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Kemal Sunal

Kemal Sunal

Born in 1944 Istanbul, Turkey. Graduated from Vefa High School, Fatih, Istanbul. Sunal acted in many popular films, although he began his artistic career in the theater. His first play was called, "Unwilling Doctor" and he later worked at the Devekusu Kabare Theatre with Ulvi Uraz. Although Sunal had minor roles at first, after 1973 he was highly acclaimed for his roles in movies with large casts. He won the Antalya Film Festival's Golden Orange Award in 1977. He contributed greatly to Turkish cinema with his successful acting, including his roles in such movies as "Hababam Sinifi" (Outrageous Class), "Kapicilar Krali" (King of Janitors), "Salako" (Moron), "Inek Saban" (Shaban the Cow) and "Davaro". Sunal's latest role was in Sinan Cetin's border comedy "Propaganda"(1999). He also made a TV commercial.

Kemal Sunal died suddenly of a heart attack on July 3 at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. he had just boarded the plane for Trabzon, where he was to take part in the filming of director Ali Ozgenturk's "Balalaika" (2000).

His death caused a wave of sorrow across Turkey. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and Minister of Culture Istemihan Talay and other politicians sent messages of condolence expressing their sorrow.

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Movies Starring Kemal Sunal (83)

Balalayka (2000)

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers ...

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Propaganda (1999)

Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lo ...

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Varyemez (1991)

Ragıp Elibol is a wealthy and stingy businessman. He separated from Melek, the mother of his children, and married Dürdane. His son Cengiz is studying at university, while his daughter Zeliha is at home waiting for a husband. One day, Ragıp is hit by a ...

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Koltuk Belası (1990)

Political satire comedy featuring the memories of a red leather chair. He is aware that no matter who the next governor will be, more corrupted will the system get. But only until the last governor who decides to set him on fire. ...

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Abuk Sabuk Bir Film (1990)

A misunderstood villager seeks remedy to protect his late father's settlement in post-modern times, when all of his wicked and proud neighbors lay a snare under each other. The villager soon finds himself trapped in a sociopathic crisis. ...

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Boynu Bükük Küheylan (1990)

With his 2 wives Kuheylan started as a doorkeeper in an apartment after immigrating from small town to city. While Kuheylan was dreaming to be rich, his wives got impressed under city culture and joined their forses agains their husband. ...

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The Laughing Man (1989)

Yusuf Şaplak is a seemingly ordinary man who has a condition where he can't stop laughing. An idealist young doctor decides to cure him. ...

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Zehir Hafiye (1989)

The story of a young man who loves crime fiction books, and the daugher of a mafia leader. ...

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Sevimli Hırsız (1989)

Metin Mertoğlu is the son of a wealthy family. He falls in love with Selma. To win her over, he pretends to be a thief and gets himself into trouble. ...

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Talih Kuşu (1989)

Osman, who lives a poor life with his wife, children, and mother-in-law, earns his living as a porter. His debts to the local shopkeepers and his landlord have piled up like a mountain. To make matters worse, he is constantly belittled by his wife Leman an ...

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Polizei (1988)

A movie about the lifestyles of Turkish people who are living in Germany. ...

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The Teacher (1988)

Husnu has got issues and inabilities about the complex and expensive metropolitan life who was a successful teacher in his little town and got a promotion and appointment to Istanbul. ...

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Queer World (1988)

Living in an Ankara shantytown, Mehmet plays the clarinet at a nightclub to support his family. When their home is sold to a contractor by his brother-in-law, the gap between Mehmet's dreams and reality significantly grows. ...

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Bıçkın (1988)

Ali, who looks exactly like the famous actor Kemal Sunal, is in love with his neighbor Zehra. However, Zehra, who is a fan of Kemal Sunal, does not reciprocate Ali's love. Despite Ali's insistence, she rejects him. Ali will temporarily take Kemal Sunal's p ...

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Stubborn (1988)

While the dam project will be expropriated, Yellow poplar and Long poplar villages are included in the expropriation. Although this is supposed to protect the confidentiality, a member of the commission sells this information to a holding company and someo ...

