In his youth, before going into film directing and teaching media, Çelik belonged to a gang called 36 Boys, corresponding to the postal address of Berlin 36 at the time.
[2] Çelik first staged Feridun Zaimoğlu's Black Virgins (Schwarze Jungfrauen in German) that tells the story of five Muslim women.
[3] Everyday (Alltag) tells the story of a tough neighborhood nicknamed "Little Istanbul" for its large Turkish immigrant population in Kreuzberg, Berlin.
[3] Çelik has stated his plans to adapt İlhan Uçkan's novel Magic of Love (Aşk Büyüsü) to film in August 2010.
The film shows that these subcultures create identities that mix Turkish, German and African-American culture and sets an environment for the growth of Hip-hop in Germany.