I'm American and had the great pleasure to visit Istanbul and visit with a new Turkish friend who introduced me to this funny movie. We watched the video with English subtitles, and he explained the nuances of the Turkish jokes (çak "chuck" means "high five;" the Indian jokes, the cola joke, the puppets, etc - too many to mention) while I explained to him the nuances of the English jokes (Johnny Brokeback and others). I hadn't laughed that hard in years. Nice cinematography, amusing storytelling, and it left me wanting more - I wish they would please make the sequel where they go to China! Leave (some of) your brain at the door and just enjoy the fun!

Having to wait until this feature came out on DVD was no disappointment, just be prepared to read subtitles - which is OK with me.

Being quite familiar with some of the idiosyncrasies of Turkish life from a foreigners view, I had a blast watching this collaborative production mix some of the finer points of the old west with the comedic lifestyle of a few Ottoman Turks making their first diplomatic trek to the Wild West.

As always, I enjoy the humor of Cem Yilmaz, but in order to really enjoy this film, one has to be quite familiar with the 'finer points' of living amongst our Turkish brethren – it's the little things that mean a lot.

'Chuck!' You know what I mean...

People who think that they know about movies usually review comedy movies as disappointments unless they are dark... "Yahsi Bati" is not dark at all so get ready to hear comments like "it's a big disappointment" or "it's toilet humor"...

Cem Yilmaz is making fun of clichés for years, that's what he used to do as a stand up comedian and that's exactly the genre he is successfully making films for years now. He swears a lot just to show that we are swearing a lot in our lives but we are not tolerant to hear people swearing in films (such a hypocrisy)... He also makes fun of stupid clichés in the type of film he is making (for example western clichés such as bouncing bullets or horse whisperer in Yahsi Bati)... Playing with the meanings of the words is his other method but it is no different than what he had done for years as a stand up comedian...

just go and watch the film, it was brilliantly shot, well acted and laughter guaranteed...