Master directors such as Ertem Eğilmez, Yılmaz Güney, Metin Erksan, Atıf Yılmaz; Master and veteran actors such as Türkan Şoray, Cüneyt Arkın, Kemal Sunal and Filiz Akın entered our lives thanks to Yeşilçam. One of the most important of these actors is Tarık Akan, the handsome, green-eyed and talented director of Yeşilçam cinema, in the words of Ertem Eğilmez, the tall boy, who saddened us all with his passing in 2016.
We have compiled for you the important and legendary films of Tarık Akan, who rewards being an artist with both his talent and stance, and who does not hesitate to fight for the democracy and peace of his country at the same time!
Legendary Films of Tarık Akan:
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Road (1982)
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My Dear Brother (1973)
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Blue Beads (1974)
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Our Family (1975)
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Sev Brother (1972)
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Hababam Class (1975)
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The Herd (1979)
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My Liar Half (1973)
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Miss Beyoğlu (1973)
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Oh Oh (1972)
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Sweet Tongue (1972)
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Oh Where (1975)
You will face the realities of being human in this land: The Road (1982)
- Year: 1982
- Stars: Tarık Akan, Şerif Sezer
- Director: Yılmaz Güney, Şerif Gören, Halil Ergün
- IMDb: 8. 1
During the martial law period, five prisoners in Imrali Prison took a week’s leave to go to their villages. However, their path is quite long and dangerous. It doesn’t matter inside or outside, the fact that it is not easy to be human in these lands slaps them in the face.
Yılmaz Güney’s immortal work, which proved its success to the world with the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival; Even today, it is still one of the most realistic and touching stories to come out of Anatolia.
Yeşilçam Cinema’s masterpiece drama: Canım Kardeşim (1973)
- Year: 1973
- Cast: Tarık Akan, Halit Akçatepe, Kahraman Kıral
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 8. 7
The movie Canım Kardeşim tells the story of Kahraman, his older brother and his friend Halit, who leads a life of poverty but self-sufficient. They see the hero’s reading and having a purpose in life as the only way to get rid of this life. Despite the poverty they live in, they are somehow happy and optimistic, but their whole life is shaken when they learn that Kahraman has cancer. After that, his brother and Halit’s purpose in life is to get the television, which is Kahraman’s last wish.
The movie of those who say everyone needs to be loved: Blue Beads (1974)
- Year: 1974
- Cast: Tarık Akan, Emel Sayın, Metin Akpınar, Zeki Alasya, Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 7. 8
A group of friends who come to the casino where Emel Sayın, one of the most popular artists of the period with her voice and beauty, took the stage, cannot pay the bill. For this reason, these friends, who were battered by the owners of the place, abduct Emel Sayın by wrapping it in a carpet in order to take revenge. Although they have no intention of harming Emel Sayın, their only condition is to receive a ransom from the owners of the venue in order to return the famous artist. In this process, a growing friendship begins between Mr. Emel and the young people.
For those who want to watch a hot family comedy, there is no film more ideal than this: Our Family (1975)
- Year: 1975
- Cast: Münir Özkul, Tarık Akan, Adile Naşit, Tayfun Akalın, Ayşen Gruda, Halit Akçatepe
- Director: Ergin Orbey
- IMDb: 8. 4
Yaşar Usta, a veteran of years, is a man who tries to be both mother and father to his three children after the death of his wife. Melek Hanım, who lives in the same neighborhood as Yaşar Usta, leads a difficult life with her three children after the death of her husband. What the people in the neighborhood do or do, they get Yaşar Usta and Melek Hanım married because they think they are suitable for each other. However, these 6 siblings, who do not enjoy living with each other, will not be able to adapt easily. One of the most popular family comedies of Turkish cinema, the production is definitely a must-watch.
Rich boy poor girl story: Sev Brother (1972)
- Year: 1972
- Stars: Tarık Akan, Hülya Koçyiğit
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 6.7
The film, which tells about the love that started between Ferit, the son of a rich manufacturer, and a factory worker girl, whose relationship started as a result of an allegation and then fell in love with each other, is one of the most sincere romantic films of Turkish cinema. The factory worker girl makes a bet with her friends that she can make the manufacturer’s son fall in love with her, but she starts to have feelings for Ferit even though things go as she wishes. The economic and cultural gap between the two families will be an obstacle to their relations.
