Tarık Akan
Birthday: Born in 1949-12-13 in Istanbul, Turkey
Deathday: 2016-09-16
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. He acted in a total of 110 films, and won numerous awards from various festivals including Cannes and Berlin. He won an Honourable Mention at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Pehlivan. He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"), and ended up runner up. He studied acting under the eye of famous Turkish film director Ertem Eğilmez (1929–1989). He made his film debut in 1970 at the age of 21 in Vefasız, and adopted the stage name "Tarık Akan". Between 1970 and 1975, in the heyday of Yeşilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya Koçyiğit in Sev Kardeşim, Hale Soygazi in Gece Kuşu Zehra, and entered into the "list of unforgettables" with Hababam Sınıfı. At first, most of his roles were in romantic comedies. Later in his career, he has taken on more political and dramatic roles. The first film of this genre was Nehir, in which he shared the role with Cüneyt Arkın. Political films like Maden, Sürü, Yol and Kanal followed.
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Ahh İstanbul
Character: Ahmet Zeybek
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Gece Yürüyüşü
Character: Sinan
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Koçum Benim
Character: Koç
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Altın Kelebek Ödülleri
Character: Self - Winner
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Movie Credits
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
Character: Damat Ferit
A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school....
The Legend of the Ugly King
Character: Self
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later....
El Kapıları
Character: Zeynel
When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant....
Piano Girl
Character: Mişka
The story of an exile man who came from Russia. He is the last descended of his family....
Su da Yanar
Character: Yönetmen
It is the story of the dilemmas and struggles in the life of a film director during a period when fear and despair reigned, people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The director, who wants to make a film about Nazım Hikmet, is trying to find the money to do so....
My Dear Brother
Character: Murat
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them....
The Blue Bead
Character: Yakışıklı Necmi
After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge....
Abdulhamid Falling
Character: Mahmut Şevket Paşa
Şefik, a successful soldier, is one of the leading figures of the Committee of Union and Progress. When Abdulhamid II declares a constitutional monarchy, Şefik and his friends go to Istanbul. They plan to closely monitor the events unfolding there. However, it is here that Şefik will part ways with the society....
Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
Character:
Five short films by five directors based on themes of love and tolerance, each independent of the other. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Efes Pilsen. The collection includes five short films: Ömer Kavur's "The Meeting," İrfan Tözüm's "Monte Cristo," Yusuf Kurçenli's "Because I Love Her," Erden Kıral's "Moon Stories," and Zeki Ökten's "Always the Same."...
The Chaos Class
Character: Damat Ferit
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows....
Vizontele Tuuba
Character: Güner Sernikli
Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his ...
After the Fall
Character: Hüseyin Efe
In the early days of the September 12 military coup, five-year-old Metin waits for his mother, singing to himself as he looks out the window. But his mother, Ayten, has been arrested and sent to prison. Since the child is alone at home, they take him to his mother in her cell, but despite all her jokes and games, Metin is aware of what is happening. The next day, Metin's grandfather Hüseyin Efe, who lives on Bozcaada, comes to take him, and Metin's days of freedom on the island begin. His friend...
Son Darbe
Character: Nazmi
Nazmi is a young man who works as a doctor in Mardin. One day, he learns that there has been a mass poisoning in a nearby village, so he goes there to treat the people and investigate the matter. Upon investigating the incident, Nazmi discovers that the poisoning was caused by the river water. The waste from Zülfü Ağa, one of the city's wealthy residents, is being dumped into the river, which has caused the poisoning. Nazmi decides to report the incident. Although Zülfü Ağa and the mayor try to ...
White Death
Character: Komiser Yılmaz Gürel
Meral is a show girl and drug addict and Yilmaz is a handsome police chief who fights against drug dealers. The tragic reality of the glamorous show world is revealed in the film's story. Meral's boss Haci wants her to spy on Yilmaz. However Meral and Yilmaz fall in love with each other. They work cooperatively and in a police operation headed by Yilmaz Haci and his men are caught wounded, but Meral gets shot....
Yalancı Yarim
Character: Ferdi
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Oh Olsun
Character: Ferit Haznedar
A tycoon tries to teach some life lessons to his three spoiled sons by making them work on the floor of his factory, where one of them falls in love....
Sweet Talker
Character: Ferit
Tarik is the best scorer basketball player of his team and is very popular. One day he comes to a village with his team to do entreman. There, he met the village teacher, Emine. He loves her very much and they get married immediately. But, some days after he had to return to istanbul. He wants Emine to go to istanbul with him but she says that she can't leave the village and her students....
