Tarık Akan

The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)

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. ...

We Hit The Road (2014)

Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. ...

Piano Girl (2009)

The story of an exile man who came from Russia. He is the last descended of his family. ...

Vizontele Tuuba (2004)

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, bu ...

Hayal Kurma Oyunları (2004)

Abdulhamid Falling (2003)

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. Howev ...

Gülüm (2003)

After the Fall (1999)

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 hi ...

The Letter (1997)

A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody. ...

Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi (1997)

Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey (1995)

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 Cr ...

Çözülmeler (1994)

The Passenger (1993)

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 t ...

Uzun İnce Bir Yol (1991)

Bir Kadın Düşmanı (1991)

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. ...

Siyabend and Xece (1991)

The mythological love story of two Kurdish youth. ...

Blackout Night (1990)

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 ...

Berdel (1990)

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. ...

Devlerin Ölümü (1990)

About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes. ...

A Little Cloud (1990)

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 em ...

Layla, Ma Raison (1989)

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 ...

İsa, Musa, Meryem (1989)

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 ...

İkili Oyunlar (1989)

El Kapıları (1988)

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. ...

Kimlik (1988)

The story of a married couple who searched for identity after the September 12 coup and clashed with each other in this process. ...

Dönüş (1988)

The Third Eye (1988)

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 see ...

Çark (1987)

The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act. ...

Su da Yanar (1987)

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 mone ...

Yağmur Kaçakları (1987)

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 ...

We Called Him the Ugly King (1987)

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. ...

Skandal (1987)

Kızımın Kanı (1987)

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 b ...

Acı Dünya (1986)

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 liv ...

The Voice (1986)

Directed by Zeki Ökten. ...

The Other Side of Beyoğlu (1986)

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 ...

Kıskıvrak (1986)

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 arres ...

Adem ile Havva (1986)

Halkalı Köle (1986)

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 ma ...

Bir Avuç Cennet (1985)

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. ...

Son Darbe (1985)

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 po ...

Blood (1985)

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). ...

To Pieces (1985)

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 ...

Tele Kızlar (1985)

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 th ...

The Stigma (1984)

Tarik Akan plays a man who attempts to get revenge for the rape of his fiancee. ...

The Wrestler (1984)

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 ...

Aflame (1984)

Handsome yacht captain Murat and beautiful Alev are two lovers preparing for marriage. But being together is difficult because of Murat's boss. ...

Kayıp Kızlar (1984)

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 co ...

Yosma (1984)

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 rel ...

Remedy (1983)

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. ...

Çocuklar Çiçektir - Kuduz (1983)

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 supplyin ...

Gecenin Sonu (1983)

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 h ...

White Death (1983)

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 Yilm ...

The Road (1982)

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. ...

Kaçak (1982)

The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him. ...

My Friend (1982)

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. ...

Herhangi Bir Kadın (1981)

Deli Kan (1981)

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 ...

The Sacrifice (1980)

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. ...

Seninle Son Defa (1979)

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 eve ...

Kanal (1979)

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 ...

Demir Yol (1979)

The fight of the striking railroad workers. ...

The Mine (1978)

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 te ...

Lekeli Melek (1978)

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 b ...

The Herd (1978)

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 ...

The Girlfriend (1977)

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 ...

My Dear Uncle (1977)

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 a ...

The Three Superboys in the Snow (1977)

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.. ...

Our Girl (1977)

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 become ...

Şeref Sözü (1977)

Story of two brothers, struggling to build a life after losing their father in a young age. ...

The River (1977)

A group of young people living a luxurious life in Istanbul go to a village for a rafting adventure on the Euphrates. ...

Baraj (1977)

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... ...

Let It Be (1976)

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 marri ...

Kader Bağlayınca (1976)

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 ...

Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir (1976)

The love story of a handsome beach attendant with two young women, one rich and the other disabled. ...

Oh Where (1975)

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. ...

Firefly (1975)

The road runner movie of two clever cheaters turns to a love story. ...

Our Family (1975)

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. ...

The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)

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

You're Crazy (1975)

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 Chaos Class (1975)

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

Çapkın Hırsız (1975)

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 mansio ...

Playing House (1975)

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. ...

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. ...

Gece Kuşu Zehra (1975)

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 an ...

My Homeland (1974)

Leyla has become a stranger to her culture as a result of her family's wrong education. During her musical education in Vienna, she meets Mehmet, who is deeply connected to his roots, and they begin a relationship. However, Leyla's excessive admiration for ...

Esir Hayat (1974)

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 profe ...

Boşver Arkadaş (1974)

An Angel on Earth (1974)

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. ...

Kanlı Deniz (1974)

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 ...

Mahcup Delikanlı (1974)

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. Howev ...

Summer Single (1974)

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 h ...

Yalancı Yarim (1973)

Umut Dünyası (1973)

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 ...

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. ...

Para (1973)

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 sch ...

Baby Face (1973)

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. Wh ...

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. ...

Feryat (1973)

Suçlu (1972)

A genetic narrator who lovingly loves his friend's wife tells the story. ...

Sev Kardeşim (1972)

A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory. ...

Sisli Hatıralar (1972)

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 ...

Aşkların En Güzeli (1972)

Vefasız (1972)

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 f ...

Kaderimin Oyunu (1972)

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. ...

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. ...

Üç Sevgili (1972)

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 ...

Azad Kuşu (1972)

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 r ...

Emine (1971)

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 r ...

The Beauty of Beyoglu (1971)

Angel or Devil? (1971)

A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers. ...

Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi (1971)

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. ...

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The Third Eye (1988)

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 see ...

Çark (1987)

The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act. ...