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The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio for English Speakers -- 'Ş' -- 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 Ş     Şaban Pabucu Yarım This 87-minute-long comedy film (released in 1985) was one in a running series -- all of which starred Kemal Sunal as the artless Şaban. The figurative translation of this movie's title is 'Come out and play with us Şaban'. It's rooted in the ditty that Turkish children chant in a group to entice a house-bound friend to come out to play with them. Starting with a Person's Name (in this case Şaban) the ditty goes: Şaban pabucu yarım, Çık dışarıya oynayalım. That bit of childish banter means: Hey Şaban with the half-shoe, come outside, let's play. LMA - Kemal Sunal (as Şaban), MA - Halit Akçatepe (as Ali), LFA - Adile Naşit (as Şaban's sister-in-law Adile), FA - Müge Akyamaç (as Pemra), MD - Kartal Tibet, W - Halit Akçatepe, Aydemir Akbas P - Yahya Kılıç, M - Cahit Berkay, C - Rafet Şiriner Click for enlargement! According to the Hürriyet Gazetesi TV listing for 4 December 2007, this film was given a rating of 2 stars out of 3 the day it was shown on the ATV Channel. Kartal Tibet was a swashbuckling hearthrob in his acting days, but when he turned to directing he was instantly successful with comedy films. Tibet was one of Kemal Sunal's favorite comedy film directors, as exemplified by the two following posters, and his comedies often included the character-actress Adile Naşit in the cast... Directed by Kartal Tibet (1981) Click for enlargement! Directed by Kartal Tibet (1986) Click for enlargement! Plot Summary: In this particular comedy film of the Şaban-series, our guilelss namesake hero (played by Kemal Sunal) can't hold a job for love or money and is forced to live together with his older sister-in-law, Adile Hanım (played by Adile Naşit). Adile Hanım is very fond of the neghborhood children and builds a park for them in the garden next to her home. But the happy scenario is shortlived -- because news surfaces that a soulless building contractor is making ready to sieze and raze Adile Hanım's home and garden to make way for a modern apartment building. That's when Şaban and best friend Ali get cracking, take matters in hand, and save the day. Yılmaz Şahin Yılmaz Şahin frightens Zerrin Doğan with this withering look in Öyle Bir Kadın Ki (A Woman Like That) Click for enlargement! Yılmaz Şahin was a murdering maniac in Öyle Bir Kadın Ki (1979) Click large! Thanks to HepsiBurada.com Apart from a bit part in the 1973 film production of Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (Tourist Omer In Space) Yılmaz Şahin's entire movie career took place in 1979 -- when he acted in 8 'erotik' movies/films (starting with Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- A Woman Like That) opposite such 'erotik' leading actresses as Dilber Ay, Meltem Isık, Zafir Seba (Saba), and Arzu Okay. All 8 of those films were directed by the same prolific Director, Naki Yurter (real name: Yani Veligradino) -- who never made another movie/film after 1980 (subsequent to his arrest for making pornographic movies by the 1980 military government of Turkey). And, Yılmaz Şahin made no other films after 1979 -- he seems to have dropped off the map altogether, without a trace. Was the arrest in 1980 of his favorite Director the cause of his shortened career? Probably. See also: Öyle Br Kadın Ki Zafir Seba (Saba) a G-Rated movie-video clip from Öyle Bir Kadın Ki, featuring Zafir Seba and co-star Yılmaz Şahin in a youthfully exuberant romp along the shoreline of a deserted sandy beach... Yılmaz Şahin's Entire Movie Career: 1973 - Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (Tourist Omer in Space), in a conventional movie acting-role 1979 - Öyle Bir Kadın Ki (A Woman Like That), lead 'erotik' supporting actor to actress Zafir Seba (Saba) 1979 - Anasına Bak Kızını Al 16mm (Look to the Mother, Take the Daughter), lead supporting actor to actress Dilber Ay 1979 - Beklenen Kadın (Expected Woman), leading actor to actress Arzu Okay 1979 - Tehlikeli Kadınlar (Dangerous Women), leading actor to actress Meltem Işık 1979 - Esmer Bomba (Brunette Bombshell), leading actor to actresses Zafir Seba (Saba) and Meltem Işık 1979 - Yudum Yudum Sev (Love, In Small Swallows), lead supporting actor to actress Dilber Ay 1979 - Sıcak Sıcak (Very Hotly), leading actor to actress Meltem Işık li>1979 - Sevginin Bedeli (The Equivalent of Love), leading actor to actress Dilber Ay 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: My First Time 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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