Asya and Ilyas's son Samet is actually played by a girl. They cut the girls hair to make her look like a boy.
Before the last scene actor didn't sleep more than 24 hours for that 'look'
Turkan Soray is 32 years old and Kadir Inanir is 28 years old at the time of filming.
The movie was shot in Osmaniye, which was a district of Adana at that time. The dam that Ilyas worked on is the Aslantas dam, which is also located in Osmaniye.
The film is adapted from the book "Red Scarf" by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov. A movie from this adaptation was shot in the USSR before, but Selvi Boylum did not make as much noise as Al Yazmalim.