Layla, Ma Raison
Character: Mecnun
Since childhood, Qays and Layla have been in love. Qays, being a poet, publicly sings of his love, crying it out joyously far and wide - just the sort of public proclamation which was strictly condemned at the time. Distraught yet fearless, Qays stubbornly proclaims with all the more vigor his love for Layla, who remains entrapped by her own clan....
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Character: Ziya
Ziya's passion for his partner's wife Zuhal and his past mistakes have made his life miserable. On top of that, when his partner Nejdet died of kidney failure, his world became even darker. That is why he has become hostile towards women....
Seninle Son Defa
Character: Uğur
The film tells the story of a married woman who falls in love with a younger man. Nesrin is a middle-aged woman who is having problems with her husband. One day, she meets Uğur, a young engineer. The two begin a romantic relationship. Nesrin's husband eventually finds out about the affair. He threatens Nesrin to break up with Uğur. Unable to tell Uğur about this situation, Nesrin leaves him. However, Uğur and Nesrin's paths will cross again after some time....
Halkalı Köle
Character: Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
The couple, who are married and have two children, are in the process of divorcing. Problems that have accumulated throughout their marriage have led them to decide to separate. During the divorce proceedings, they will reevaluate their relationship and marriage....
Blood
Character: Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
Seyit Ağa, who attends a wedding to which he was not invited, starts an endless blood feud. A film adaptation of Osman Şahin's short story "Kanın Masalı" (The Tale of Blood)....
Oh Where
Character: Ferit
Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul (!). In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change....
Kayıp Kızlar
Character: Komiser Yılmaz
Young, beautiful, and innocent girls from different economic and social backgrounds, who share similar problems, fall into the hands of the prostitution mafia and are forced into a life of endless shame. They are subjected to inhumane treatment. Lale, a college graduate, is the most beautiful among them. Escaping her stepfather's abuse, Lale seeks refuge at her school friend Nesli's house. She mistakes Nesli for a model and wants to pursue the same career. Nesli introduces her to a man named Reş...
Our Family
Character: Ferit
A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family....
Siyabend and Xece
Character: Siyabend
The mythological love story of two Kurdish youth....
Evcilik Oyunu
Character: Adnan
A young woman, Süreyya, distrustful of men, enters a sham marriage with Necmi Gökmen to escape rumors and guard her heart, only to discover he was her childhood darling in a foster‐marriage arranged by their parents....
Lekeli Melek
Character: Salih
The film tells the story of a man trying to save his sister from a life of crime. When Yusuf was young, his parents separated. His mother took his sister Zeynep and moved to Istanbul. When Yusuf grew up, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a boat captain. He and his closest friend Salih made a living by hunting sponges. Many years pass, but Yusuf's longing for his sister grows stronger. He writes her a letter, urging her to return home. Meanwhile, Zeynep is struggling to escape the ...
Kızımın Kanı
Character: Cemil
Cemil is a ski instructor who is divorced from his wife. His daughter Figen lives with her mother. Figen's boyfriend Hakan knocks her unconscious, rapes her, and takes photos of her for blackmail. Hakan forces Figen into a relationship with Musa, a mafia boss. During this time, Figen dies from a high dose of drugs she was given. Following these events, Cemil sets out on a quest for revenge....
The River
Character: Sinan
A group of young people living a luxurious life in Istanbul go to a village for a rafting adventure on the Euphrates....
İkili Oyunlar
Character: Erol
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Adem ile Havva
Character: Münir Kozan
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The Voice
Character: Adam
Directed by Zeki Ökten....
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
Character: Narrator
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The Wrestler
Character: Bilal
With good guidance from director Zeki Okten but an uninspired script, this story of a brother and his Turkish family influenced by old and new traditions is somewhat uneven. Bilal (Tarik Akan) is devoted to the art of wrestling, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who were both champions at the sport. Aside from his interest in wrestling for its own sake, Bilal has a chance to win a provincial wrestling contest and thereby bring home a considerable cash award for his effort...
Firefly
Character: Tarık
The road runner movie of two clever cheaters turns to a love story....
Remedy
Character: Şehmuz
A midwife is caught in a snowstorm on the way to Anatolia and forced to spend four months in an isolated village., where she’s soon tending sick children and delivering babies....
Dönüş
Character: Berde
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The Road
Character: Seyit Ali
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government....