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Uyanık Gazeteci (1988)

A comedy of a journalist who feigns war news and makes his agency strand. ...

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Japanese Connection (1987)

Veysel loves a singer named Basak. But she doesn't love him back. One day Veysel saves the life of a Japanese tourist. Later, the tourist sends a gift to Veysel from Japan. The gift is a robot that looks exactly like the singer he loves, Basak. ...

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Kiracı (1987)

Kerim lives with his family in a rent house for years. One day his landlord tells him to look for another house or raise the rent money.He finds a house by the help of Sühandan whom he works together and in love. ...

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The Handsome (1987)

Selim is a paperboy who delivers the morning papers with his truck. He buys a walkie talkie to find find a friend. His codename is "The Handsome". After a while he meets the girl and they start a relationship. It is hard for them to get married. ...

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Poor (1986)

Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises an ...

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Yoksul (1986)

A kind-hearted tea maker works in a bustling commercial inn, where his good nature makes him an easy target. The business owner takes advantage of his generosity, while the woman he loves manipulates him for money, playing on his trust. As he faces these c ...

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Tarzan Rıfkı (1986)

A story about a poor and guilt guy who is being used by mafia for dirty work. ...

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Deli Deli Küpeli (1986)

Two schizophrenic patients escape from a mental asylum supposing they were mistakenly quarantined. When they arrive at a country village, the villagers assume one is a sheriff and the other is a local magistrate. ...

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The Plaintiff (1986)

It is a comedy of stubborn people who initiate a judicial process which would last 7 years because some sheep ate a few cabbages. ...

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Keriz (1985)

Zülfü and Zülfiye get married. However, Abbas, Zülfü's uncle, who is trying to take over Zülfü's property, tries to separate the couple. Abbas spreads rumors about Zülfiye. He incites Zülfü to kill his wife. Eventually, Zülfiye secretly moves to ...

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Şendul Şaban (1985)

She works as a factory worker alongside Şaban Ali. One day, they are fired for asking their boss for a raise. They search for work for a long time but cannot find any. Necla tells Şaban that it is easier for women to find work, and the couple make a bet. ...

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Expat Şaban (1985)

Şaban is a poor man. In Germany, where Şaban went as a worker, tragicomic events happen. ...

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Katma Değer Şaban (1985)

Şaban returns to Istanbul from Germany to solve a fraud crime that was framed on his father. ...

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Sosyete Şaban (1985)

Country bumpkin Şaban Ağa has long dreamed of winning the heart of Peri, the high-society belle he plans to marry, though she doesn't even know he exists. Spurned when Peri agrees to wed him for his money then flees back to city life, Şaban reinvents hi ...

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Şabaniye (1984)

A poet, who works as a waiter to make ends meet, postures as a female singer to end a blood feud between two families. ...

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The Postman (1984)

Sevtap and Adem, the postman in the neighborhood, are in love with each other. Sevtap remained single until the age of 30 because no one liked her, so she is still a virgin and has settled for Adem. However, there is someone who opposes this love, her olde ...

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Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class (1984)

Şaban, who works as a clerk in a factory, is madly in love with Bahar, who works as a secretary in the same factory and attends university thanks to the financial support of the famous oil tycoon Adnan Bıçakçı. However, Bahar has her eye on the famous ...

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Tokatçı (1984)

A tragicomedy dramatizing how an innocent villager is driven into the crime world only to collect enough cash to make his biggest dream come true: Return to his village home and marry the girl next door. ...

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Atla Gel Şaban (1984)

Niyazi is a humble factory worker whose life is turned upside down when he wins the "altılı ganyan" (six-horse accumulator) lottery. Suddenly, everyone from neighbours to total strangers, claiming to be his long-lost relatives, crowds around him hoping f ...

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Henpecked (1983)

Father of two kids who looks exactly like a rowdy takes advantage of this and go into different and funny events. ...

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Troublemaker Hüsnü (1983)

Hüsnü is a lovestruck young man determined to win the heart of his neighborhood's beauty, Hüsniye, and enlists his friend's dubious tactics to no avail. When a thug seizes the neighborhood deeds and forces everyone to flee, Hüsnü tries to become the l ...