An immortal film adapted from the immortal work of Rıfat Ilgaz: Hababam Class (1975)
- Year: 1975
- Cast: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Tarık Akan, Halit Akçatepe, Adile Naşit
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 9. 3
The film, which tells the amusing but sometimes touching stories of a class full of amusing students who have no problem but to be mischievous, is the first film in the Hababam Class series. The classrooms are marked as students can play all their teachers in their palms and upset the school order thanks to their sharp intelligence, and this causes fun events. However, the fun of the students is spoiled when a disciplined and strict headmaster arrives at the school. Adapted from the immortal work of Rıfat Ilgaz, the film is one of Yeşilçam’s most memorable.
A father-son conflict movie: The Herd (1979)
- Year: 1979
- Cast: Tarık Akan, Melike Demirağ, Tuncel Kurtiz
- Director: Zeki Ökten
- IMDb: 8. 3
Hamo is the head of a non-settled family that makes their living from animal husbandry. Hamo’s son Şivan is married to Berivan, the daughter of a hostile tribe that has a blood feud. Hamo, on the other hand, could not warm up to Berivan as his three children did not survive. Berivan is known as an unlucky bride in the family. On the other hand, Hamo constantly tries to persuade his son to divorce in order to break up this marriage. His son Şivan, on the other hand, does not care about his father’s insistence, and therefore father and son are in constant argument.
It all started with a game: Liar Half (1973)
- Year: 1973
- Stars: Tarık Akan, Emel Sayin
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 7.2
Handsome and fast-paced, Kayserili Mahmut’s brother Ferdi is financially dependent on his older brother. He is under the rule of his brother because his rich brother sends a large amount of money every month. But Ferdi tells her brother that she is engaged. His older brother comes to Ferdi and tells him that he wants to meet his brother’s fiancee. Of course, there is no fiancé, and Ferdi finds Alev, who is already in love with Ferit, to play the fiancee role, and the game begins.
The story of a man who confronts his father for his love: Oh Olsun (1973)
- Year: 1973
- Cast: Tarık Akan, Hale Soygazi, Hulusi Kentmen, Kemal Sunal, Halit Akçatepe
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 7.2
Fehmi Haznedar, a powerful manufacturer, has three sons and all he wants is for his children to be successful in their education and to start a business. His son Ferit, who is a university student, is interested in everything except the lessons, especially the girls. Realizing this situation, his father makes his sons work in the factory as punishment, but Ferit does not stay comfortable there and falls in love with a girl named Alev. This time, things don’t go as Ferit hoped.
The love story of an idealistic woman and a spoiled man: My Sweet Tongue (1972)
- Year: 1972
- Cast: Filiz Akin, Tarık Akan
- Director: Ertem Eğilmez
- IMDb: 7.2
Where Feride, an idealistic village teacher who spends all her time helping people in the village, lives, Ferit, the son of a rich family from Istanbul, comes with his friends from the basketball team to camp. As soon as Ferit sees Emine, he falls in love and the couple soon gets married in secret. But their happy marriage is ruined when Ferit returns to Istanbul with his friends. Feride cannot hear from Ferit for a long time and finds the solution to go to Istanbul. After seeing her husband’s life in Istanbul, Feride decides to teach him a lesson.
A love big enough to hang from a moving bus: Oh Where (1975)
- Year: 1975
- Cast: Tarık Akan, Gülşen Bubikoğlu
- Director: Orhan Aksoy
- IMDb: 7. 6
The flirtatious and handsome Ferit, who enjoys walking around with the girls, stays on the road and goes to seek help. Just then, he meets a beautiful woman named Zehra, who is sleeping on the grass, and falls in love. But Zehra is not a woman who will give a face easily. While trying to impress Zehra, Ferit has to deal with both his other lovers and his fiancee from the country. This entertaining family comedy, which has an important place in Yeşilçam cinema, is definitely a movie to watch.
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