Blackout Night
Character: Mustafa Ural
In this biographical drama, the Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz (Tarik Akan) is forced to go into internal exile after World War Two, because the government suspects him of being a communist. Most of the movie follows him while he is on the lam, and during his reunion with his wife, who grows testy from the restrictions that hiding him impose on her. Eventually he turns himself in, and while in prison, suffers some torture. All the same, he endures with the flame of his spirit undiminished....
Çözülmeler
Character: Uğur
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Uzun İnce Bir Yol
Character: Müşfik
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Sev Kardeşim
Character: Ferit Çalışkan
A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory....
Kanal
Character: Kaymakam
Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria....
The Three Superboys in the Snow
Character: Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
Cafer, bored with his marriage, works as a cashier. One day he is caught embezzling a large sum of money and ends up in prison. Piraeus Mehmet, Fırıldak Ömer and Cin Ali go to prison to ask him where the money is.....
The Letter
Character: Ragıp
A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody....
Gecenin Sonu
Character: Kadir
The film is about a father and son, both notorious gangsters, reuniting after many years. Hasan, a notorious gangster, works for Osman, a heroin smuggler. After years of involvement in dirty business, Hasan decides to leave the mafia at the insistence of his wife. However, this decision disrupts Osman's entire plan. As a result, Osman kills Hasan's wife, forcing him into a murder he did not want to commit. After spending a long time in prison, Hasan is now elderly when he is released. Moreover, ...
Emine
Character: Metin
The film tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. Murat, who lost his father at a young age, takes on the entire burden of his family. He takes care of his mother by sending his brother Metin to school. Years later, he starts running a casino and takes over a new one. He turns Emine, who works as a waitress at the casino, into a singer. Over time, he falls in love with Emine. However, Emine falls for Murat's brother Metin, whom she meets on a vacation. Murat will hav...
The Herd
Character: Şivan
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill....
My Dear Uncle
Character: Tarık
Turkish Uncle Buck. A funny slob (Tarik Akan) leaves his village after getting into trouble. He leaves with his friend (Suleyman Turan) who blackmails him by putting a stolen diamond in his pocket. He comes to stay at his sisters house and all the family are glad to see him, but not his brother in law who hates him. Here he falls in love with his nephew's teacher Zehra (Hale Soygazi)....
Umut Dünyası
Character: Ahmet
A girl later known as an orphan has to be taken care of because of an accusation of her Former employer. She gets fired and lands on the street. Rain , cold and hunger make her sick. But she has luck ; a young boy named Ahmet finds her and takes good care of her. They have to face many obstacles to be together- gossip, miscarriage and dreams of a better life in Australia....
Bizim Kız
Character: Murat Boğa
The lives of Hacer, Ömer, Tayfur, Haydar, and Cevriye take a dramatic turn when they find a baby in the courtyard of a mosque. The group decides to take care of the baby, naming her Zeynep, and raise her as their own child. When Zeynep grows up and becomes a young woman, she falls in love with Murat, the son of Adil Bey, a businessman she meets at her high school graduation. Zeynep, who introduces herself to Murat as a wealthy person, receives an offer from him that fulfills her dreams. Thinking...
Delisin
Character: Ferit
A shy introvert falls for the photographer who took her pictures during high school. Confused and worried, she doubts that love will elapse and can never open up to her lover. Yet she cannot runaway from love....
The Mine
Character: Nurettin
When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things....
Let It Be
Character: Ferit
Ferit who works as a reporter on a newspaper, makes fake news about the olive oil king Hulusi. One day he writes that he adds machine oils to his oils, another day he writes that his daughter Alev hangs up with men and prints her photos. Actually the married man seen in the photos is Alev's cousin....
Suçlu
Character: Hakan
A genetic narrator who lovingly loves his friend's wife tells the story....
Feryat
Character: Ferdi
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Aflame
Character: Murat
Handsome yacht captain Murat and beautiful Alev are two lovers preparing for marriage. But being together is difficult because of Murat's boss....
Berdel
Character: Ömer
Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter....
Baby Face
Character: Bebek Yüzlü Murat
The story of three siblings who lost their parents at a young age and went their separate ways. Known as Baby Face, Murat has been working for a gang since childhood. Tahir, the gang leader who uses Murat for ransom jobs, becomes a millionaire this way. When Murat decides to leave the gang to start a new life, his relationship with Tahir deteriorates. The situation is further complicated by the suicide of his brother, who was killed by gang members, leading to a deepening enmity between Murat an...
