‘The Messenger’ is coming

Current Turkish modern cinema falls under two main categories: big, mainstream entertainments of intrinsic nationalism that closely follow the Hollywood model, such as “Valley of the Wolves” and “The White Angel,” and independent arthouse pictures, represented by internationally acclaimed filmmakers Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Semih Kaplanoglu and Semih Kaplanoglu.None of the numerous Turkish films I’ve seen of late could have prepared me for Çagan Irmak’s “Ulak” (The Messenger), a rousing, offbeat...