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En Büyük Şaban (1983)

A good man trys to help a blind girl to see again but he doesn't have enough money for the operation. ...

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Doktor Civanım (1983)

Kemal writes a letter to his mother telling her that he is a doctor. His mother is so happy that she spreads the news throughout the village. When the girls in the village learn that Kemal is returning to the village, they do everything they can to win him ...

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Çarıklı Milyoner (1983)

Hilmi Tok is a billionaire businessman. He dies one day while driving his own car. His real estate assets goes his son Bayram. ...

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Davaro (1981)

Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sul ...

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Trickster (1981)

Rıfkı, who lives in Germany, returns to his village, which he left years ago, to sell the properties inherited from his late father. A few coincidences that occur upon his arrival in the village lead to his name being associated with the 'Saint' title. ...

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Gerzek Şaban (1980)

People mistake a naive extra for his lookalike gangster and cause funny events. ...

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The Top Scorer (1980)

Sait, who is in love with Sevim, a football enthusiast, starts playing football to catch her attention. When Sevim mocks him, Sait gets angry and decides to become a football player. ...

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Zübük (1980)

This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar gets baffled a ...

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Windfall (1980)

This is one of the tragicomic films of Kemal Sunal who is most "serious-comic" artist of the Turkish cinema. This film also reflects socio-economic and cultural life of the 70's-80's Turkiye. The film obviously talk to Turkish audience but who wonder that ...

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King of The Guards (1979)

The story of a guard who revolts because of exploiting reeve and tradespeople. People start to think he has an uncle working in the ministry of the interior. ...

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Dokunmayın Şabanıma (1979)

Şaban is a minibus driver who is unsuccessful with women, while Ökkeş is a complete womanizer. Ökkeş and Şaban, two old army buddies, cross paths one day in prison. Ökkeş, who is being forced by his father to marry, asks Şaban to take his place, a ...

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İnek Şaban (1979)

A poor grocery owner becomes a popular goalkeeper. ...

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Korkusuz Korkak (1979)

He is a civil servant in the bland state office. His whole life changes when his reports get mixed up in the hospital and he gets news that he's going to die very soon. ...

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Nightingale (1979)

The comical story of Şaban, who came to Istanbul to earn his dowry and, by chance, became a famous folk singer known as Şaban Ballıses. ...

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100 Numaralı Adam (1978)

A poor young man chosen by a advertising company, and they made him a public hero to make him advertise poor quality products that no one buys. ...

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The Man Who Strikes Gold (1978)

Adem is working as a waiter and he gets fired at that moment he inherits a fortune from his rich uncle in USA. Women start to throw themselves at him, people try to use him, everyone acts nicer to him while he is try to manage his new life. ...

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Feyzo, The Polite One (1978)

To bid for his beloved's hand in marriage, poor villager Feyzo must come up with an enormous dowry to appease her father. ...

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Apdi The Gullıble (1978)

Apti is a simple minded village man and he believes what is happening around him by chance is actually his doing. He becomes famous by beating a feared man and everyone starts to respect him than he meets a singer and an action-love story starts. ...

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A Good Family Kid (1978)

Identical twin brothers live separate lives for years without seeing each other. They have grown up in very different circumstances. One is a gangster who spreads terror around him, while the other is a modest bank clerk. ...

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Saban, Son of Saban (1977)

Clumsy soldiers Şaban and Ramazan fall for a singer-dancer and accidentally become secret policemen tracking down a missing diamond. ...

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Sakar Şakir (1977)

Shakir, who lives in Kayseri, has a great legacy from his uncle who died in Istanbul. His uncle sends a telegram to Kayseri and dies before seeing Shakir, but a relative who does not want to share the legacy begins to make plans to eliminate him. ...

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The King of the Street Cleaners (1977)

Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his superior officer. ...

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King of the Doormen (1977)

Seyit, a resourceful doorman of a middle class apartment in Istanbul, finds himself in a struggle for power when the new superintendent decides to crack down on his slack attitude. ...