Beyoğlu Güzeli
Character: Ferit Aker
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Boşver Arkadaş
Character: Ferit
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Kader Bağlayınca
Character: Murat
A devoted portrait photographer Murat and flower-selling entertainer Zeynep, who frequently clash yet deeply love each other while working at the same nightclub, find their relationship upended after Zeynep saves mafia boss Bekir from a violent attack and is injured in the process. As Bekir nurses her back to health, he falls for her, forcing Zeynep to choose between the two lovers....
Üç Sevgili
Character: Ali
Ali is a flirtatious young man who is managing three girlfriends at the same time. When the three lovers, played by Meral Zeren, Fatma Belgen, and Suna Keskin, realize that they are being managed, they call Ali home and beat him up. Tarık Akan defeats all three of them and runs away....
Yaz Bekârı
Character: Orhan Güven
Orhan, who works at a bank, has an unhappy marriage. His wife, Şermin, drinks constantly, gambles, and neglects her family. Orhan tries to keep his marriage going for the sake of his son. However, one day, after an argument with his wife, Şermin leaves home. After his wife leaves, Orhan meets Leyla, a singer. What begins as a simple fling turns into love for Orhan. However, being with Leyla will not be as easy as Orhan had imagined....
The Sacrifice
Character: Mümin
After being released from prison, Müslüm will fulfill his dedication and sacrifice his 2.5-month-old son to God by cutting the throat of him....
Bir Avuç Cennet
Character: Kamil
The story of a family who moved from a village to Istanbul with two children in order to live a better life, but ended up living in an abandoned bus due to poverty and lack of accommodation....
Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir
Character: Yakup
The love story of a handsome beach attendant with two young women, one rich and the other disabled....
Baraj
Character: Orhan
Nazim, a foreman working on a dam construction, falls in love with Aysel, the most beautiful girl of the local brothel. Too shy to identify himself, Nazim sends her love letters, signing as Orhan, one of his employees - and a man with not many scruples... When Aysel arrives on the construction site, the deception does not last long. It all ends in a happy marriage. Only, it's not the end yet....
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
Character: Haydar Rıza
Reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's 1985 production, After Hours, this film narrates the events of a night in the chaotic backstreets of Beyoğlu in Istanbul. The day he receives his wage, and after arguing with his wife, Haydar (Tarik Akan) leaves the house in a fury and heads to Beyoğlu for a wild night out. However, a prostitute and her pimp bring him such troubles, and he finds himself penniless and in police custody....
Devlerin Ölümü
Character: Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes....
Çark
Character: Rauf
The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act....
Çapkın Hırsız
Character: Orhan
Orhan and Cemal are two thieves who work together abroad. Orhan learns that Cemal's grandfather, whom he has not seen since childhood, has a mansion in Istanbul. Orhan, who returns to Istanbul before Cemal, decides to rob the mansion. He goes to the mansion and introduces himself as Cemal. Orhan, who has ten days to rob the mansion, is in for a big surprise....
Acı Dünya
Character: Yusuf
Yusuf, who attacked seven people with a knife in the middle of the street, begins to tell his life story in court. Yusuf, who was orphaned at a young age, has led a painful life due to poverty. Unable to attend school, he resorted to gambling to make a living. The young man, who was constantly subjected to injustice, pushed around, and spent his youth in prisons, saw his every attempt at redemption shattered. The story of an unhappy gambler whose life was spent in prison, and a woman who escaped...
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
Character: Topal Yakup
The film depicts the horror of rabies in a small town. World War II is raging. The war affects the lives of people living in a small town in southern Anatolia, as it does everywhere else in Turkey. The village chief, Haşim, is making a fortune by supplying raw materials to Germany through guests from Ankara. However, the dog brought as a gift by the guests from Ankara bites all the children in the village who want to play with it and then escapes. Soon after, it is discovered that the dog is rab...
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi
Character: Murat Sayman
A young couple meets a child on a day of an invitation. A child tells to her that she is his mother. Actually, she's that child's aunt....
Gece Kuşu Zehra
Character: Ferit
Ferit wins a large prize in the lottery and buys a car, then goes on vacation with his friends. He is very impressed by Semra, whom he meets at the hotel. However, Semra is married to Abdüllatif, an elderly and wealthy merchant from Adana. Ferit's luck and money attract the attention of the couple. Because things are not as they seem. The young woman, who learns where Ferit keeps his money, tries to rob him one night. When caught, she confesses everything. The old man is not her husband but her ...
