Tarik Akan
Date of Birth: 13 Dec 1949
Country: Turkey
Total Credits at Criticker: 110 (Actor), 1 (Writer)
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About a class of highschool students in a private school. Their school tuition are paid by their ignorant parents who think that's all for them to get prepared for life. The students bond each other as a family. They are lazy, ignorant, funny and the worst nightmare of their teachers... (IMDB Comments)
Hababam Sinifi is basically a movie based on the novel by Rifat Ilgaz, telling the story about a class of lazy high school pranksters. The movie just presents the most entertaining moments of high school years; which we have all been there once, and feel deep down a nostalgia for the days when life was fun and we were teenagers (IMDB Comments)
A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world outside. (imdb)
The story of 1980 summer Yilmaz lived in his own town... The last days of his childhood... The days he saw so many things about love, friendship, neighbourhood, politics and culture... The days he witnessed the various relationships between the people in the town... (imdb)
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. (imdb)
Some people go to a restaurant to hear the singer Emel Sayin. They get beaten up and thrown out after a long chain of misunderstandings and decide to get revenge... by kidnapping Emel Sayin! (IMDB Comments)
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 (imdb)
The rich businessman Orhan has an unhappy marriage, he spends most of his time with his little son. After a big fight with his wife Sermin, he leaves home. One day at a bar he meets a singer named Leyla. They are attracted to each other. Hiding from her that he is married, Orhan asks Leyla to join him for a trip to Antalya. They have a splendid time together. However when Leyla finds out about his marriage, she leaves him. For Orhan happy days are over. (imdb)
This film portrays the life of "the missing ones", helpless against poverty & ignorance. Making one depressed effort against death, and trying to handle it with happiness. (IMDB Comments)
Mahmut is looking for Ali to kill because of a blood feud but he doesn't have a clue what Ali looks like. Ali also knows someone probably comes for him but he doesn't know who. The two became best friends without knowing each other. (flaky)
Married unhappily with dozens of children, the cashier Cafer embezzles a high sum of money and is put into prison. In order to learn the whereabouts of the money the rogues Mehmet, Omer and Ali become succeed in becoming his Companions in the jail. The mob leader Besir, is after the money too... (imdb)
Miska and his family immigrates after Russia takes over Turkey. they move to the state of Kars, where he meets and falls in love with Pabuc. Years pass, and Pabuc has become the crazy-old lady of the village, and Miska has lost all of his family. Nobody but Miska understands why she acts so cranky and mad. later on we see what it takes to bring these two together again.
Ferit is working for a newspaper and writes an article about the daughter of a vegetable oil producer. The article shows the girl with her boyfriend - who is her cousin and not her boyfriend in real. The oil producer accuses the newspaper to write wrong articles about his daughter. Ferit tries to prove that the girl has a relationship to her cousin.
A family lives in an old abandoned bus. but the government finds out they do and they are forced to leave because of legal issues...
An ex-convict returns to his homeland and meet by chance with prison guard of his prison.
A poor family's girl "Alev" was platonically in love with rich and handsome boy "Ferdi". With a dramatic misunderstanding she and her family thinks he is in love with her too.The film has style teasing it-self and gives an examples from poor but conceited and happy slum Turkish culture. (IMDB Comments)
Tells the story of an oil wrestler (Pehlivan) and gives a portrait of lives of villagers.
Istanbul, towards the end of World War II. A period of martial law, bread is rationed, and the prayer calls are in Turkish. A poetry book by Mustafa Ural is claimed to be communist propaganda, banned and collected by the government. The police are after him. The famous Sansaryan Complex operates as police headquarters and torture ensues against the progressive democrat intelligentsia. Mustafa refuses to surrender and runs away. (iksv.org)
Berdel means a kind of exchange between two families. One family gives a girl to be bride as the dowry payment of the bride they're taking from another family. This "tradition" was used in South-eastern Anatolia, mostly young girls were being given. The film focuses on the drama of this situation with another suppresion on women. It was that giving birth to a baby boy instead of girls was accepted as the main duty of women in Anatolia.
The film tells the story of a young man and his relationship with his ex-girlfriend. (tsa.org.tr)
The story line follows a wealthy family with three not so great sons whose father believes each to be exceptional.
Sahin is a courageous inspector investigating prostitution cases. Yusuf is one of the notorious gang leaders. He traps young women and turns them into prostitutes. As one of his girls attempts committing suicide, he gets on thin ice. Yusuf leaves the girl in the woods but another call-girl named Cagla witnesses this. She asks help from Cagla who also is a call-girl and Cagla takes her into her house in order to protect her friend from Yusuf. However he finds her place. (imdb)
Ferit belongs to a rich family from Istanbul. Despite studying medicine; his main hobby is to play basketball. He attends to a basketball camp on a village where Emine works as the teacher of the village...
Munir goes on a vacation in a holiday resort with his two bodyguards. Munis is famous for his affairs with women. There he meets Can, a very emancipated young girl. They fall in love but they are from very different cultures. While Munir is a very traditional man, Can is very modern with European values. Can's family don't like Munir much. Moreover, Munir's ex-girlfriend also turns up. Munir's macho behavior eventually bothers Can and they separate. But Munir is already after a new catch.
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.
A love story on the eve of 2nd Constitutionalism Era in the Ottoman Empire
Ahmet is a worker who dreams of migrating to Australia as he thinks it is full of welfare and riches. One day she meets a girl at his window and everything changes.
One of the 'progressive' period films of Cüneyt Arkin, Maden tells the stories of miners
Sedat and Rifat are brothers. Rifat works their father's grocery store for Sedat's education. Then Sedat transmitted in illegal affairs.
A social dramatic movie about A Beyoğlu (Istanbul, Turkey) streets story...