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The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1977)

Lazy, uneducated male 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. Because of the financial crisis, t ...

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İbo and Güllüşah (1977)

A poor villager who cannot marry the girl he loves because he cannot afford a bride-price, follows her to Istanbul. But he is unable to raise the money and appear in front of his father. Meanwhile, his friendship with a little girl he meets by chance compl ...

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Nosey Zühtü (1976)

Zuhtu, a nosy hawker who sells meatballs, one night finds a young girl escaping from her cruel relatives. He intends to help the girl but this costs him too much. ...

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The Chaos Class Is Waking Up (1976)

A sincere and hardworking student joins the Chaos Class, but acceptance seems unlikely when he becomes the target of their pranks. ...

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Fake Gangster (1976)

Kemal, unaware that his father is a mafia boss, sells cotton candy at train stations. After his father is killed, his inheritance is divided. Kemal begins visiting the establishments of Istanbul's most notorious thugs one by one to reclaim his father's inh ...

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The Foster Brothers (1976)

Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residenc ...

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Tosun Pasha (1976)

Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arran ...

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The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)

A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school. ...

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The Chaos Class (1975)

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives. ...

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Hanzo (1975)

Hanzo, who was lost as a baby and raised by bears in the wild forest, behaving like them, is captured one day by a group that comes to the village for excavation. ...

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The Confused Groom (1975)

While Serpil pretends to be a religious village girl to his rich uncle she gets cought at an erotic party. Her uncle sees what she actually is than he forces her to marry simpleton Apti or she and her family cannot inherit his fortune. ...

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The Blue Bead (1975)

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. ...

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Salako (1974)

A man falls hopelessly in love with a village leader's daughter, who herself has feelings for an outlaw. ...

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From the Village to the City (1974)

After they find buried treasure, four hapless brothers from the countryside discover that changing their fortunes will take more than gold. ...

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The Stupid Millionaire (1974)

The funny treasure hunt of 4 rural brothers in Istanbul, after the recent death of their father who left them a treasure map as heritage. ...

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Longing (1974)

The soft spot in her heart for her composer remains unfilled of a star performer, after she's given a red handkerchief as a farewell. She must make her final decision despite a hearing loss risking her promising career. ...

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My Dear Brother (1973)

Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them. ...

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Oh Olsun (1973)

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. ...

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Güllü is Coming (1973)

Güllü and the goddess Taka Nuri come to Istanbul to avenge a bloodshed. Güllü is a Black Sea girl. Nasi is a rich young man who grew up in the same village as Güllü. Nuri is given a gun in his circumcision wedding. The accidental bullet hits a relati ...

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Sweet Talker (1972)

Ferit is a basketball player from Istanbul. One day, at a camp he attends, he meets Emine, a village teacher. They fall in love at first sight and get married, but the spell is broken when Ferit's friends from the city arrive. ...

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Movies Made By Kemal Sunal (7)

Poor (1986)

Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises an ...

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Sosyete Şaban (1985)

Country bumpkin Şaban Ağa has long dreamed of winning the heart of Peri, the high-society belle he plans to marry, though she doesn't even know he exists. Spurned when Peri agrees to wed him for his money then flees back to city life, Şaban reinvents hi ...

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Çarıklı Milyoner (1983)

Hilmi Tok is a billionaire businessman. He dies one day while driving his own car. His real estate assets goes his son Bayram. ...

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Dokunmayın Şabanıma (1979)

Şaban is a minibus driver who is unsuccessful with women, while Ökkeş is a complete womanizer. Ökkeş and Şaban, two old army buddies, cross paths one day in prison. Ökkeş, who is being forced by his father to marry, asks Şaban to take his place, a ...

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İnek Şaban (1979)

A poor grocery owner becomes a popular goalkeeper. ...

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100 Numaralı Adam (1978)

A poor young man chosen by a advertising company, and they made him a public hero to make him advertise poor quality products that no one buys. ...

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Nosey Zühtü (1976)

Zuhtu, a nosy hawker who sells meatballs, one night finds a young girl escaping from her cruel relatives. He intends to help the girl but this costs him too much. ...

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