Aşkların En Güzeli
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Vefasız
Character: Halil
The film tells the story of the love triangle between Zehra, Ömer, and Meral. Zehra lost her family in a traffic accident and considers the islanders her family. Ömer, the son of Mustafa the greengrocer, is in love with Meral, the daughter of a wealthy family. However, he believes his love is impossible and wants to commit suicide. Just as he is about to jump off the cliffs into the sea after writing a letter, Zehra arrives. She tells him he must confess his love to her. Upon hearing this, Ömer ...
An Angel on Earth
Character: Ömer Mutlu
Tomboy Zehra helps Omer to get with the girl he is madly in love with after saving him from a suicide attempt but finds herself also falling for him....
Kaçak
Character:
The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him....
Kimlik
Character: Sadettin
The story of a married couple who searched for identity after the September 12 coup and clashed with each other in this process....
Kaderimin Oyunu
Character: Bülent Akman
Thinking that her fiancé, Bülent, is dead, Sema's life will become even more tragic when she loses her family in the earthquake. The paths of the two lovers will cross again....
The Girlfriend
Character: Murat
This awesome and incredibly rare Turkish/Italian co-production, starts out as a Euro crime outing and quickly turns into a dark and sleazy House on the Edge of the Park type exploitation affair with the villain Ahmet (Piero Fabiani) taking a blind man, his daughter and niece hostage at their mansion and subjecting them to all kinds of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Turkish legend Tarik Akan plays Commissioner Murat who is out to catch Ahmet - even if it means dispensing with the rule book al...
Paramparça
Character: Tayfun
A car accident brings together Cemil and the young and beautiful doctor Ümran, whose car he crashes into. Cemil quickly falls in love with the young woman and wants to marry her. Ümran is undecided. Tayfun, who works for the wealthy businessman Sabri, is engaged to his boss's daughter Çiğdem but is unhappy. Eventually, Tayfun breaks up with Çiğdem and quits his job. He goes to stay with his close friend Cemil. Before leaving for Ankara on business, Cemil tells Tayfun that he is in love with some...
Herhangi Bir Kadın
Character: Bozovalı Cemal
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The Third Eye
Character: Tunç
Tunç, who is a director, is looking for a location in a small town for his new film. He observes everything around him for his screenplay. However, he constantly changes what he writes because he doesn't like it. He tries to turn some of the events he sees into stories. But he can't seem to get it right. One night, Tunç visits his neighbor Seniha, an old actress. Some of the things Seniha says inspire him. He returns home and sits down to work on the screenplay. Tunç, who becomes deeply engrosse...
Angel or Devil?
Character: Sedat
A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers....
Tele Kızlar
Character: Şahin
Şahin is a courageous and aggressive police commissioner who pursues female traffickers. He is the nightmare of the gangs involved in white slavery that he has been pursuing for years. Yusuf, one of the most ruthless criminals in illegal crime networks that wound the conscience of society, lures innocent young girls with his good looks and sells them, causing them to become prostitutes. Unable to bear this, a prostitute named Sema attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. Yusuf takes her to the fo...
Kıskıvrak
Character: Yılmaz
The film tells the story of the relationship between a police officer fighting crime syndicates and a model. Reyhan, who works as a model, is in a relationship with Selçuk, a photographer. The couple is planning to get married. Meanwhile, Selçuk is arrested as a suspect in a murder case. Reyhan joins the investigation led by homicide chief Yılmaz to clear Selçuk's name. As the investigation progresses, it becomes clear that a prostitution and drug gang is behind the murder. Meanwhile, some truth...
Demir Yol
Character: Bülent
The fight of the striking railroad workers....
Yosma
Character: Kerem
Kerem, who lives in a small town in Anatolia, goes to Istanbul on a business opportunity. However, things there do not go as planned and he remains unemployed. Meanwhile, the young man, who stayed with an old friend, saved a woman's life. After that, a relationship develops between them....
İsa, Musa, Meryem
Character: Musa
The film tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. Isa grows up with his stepbrother Musa. Musa is in love with a woman named Maryam from the village and wants to marry her. However, he is forced to flee the village and go into hiding because of a crime he has committed. During that time, Isa marries Maryam. Years later, Musa returns. Isa, Musa, and Maryam will confront each other on a journey they embark on together....
A Little Cloud
Character: Saycan
A young man, his wife, and their child move to Istanbul to start a new life. Since they don't have a home, the family starts staying with the man's uncle's son. However, the economic difficulties they face lead to the family being kicked out. The family embarks on a tough struggle to survive in this city where they are now on their own....
