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The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio for English Speakers -- 'P' -- Also: The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time #5 Selvi Boylum Al Kazmalım (The Girl in the Red Scarf) 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index of pages To 'Sekreter'... and 'erotik' movie clips of young Hülya Avşar For English-speakers who've always wanted to know more about Turkish Movies/Films, Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio -- but didn't know where to look. 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... If you don't find the names, terms, or phrases you need here... click to let us know and we'll add them. Site visitors may navigate the Turkish Movie catalog using the 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index Page. 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 Name of Person, Place, Thing Details About Descriptions, examples, supplements, and explanations P     Elif Pektaş Singing for her supper... Elif Pektaş in Dağılın Kazımlar Geliyor (Make Way! Those Guys Are Coming Through) 1976 Click for enlargement! ** Lovey-Dovey ** Özcan Özgür hits on Elif Pektaş in Parayla Değil Sırayla (It's Not The Money That Counts, It's The Timing) 1975 Click for enlargement! Thanks to SinemaTurk More Lovey-Dovey twixt Özcan Özgür and Elif Pektaş in Parayla Değil Sırayla 1975 Click for enlargement! Thanks to SinemaTurk Non-stop Lovey-Dovey for Özcan Özgür and Elif Pektaş Click for enlargement! Thanks to SinemaTurk 'Erotik' and Conventional Turkish Movie Star during 1970-1980. We're not sure why there aren't any Elif Pektaş online movie film-clips or photos You could have knocked her over with a feather! Elif Pektaş in Babama Selam aka Dağılın Kazımlar Geliyor 1976 Click for enlargement! (apart from what we've now uploaded in this late July of 2007) -- or why biographical info about Elif Pektaş on the Internet is so skimpy. A Turkish movie fan left barely the whiff of a hint for that deficiency in a comment at the sinematurk.com website when he/she wrote: Çok ön plana çıkamadı... (She never made it big). But why was that? A Frivolous Vamp Elif Pektaş in Babama Selam 1976 Click for enlargement! Was it because she was such an insignificant figure in Turkish cinema history? Allah aşkına! That doesn't square with the evidence of her filmography -- which shows that Elif Pektaş appeared in 32 feature films between 1970 and 1980... in starring roles opposite some of Turkey's most famous award-winning male actors (eg. Kadır İnanır - in Devlerin Aşkı 1976, Tarık Akan - in Kader Bağlayınca 1976, Cüneyt Arkın - in Soysuzlar 1975) under the direction of some of Turkey's most famous and important (and award-winning) directors (eg. Zeki Ökten - in Şaşkın Damat 1975, Osman F. Seden - in Delicesine 1976, Ertem Göreç - in Kan Kardeşler 1976) in films written by some of Turkey's finest award winning screenplay writers (eg. Sadık Sendil - in Şaşkin Damat 1975, Natuk Baytan - in Soysuzlar 1975, Safa Önal - in Bela Mustafa 1972). Elif Pektaş has got her eye for you... Click for enlargement! Is the Internet-neglect of Elif Hanım a sort of 'punishment' because she made 10 'erotik' films during 1975-1976 -- in which she unabashedly disrobed (eg. in Babama Selam aka Dağilin Kazımlar Geliyor 1976) and wasn't squeamish about the occasional lesbian scene (eg. in Parayla Değil Sırayla)? Or is it that no one wants to be reminded of her long struggle with cancer, diagnosed when she was just 37? In relation to that possibility, here's what 'Erotik' Film Historian Cihan Demirci has to say about Elif Pektaş, "Elif Pektaş's story is a sad one in which she struggled 20 years with bone marrow cancer -- before passing away in 2003 at 57. One can't help wondering, however irrational it may be, if her demise had anything to do with her participation in the Seks Furyası (erotik movie boom) of the 1970's. The Seks Furyası claimed other female actors too, who were somehow cursed -- and who also met untimely ends: Alev Altın (cancer, age 29), Mine Mutlu (cancer, age 42), Feri Cansel (murder, age 39), Seher Şeniz (suicide, age 44), Funda Gürkan (accidental drug overdose, age 36)." See also: Elif Pektaş's private life -- from LPT's Turkish Who's Who Elif Pektaş woos Cüneyt Arkın on video in Soysuzlar (The Degenerates) Elif Pektaş's heart is a flutter at the sight of Cüneyt Arkın in 'Soysuzlar' 1975 Click for enlargement! Also: The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time #5 Selvi Boylum Al Kazmalım (The Girl in the Red Scarf) 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index of pages Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- The Plot, Illustrated To 'Arzu'... and 'seksi' movie clips of young Banu Alkan & Songül Gündüz Related: Still The Best Little Game Show In Turkey TV Bloopers -- Mehmet Ali Erbil Two Turkish Guys who rack up the TV Ratings Alev Altın -- The Turkish Traci Lords? The Short Unhappy Life of Mine Mutlu 'Öyle Bir Kadın Ki' -- What led up to it? The Rise of Turkey's Erotic Films Industry The Birth and Growth of the Turkish Films Industry Language-learning pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish NewsReaders' Dictionary, Index Unrelated fun: Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (1 of 2) Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport The 'cold and delicious' ice cream of Kahramanmaraş Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Turkish Movies Catalog, Index Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing 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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