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The Whole Earth Catalog of
Turkish Movies/Films
Short Subjects, Documentaries,
TV and Radio
for English Speakers
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For English-speakers
who've always wanted to know more about
Turkish Movies/Films,
Short Subjects, Documentaries,
TV and Radio --
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Movie/Film names and TV Program names (in both English and Turkish),
stars of the Turkish cinema and TV (past and present), movie directors, producers,
cameramen, screen writers, musicians, singers, dancers, et al
-- not to mention plot summaries, movie trivia,
and memorable on-screen dialogue
all translated into English, of course...
With full multimedia features including illustrations,
voice recordings and video clips...
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Abbreviations:
LMA - Lead Male Actor/Player, LFA - Lead Female Actor/Player,
MA - Male Actor/Player, FA - Female Actor/Player,
MD - Main Director, P - Producer(s), C - Cinematographer, W - Screenplay Writer,
Dan - Dancer, M- Music by, AD - Art Director, PC - Production Company
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Name of Person, Place, Thing | Details About | Descriptions, examples, supplements, and explanations |
Cüneyt Arkın
Did Cüneyt Arkın
make Elif Pektaş
'an offer she couldn't refuse'
in the romantic crime movie
'Soysuzlar'
(The Degenerates)
1975
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Cüneyt Arkın
gets revenge
and finds romance
with Elif Pektaş
in
Soysuzlar
(The Degenerates) 1975
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Cüneyt Arkın made his professional film debut in 1964, as the prize for winning a contest sponsored by Artist Magazine. He acted in 15 movies that year, filling increasingly important roles -- and he hasn't looked back since... In a sort of left-handed compliment, Arkın (real name: Fahrettin Cüretlibatur, b. 1937) has been called the Alain Delon (b. 1935) of Turkey. But if you compare the range and depth of their movie careers, it's Delon who should take the back seat to Arkın. Consider the career comparisons of these two, still active, film stars -- Appearances as an Actor: Arkın (310) Delon (89); Director: Arkın (38) Delon (3); Screenplay Writer: Arkın (28) Delon (10). Only in the category of 'Producer' does Delon surpass Arkın as a movie maker -- Delon (21), Arkın (9).
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See also:
Did Cüneyt Arkın and Elif Pektaş share a bath in Soysuzlar? (A 1 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file)
Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World)
Kara Murat Denizler Hakimi
(Kara Murat, Ruler of the Ottoman Seas)
Cüneyt Arkın in the Turkish Who's Who
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Aytaç Arman 
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Aytaç Arman in the Turkish Who's Who. |
Also see Aytaç Arman in: Yalancı / Çok Yalnızım (Lair / I'm so lonely) 1973 -- directed by: Mehmet Dinler.
İz (The Trail) 1994 -- directed by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu). |
Arzu (Desire)
Tells the terrifying tale of a celebrity stalker (played by Tolga Savacı) and his celebrity victim (played by Banu Alkan). Made in 1985, the film is approximately 77 minutes long.
Arzu is
a glamorous 'working girl' |
Seduction of a School Girl
Sevda believes every lie that Tolga tells her. |
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LFA - Banu Alkan (as Arzu); LMA - Tolga Savacı in his 2nd film (as Cezmi); MA - Yusuf Sezgin (as Arzu's agent/manager/lover Tan); FA - Songül Gündüz (as Sevda -- Arzu's little sister); MD - Şahin Gök; W - Macit Koper; C - Orhan Oğuz; P - Ferit Turgut; PC - Uzman Film
In flagrante delicto
Sevda catches Cezmi brutally violating sister Arzu |
Erotic Fantasies
Arzu is haunted by uncontrollable
unholy-dreams of her attacker Cezmi
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Plot Summary: Arzu (played by Banu Alkan) is a rising young movie-starlet who makes glamorous TV commercials for cosmetics on the side, to support herself and her live-in school-girl sister Sevda (played by Songül Gündüz). And, Arzu is being stalked surreptitiously...by Cezmi (played by Tolga Savacı), a handsome young drifter (who's the spitting image of Ted Bundy) posing as a free-lance photographer. Cezmi seduces younger sister Sevda and through her he wangles his way to an on-set meeting with Arzu -- and to a very tentative appointment for a free-lance photo-shoot. Waiting until Sevda is off to school one day, Cezmi shows up at Arzu's doorstep unannounced, talks his way inside -- and viciously rapes her. To make matters worse, the public prosecutor deems the evidence of the rape to be problematic -- so Cezmi remains free, and able to strike again... When Cezmi reads that Arzu will be vacationing in Datça before she begins her next movie role, he boards a bus that's Datça-bound...
