Tarık Akan
Birth : 1949-12-13, Istanbul, Turkey
Death : 2016-09-16
History
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.
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.
Director
Director
Mişka
The story of an exile man who came from Russia. He is the last descended of his family.
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 daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Baba
Mahmut Şevket Paşa
Hüseyin Efe
Ragıp
Uğur
Makasçı
Saycan
About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.
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.
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.
Erol
Musa
The story of a married couple who searched for identity after the September 12 coup and clashed with each other in this process.
Co-Producer
Tunç
Rauf
Çetin
Yönetmen
Yusuf
Directed by Zeki Ökten.
Münir Kozan
Yılmaz
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.
Kamil
Tayfun
Cengiz
Tarik Akan plays a man who attempts to get revenge for the rape of his fiancee.
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 efforts -- and so his days are spent in training for the event. Meanwhile, his brother and sister-in-law and their daughter have come back home after living in Germany for 12 years and are finding the adjustment to their cultural roots a bumpy ride. As long scenes of well-oiled and slippery wrestlers in action prepare viewers for Bilal's big event, the struggle of these men is reminiscent of the struggle of Bilal's family to come to grips with a world they may not be able to accept unconditionally.
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.
Murat
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.
Komiser Yilmakz 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.
Yakup
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.
The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him.
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.
Bozovalı Cemal
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.
Bülent
The fight of the striking railroad workers.
Sivan
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.
Directed by Erden Kiral.
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.
Sedat
Story of two brothers, struggling to build a life after losing their father in a young age.
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 altogether!
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).
Murat Boğa
Ömer / Fintonto
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..
Sinan
A group of young people living a luxurious life in Istanbul go to a village for a rafting adventure on the Euphrates.
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.
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.
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.
Tarık
The road runner movie of two clever cheaters turns to a love story.
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.
Damat Ferit
A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.
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.
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.
Adnan
Ferit
Mehmet
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 accelerates. A surprise awaits Ali Rıza, who thinks everything is fine on the wedding day.
Ferit
Ömer
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.
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. However, Aziz will do his best to prevent Ahmet from making money.
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 try to separate Metin with his brother.
Orhan
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.
Ferdi
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.
Murat
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
Ferdi
Ferit
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.
Hakan
A genetic narrator who lovingly loves his friend's wife tells the story.
Ferit Çalışkan
A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory.
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 rid of Timur before he can get Dürrin. Later, Timur will try to separate Hakan and Dürrin.
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.
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 Tayfun.
Ferit Aker
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.
Sedat
A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers.
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.