The Passenger
Character: Makasçı
The railway station in a small town in Western Anatolia where no birds or caravans pass, during the most active and critical days of the National War of Independence in 1921. One is the station chief, who lost his eye and the other foot on the front, and the other was left with caries, and the other was the wife of the station chief....
The Stigma
Character: Cengiz
Tarik Akan plays a man who attempts to get revenge for the rape of his fiancee....
Azad Kuşu
Character: Hakan
The film tells the story of a mother trying to get her sick son operated. Working as a worker in a confection, Melek lives with her son Tayfun. However, Tayfun is sick and needs surgery in Europe. Melek tries to find money for her son's surgery. The hand returns emptyly from all the knobs. As a last resort, Tayfun considers giving adoption to the rich businessman Hakan. By making a plan, he ensures that Hakan adopts Tayfun. A love will begin between Melek and Hakan, who strive for the healing of...
Memleketim
Character: Mehmet
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Sisli Hatıralar
Character: Hakan
The movie tells about the experiences of three men who are in love with the same woman. Businessman Atıf and his partner Timur are in love with the famous actress Dürrin Arbel. Two friends fight all the time to get Dürrin. However, Dürrin does not show interest in either Attribution or Timur. One day Atıf introduces his friend Hakan, who is a musician, to Dürrin. Dürrin and Hakan fall in love with each other. After a while, Atıf learns the relationship between Hakan and Dürrin. He tries to get r...
Para
Character: Murat
It tells the story of a man taking revenge on his girlfriend, who cheated on him with his closest friend, and on his friend. Murat and Aysel, who love each other very much, are dreaming of getting married. However, they have to wait for Murat to finish school before they can get married. Aysel's father is against this marriage. He wants to marry his daughter off to a wealthy man. Upon learning this, Murat drops out of school and starts working at a company. However, the company assigns him to an...
Esir Hayat
Character: Aydın
The film tells the story of Aydın and Ayşe, who crossed the roads in Cyprus, for their love. Ayşe starts to work as a designer in the weaving factory where Aydın works as an engineer. The relationship of the two, which starts with the opposite of professional issues, turns into love over time. However, Ayşe is engaged to a mafia father who she does not like in the name of Ali Rıza. Therefore, he tries to hide the love they live with Aydın. Meanwhile, the marriage process of Ayşe and Ali Rıza acc...
Kanlı Deniz
Character: Ahmet
The film tells about the struggle between two men who are in love with the same woman. Ahmet and Aziz fish. They both fall in love with Mary, the nephew of the fisherman Veli. Mary's heart is also in Ahmet. However, his uncle Veli, who raised Mary, owes to Aziz's father. Aziz's father threatens Veli Reis to give Mary to his son. If he doesn't, he says he will seize his house and boat. Having learned this, Ahmet decides to pay the debt of Veli Reis. He starts fishing and saving money every day. H...
Mahcup Delikanlı
Character: Metin
The film tells the story of a man who is in love with the brother of a woman with whom he had an affair. Text, returns to Turkey to complete his education in London. So his father holds a party. Alev, who comes to the party, falls in love with Metin. However, Metin does not like Flame. Despite that, they experience a short-term relationship at the insistence of Alev. One day, Metin meets Sema, Alev's sister. They fall in love with each other and are mentioned. Alev, who cannot get Metin, will tr...
My Friend
Character: Ali
The story of a man who learns that his friend, whom he loves more than his life, is the enemy he was looking for to kill....
Deli Kan
Character: Sefer
Sefer, a fisherman from the village of Mitari in Rize, is in love with a girl named Zekiye. Although Zekiye loves him, she refuses to marry Sefer because she finds him rude. However, Sefer kidnaps her and takes her by force, and Zekiye, unable to bear this insult to her pride, runs away from home. Sefer searches everywhere but cannot find Zekiye. Some time later, he hears that Zekiye has fallen into a life of prostitution in Istanbul. This time, Sefer searches for her in Istanbul and, just as he...
Yağmur Kaçakları
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The film tells the story of a man who flees abroad and his relationship with a foreign woman. The man is in prison for a thought crime. The man's sole purpose in escaping from prison is to leave the country. With the help of a friend, he goes to France to stay with his brother. There, he meets a woman named Michelle, who is going through personal difficulties. Despite the language barrier, the two quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, the man applies for asylum in France. However, when his applicatio...
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
Character: Baba
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Gülüm
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Şeref Sözü
Character: Sedat
Story of two brothers, struggling to build a life after losing their father in a young age....
We Called Him the Ugly King
Character: Self (archive footage)
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey....