Five Minarets in New York (Turkish: New York’ta Beş Minare) is a Turkish action film written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which follows two Turkish police officers sent to New York to bring back a smuggler. The film, which takes its name from the popular Turkish folk song, Five Minarets in Bitlis (Turkish: Bitlis'te Beş Minare), opened on general release across Turkey on November 5, 2010
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The film follows two anti-terror officers from Istanbul, sent to New York to find and bring back a Turkish religious leader, codenamed Dajjal, who was arrested in the United States and who will be delivered to Turkish authorities by the FBI. The film emphasizes Islamic paranoia of the world and the United States after September 11 attacks, seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.