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The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio for English Speakers -- 'T' -- Seyyal Taner's pose on this poster for Kalleşler (The Backstabbers) also graces the book cover of Erotik Türk Sinemasi (The Erotic Turkish Cinema) -- seen further below. Click! Let us know if you enjoy our 'Movies Database' pages and film clips. We'll add more of them if you do... Also: The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index Turkish Belly Dancing Stars The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index of pages Turkish Male/Female Personal Names Seda Sayan Sings Up A Storm -- and pleases the eye 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 T     Seyyal Taner Pop Singer, Conventional and erotik Turkish movie star, born 28 October 1952 in Şanlıurfa. Seyyal Taner planting erotik-film seeds opposite Tamer Yiğit in Vahşi Aşk (Wild Love) 1972 Click! Thanks to Erotik Türk Sineması150 Besides Turkish, Seyyal Taner is fluent in German, Spanish, and English languages. Seyyal Taner, a graduate of the Amerikan Kız Koleji (The American College for Women and Girls) who received ballet training at İstanbul Devlet Konservatuar (The State Conservatory in Istanbul), was tutored during her formative years in the musical arts by Şerif Yüzbaşoğlu. Taner got her start in show-biz as a pop singer. And, she was a rising star in the musical world... initially as a vocalist with the Kanat Gür Orchestra in 1965, then as a member of the Los Bravos singing group -- before deciding to redirect her natural talent (and physical beauty) to movie making. And, after getting her cinematic feet wet in Spain, Taner made her conventional Turkish film debut, co-starred with Tamer Yiğit, in Kara Güneş (Black Sun) -- a dramatic action-adventure film directed by Kemal Kan in 1968. She made two more films in 1968, but when Los Bravos' lead guitarist proposed marriage, Taner dropped everything and flew to Germany to rejoin him -- and the group. The marriage was short-lived, however, and before her wedding ring had time to leave much of a mark, Taner returned to Turkey to resume her film career in 1972...just as the seks furyası (sex-movie boom) years were commencing. Seyyal Taner A publicity photo from the 1970s Click! Eroticism crept into Turkish films with conviction in 1972 after the very successful release of the erotik action-adventure movie Parcala Behçet (Tear Me Up, Behçet) directed by Melih Gülgen, starring Behçet Nacar, Gülgün Erdem, Tijen Doray, and Danyal Topatan. Thereafter, erotik Turkish movies succeeded in pulling paying-male-audiences away from lacklustre TV fare at home, back into big city movie theaters... in droves. Seyyal Taner was among the first of the conventional movie actresses to catch the erotik movie wave -- and to benefit from it. Co-starred with Salih Güney and Feri Cansel, Seyyal Taner made the full transition to erotik-film making in the role of the evil vamp Sibel in Benimle Sevişir Misin? (Will You Make Love With Me?) directed by Nazmi Özer in 1972. Sayyal Taner reveals her other best side in Benimle Sevişir Misin? (Will You Make Love With Me?) 1972 Click above for pic! Or click following to see Seyyal Taner mock, then entice, artist Salih Güney to make love in a .5 MB Windows Media Video (.WMV) file. The erotik-films 'warming-up' period (that began in 1972) came to full-fruition in 1974 with the release of such films as Beş Tavuk Bir Horoz (Five Chickens And A Rooster) in which Seyyal Taner got equal billing with established stars of the Turkish cinema like Sermet Serdengeçti, Mine Mutlu, Nebahat Çehre, and Fatma Belgen. The Seyyal Taner pose [that she struck in Kalleşler (The Backstabbers) in 1972] served as the focal point for both the movie-poster at top-of-page and the book cover [for Erotik Türk Filmleri150 in 2000] seen just below. Click! More coming soon... Seyyal Taner Conventional Movies: Haydut Avcısı (Bounty Hunter) -- a Turkish spaghetti-western directed by Melih Gülgen in 1972, starring Seyyal Taner and Aytekin Akkaya (see poster, upper left). Seyyal Taner Erotik Movies: Benimle Sevişir Misin? (Will You Make Love With Me?) -- an erotik murder mystery directed by Nazmi Özer in 1972, starring Seyyal Taner, Salih Güney, and Feri Cansel. In this movie-clip (a 1.2 MB Windows Media Video [.WMV] file), the innocent Feri Cansel dials-up the deceitful Salih Güney on the telephone. And, as Salih exchanges 'sweet nothings' with Feri over the phone, he mischievously fondles his evil lover Seyyal Taner (who's starting to get just a leetle bit jealous) at the same time. When Seyyal Taner realized that Turkish cinema was heading in the direction of explicit eroticism (a situation that she helped create), she suddenly got cold feet -- and, in 1975, she quit film-making altogether in favor of her singing-career. Meaningful fame as a singer eluded her for a while, until 1976 when she recorded her first #1 hit single, Son Verdim Kalbimin İşine (I Put An End To My Heart Function) -- a song-title that demonstrates the power of Devrik Cümle in Turkish... In 1980, Seyyal Taner's first album, Lider (Leader), was also a success, but after its release she faded into the backgound. When she reappeared in 1986 with the release of two popular singles (both song-titles with female names), Naciye and Leyla, she also managed a second-place finish in the Turkish national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. (In the Turkish finals, Taner lost out to Klips ve Onlar, a 5 person band, whose rendition of Halley (in reference to the comet) gained the group a 9th place finish at the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest in Bergen, Norway -- a finish which, up to that time, was Turkey's best-ever showing.) Seyyal Taner -- Movie Publicity Photo from the 1970's Click! Let us know if you enjoy our 'Movies Database' pages and film clips. We'll add more of them if you do... Also: The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index Turkish Belly Dancing Stars The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index of pages Turkish Male/Female Personal Names Seda Sayan Sings Up A Storm -- and pleases the eye 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: How To Learn Basic Turkish -- A Practical Philosophy for beginners (Found in the 'Introduction to The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies'.) Why Off-color language is important too... 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Divorce Turkish-style American Girls The Swinging Beachcombers Guide to Turkey Your Turkish Horoscope Lovers in the spotlight -- Yağmur Atacan and Pınar Altuğ Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Ice Cream Sharpen your translation skills on racy cartoons Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Traditional Turkish Humor 1 Traditional Turkish Humor 2 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing Divorce, Turkish-style Turkish Kinsey Report #1 - Turkey opens up about its seks Turkish Kinsey Report #2 - Did they hear it through the grapevine? Turkish Kinsey Report #3 - Was it good for you? Turkish Kinsey Report #4 - The first time, by age group... Turkish Kinsey Report #5 - Who's gotta have it? He? Or she? Turkish Palindromes 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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