Leblebici hor-hor agha

Leblebici hor-hor agha (The Chickpea Seller) or Karine (Կարինե) is an 1875 operetta by the Ottoman-Armenian composer Tigran Chukhajian.

It has been claimed as the first original Turkish operetta, though Chukhajian's Arif'in Hilesi (Arif's Trick) was earlier.

[1] After that, Leblebici Horhor was shot as a silent film in 1923 under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul.

This film was supported by the piano playing of the operetta in the movie theater while it was shown to the audience.

In 1934, the screenplay was written by Nazim Hikmet Ran by İpek Film, again under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul, and it was shot as a sound film under the name Leblebici Horhor Ağa.