should take the weight off our minds knowing that the director was able to get an “A lister” by the name of Sadri Alışık for the role of Ömer whose movies often depicted the downtrodden in society and were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He even has cultural center named after him in Istanbul.