A young district governor puts up a fight against landlords for the good of the villagers.
Aysel (Türkan Soray) is working brothel in Bursa and Nazim Usta (Nasser Malekmotei) is an engineer in Antalya. They send mail each other and he send Orhan's (Tarik Akan) photo in stead of himself. She comes to Antalya and three people starts to play with love in lies...
cengiz and umran are a happy couple. One day Umran raped by three mafia bodyguard. Cengiz is seeking for revenge
Yilmaz Güney: Adana - Paris (1995) - Direct-to-Video
Documentary about legendary director Yilmaz Güney.
A man wants to live an honest life but the world is not a place for an honest man anymore.
A woman tries to get revenge of her murdered husband on the day of their marriage
Ali lives alone after her daughter's death and his wife leaving him as she accuses of the death. He is much loved by the neighbour members for his qualities such as charitable, good-natured. All Ali wants is happiness towards the end of his life. (imdb)
Adak is a Turkish drama film based on a true story by Faruk Erem, featuring a peasant who sacrifices his youngest child to God. The "pathological tale," according to Rekin Teksoy, "focuses on superstitious belief through the interjection of eyewitness accounts." (Wikipedia)
Captain Murat and Alev are two lovers planning to get married. Murat takes a job at the powerful businessman Sahin's yacht and sets off for a long voyage. Sahin's sister Umran fancies him (imdb)
Hacer, Omer, Tayfur and Cevriye find a baby in a mosque's courtyard. They call her Zeynep and look after her. Years pass and she grows up. Zeynep meets Murat on her graduation day. Murat is the son of the wealthy Adil Bey. Zeynep pretends that she is rich, too. When Murat wants to marry her, Zeynep regrets her lie. Yet, with the help of Hacer, she keeps the game going. Adil's men kidnap both, but Murat saves them. (imdb)
What is the most fundamental component of a man's life, if it's not his career? Murat and Hakan were born-to-be friends.. (imdb)
Koçum benim (2002) - TV Series
A high school drama with Ko as the coach of school's basketball team.
Here are the episodes with title names and directors. "Bulusma" (Meeting) by Ömer Kavur... "Monte Kristo" by Irfan Tözüm... "Çünkü Onu Seviyorum" (Because I Love Her) by Yusuf Kurçenli... "Ay Hikayeleri" (Tales of the Moon) by Erden Kiral... "Hep Ayni" (Always the Same) by Zeki Ökten. (imdb)
A girl works at cabaret with her family. She meets a young doctor and they love each other
The love story of two lovers who don't know that they were engaged in childhood.
A father, his young daughter and his teenager son lives tranquilly at a lakeside away from city. Mother had left home in the pursuit of her dreams. Mother's brother who had made a loan of money to the father is a headache for this quiet family. Daughter tries to matchmake between her father and a woman who is a loyal customer of her father's restaurant. Woman's ex-boyfriend is another headache but for woman. After some time, everything is getting worse but the family will try to keep up...
A young filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of the famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international attention by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) or Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978) (imdb.com).
The film tells the story of a couple having problems in their marriage. A married couple with two children are soon to be divorced. They explain their problems to the judge at the court. This process will allow them to review their marriage starting from day one.
Two former lovers reunite at a masquerade ball and inspire each other to avert the blood feud of their families by hiding under disguised masks.
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. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.
Reyhan is forced to face the facts she does not know about her arrested lover Selçuk. (imdb)
The film takes on the story of a man who is trying to save his sister from the streets. (tsa.org.tr)
Many girls who want to follow their dreams find themselves in the hands of traffickers. (imdb)
The love story of Nesrin (Sevda Ferdağ) and Uğur (Tarık Akan). Nesrin is a married and unhappy woman. Uğur is a young engineer.
Having been in prison, Hasan sees that the world he was involved in years ago changed a lot when he was released. (imdb)
The fact that Cemil and Tayfun live under the same roof causes events in the past that would endanger their friendship. (imdb)
The love story of Ferit (Tarık Akan) and Semra/Zehra (Hale Soygazi). They meet on vacation.
A love triangle between Metin (Tarık Akan) and two sisters, Sema (Gülşen Bubikoğlu) and Alev (Nazan Adalı).
A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody. (imdb)
The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act.
Finding a letter after the death of his daughter, Cemil goes after Hakan to avenge his daughter's death. (imdb)
The relationship between a young fisherman and his lover who is a prostitute. (imdb)
About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.. (imdb)
A writer who begins to believe in his script is dragged into a great mental depression. (imdb) Tarik Akan won the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for Best Actor.
Thinking that her fiancé, Bülent, is dead, Selma's life will become even more tragic when she loses her family in the earthquake. The paths of the two lovers will cross again. (imdb)
Journalist Çetin goes to jail because of the news he made. When he gets out of prison, he starts making tabloid news at the request of the newspaper, away from political events. However, he continues to investigate the hidden corruptions. (imdb)
Gece Yürüyüşü (2004) - TV Series
Sinan, a lawyer, has decided to divorce his wife and rents apartment. He starts a friendship with his neighbor Nilüfer, who was mistreated by her husband and mother-in-law.
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. (imdb)
The film takes place in the aftermath of the coup - September 12th, 1980. It tells the story of a family that migrates from a small eastern village to Istanbul. Saycan, who works in a small restaurant in Istanbul, brings his family-his old father, his wife, and his son- to Istanbul, too. (imdb)
Married unhappily with dozens of children, the cashier Cafer embezzles a high sum of money and is put into prison. In order to learn the whereabouts of the money the rogues Mehmet, Omer and Ali become succeed in becoming his Companions in the jail. The mob leader Besir, is after the money too. (imdb)