Movie clips from 'Arzu'
Bringin' home the bacon
Arzu (Banu Alkan), giving her best Marilyn Monroe impression, mimes and struts her stuff through a TV Commercial as manager/lover Tan (Yusuf Sezgin) looks on admiringly. Thumping along infectiously in the background, Modern Talking's "Do you wanna..." gets you in the mood to 'take what you need'. (Turkish language-learning students should try to understand the commercial voice-over. It's spoken very clearly and slowly.) A 1.6MB Windows Media Video .WMV file
Seduction of a School Girl While Arzu works to make a living, Cezmi seduces her little sister Sevda...A 1MB Windows Media Video .WMV file
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Dilber Ay
| All in the Family
Dilber Ay and her mother explore
the boundaries of physical love in
Sevginin Bedeli (1979)
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It was Zerrin Doğan and Zafir Seba who first brought 'real seks' to Turkish films in 1979 -- with their performances in Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- A Woman Like That). But, according to Humorist and 'Erotik' Movie Historian, Cihan Demirci, another female actor followed close on their heels... in some ways one-upping Doğan/Seba with her enthusiastic 'real seks' love scenes -- and her taste for the bizarre. In Sevginin Bedeli (The Equivalent of Love), for example, Dilber Hanım fantasizes that her dance partner, Zafer Doğan, is a Catholic Priest to whom she confesses her sins. And the sensual penance she accepts from him is straight out of Alex Comfort's Joy of Sex. She pushed the envelope even further in Gece Yaşayan Kadın (Woman Who Lives at Night), Takma Kafanı (Don't Get Upset or Trouble Yourself) with Harika Öncü and Çetin Başaran), and Cemile'nin Kaderi (Cemile's Fate) (all directed by Yavuz Figenli in 1979)... when she introduced Turkish 'erotik' movie audiences to the concept of 'grup seks' for the first time in their cinematic history.
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See also:
Dilber Ay's movie-role as serial-murder victim (see entry: Çetin Başaran)
Enişte
(Brother in Law)
Öyle Br Kadın Ki
(A Woman Like That)
Zafir Seba (Saba)
Dilber Ay's 'Erotik' films with Yılmaz Şahin:
1979 - Anasına Bak Kızını Al 16mm (Look to the Mother, Take the Daughter)
1979 - Yudum Yudum Sev (Love, In Small Swallows)
1979 - Sevginin Bedeli (The Equivalent of Love)
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Aydemir Akbaş
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Veteren of conventional films -- as well as being a huge erotik-comedy movie personality as an actor (100 films), Director (5), screenplay Writer (28) -- in a career spanning 40+ years (1964 and 2007) | Also see:Elif PektaşAylin BerkayKinsey Report, P 3Alev Altın 2/2Mine Mutlu 1/4Turkish Who's Who |
We are extremely grateful to the following people for their
Turkish-language source material on which much
in the cinema sections of the 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' is based:
Cihan Demirci, Metin Demirhan, Giovanni Scognamillo, and Ağah Özgüç.
We also extend special thanks to the content providers
and webmasters at the following Turkish websites:
Sinematurk.com, Telifhaklari.gov.tr,
Turksinemasi.net, FotoAjans.com, Superresim.com, and Kimkimdir.gen.tr
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