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Eşkıya
''The Bandit'' ( tr, Eşkıya) is a 1996 Turkey, Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen and Uğur Yücel. According to the director the film, which is about a bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence, "blends fairy tale elements while carrying the notion of reality within a fictional story." The film is highly popular in Turkey, where it drew in 2½ million viewers and in Germany where it won a Bogey Award. The film is exclusively regarded as the savior and the turning point of Turkish cinema which was desperately struggling against foreign films since the 1980s and having difficulty attracting domestic audiences. It was Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot After serving a 35-year jail sentence, Baran (played by Şener Şen), an ''eşkıya'' (a bandit, a haydut in Turkish lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uğur Yücel
Uğur Yücel (born 26 May 1957) is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory (İstanbul Belediye Konservatuarı Tiyatro Bölümü). He took part in several plays between 1975 and 1984 in Kenter Tiyatrosu (Kenter Theatre), Tef Kabare Theatre, Dormen Theatre, and Şan Müzikholü. He was noticed for his roles in ''Selamsız Bandosu'' (1987) and '' Muhsin Bey'' (1987), then gained mainstream success when he took part in '' Eşkıya'' (1996). Filmography Actor * 1984 – ''Fahriye Abla'' * 1985 – ''Aşık Oldum'' * 1986 – ''Teyzem'' * 1986 – ''Milyarder'' * 1987 – ''Selamsız Bandosu'' * 1987 – '' Muhsin Bey'' * 1988 – '' Arabesk'' * 1994 – ''Aziz Ahmet'' * 1996 – '' Eşkıya'' * 2000 – ''Balalayka'' * 2001 – ''Karanlıkta Koşanlar'' * 2003 – ''Alacakaranlık'' * 2005 – ''Hırsız Polis'' * 2008 – '' New York, I Love You'' * 2008 – ''Canım Ailem'' * 2009 – '' Soul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Turgul
Yavuz Turgul is a Turkish film director and screenwriter, known for his box-office hit ''The Bandit (1996 film), The Bandit'' (1996). Early life and education Yavuz Turgul graduated from the Istanbul University Institute of Journalism and worked as a journalist for six years for ''Ses'' magazine before he began to write scripts. Film career Turgul achieved early success in the late 70s and early 80s with scripts for a series of popular comedy productions from producer-director Ertem Eğilmez and director Kartal Tibet including ''Tosun Paşa'' (1976), ''Sultan (1978 film), Sultan'' (1978) and ''Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle'' (1981). He went on to greater success in the 80s by winning the Golden Orange for Best Screenplay for ''Abbas in Flower'' (1982), directed by Sinan Çetin, making his directorial debut with ''Fahriye Abla'' (1984) and winning the Golden Orange for Best Screenplay a second time for ''The Agha'' (1985), directed by Nesli Çölgeçen before cementing his su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necdet Mahfi Ayral
Necdet Mahfi Ayral (August 6, 1908 in Istanbul – June 6, 2004 in Istanbul) was a well-known Turkish stage and cinema actor, as well as theatre director. '''', 5 June 2004. While alive, he held the record for being the oldest Turkish actor who was still active. He is father of actress and well-known voice-over artist Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm
Fatma Mesanet Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm (6 August 1928 – 29 October 2023) was a Turkish actress and voice artist.
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Özkan Uğur
Raif Özkan Uğur (born October 17, 1953) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor. He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Reşat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was studying in Fenerbahçe High School, he formed a band called '' Atomikler'' and covered popular songs of the time. He started his career as a musician in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygısızlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played Anatolian rock music with Barış Manço in his band Kurtalan Ekspres, in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaşlar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaşlar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "İpucu" led by the MFÖ trio. Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Gali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkan OÄŸur
Erkan Oğur (pronounced ) (born April 17, 1954) is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976.Martinelli, op. cit.Unfretted, op. cit. A composer, he has influenced many musicians with his compositions combining the sounds of Turkish folk music and classical music with the ancient traditional music. He has played many concerts all over the world. He is regarded as a master of the '' kopuz'' and ''bağlama'' lutes. Biography Erkan Oğur was born on 17 April 1954, in Ankara, Turkey. He spent his childhood in Elazığ, eastern Turkey, where he became interested in violin and the Turkish ''bağlama'' lute, and started to practice them frequently. He graduated from high school in Elazığ, then moved to study physics at the Ankara University Faculty of Science from 1970 to 1973. As a result of encouragement to be a scientist by his father, he started to study physics engineering and in 1974 continued his education in The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güven Hokna
Güven Hokna (born January 24, 1946) is a Turkish actress. Hokna graduated from the Ankara State Conservatory in 1967. In 1990, she presented a program for children, titled ''Susam Sokağı'' (Sesam Street), and worked in theater, film, and provided jobs for 35 years at the State Theater, and participated in many of the television business task. In 2002, she presented four works at the same time is: ''Ferhunde Hanımlar'', ''İkinci Bahar'', ''Zerda'', ''Havada Bulut'', ''Kumsaldaki İzler'', ''Güz Sancısı'', and portrayed one of the most famous roles in the series ''Valley of the Wolves'' in 2004. From 2006 to 2010, she appeared in the series ''Yaprak Dökümü ''Yaprak Dökümü'' (''The Fall of Leaves'') is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin, written in 1930. It is available in an English translation by W. D. Halsey Plot summary The novel revolves around a middle-class Tu ...''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžener Åžen
Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Mr. Muhsin'' (1985) and '' Lovelorn'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for '' Çöpçüler Kralı'' (1977) and a Golden Orange Lifetime Achievement Award. Biography Şener Şen is the son of actor Ali Şen and the brother of actress İnci Şen. Şener Şen began acting in 1958 at the age of 17 as an amateur at the Yeşil Sahne Theater in Cağaloğlu. From 1964 to 1966 he taught in elementary schools in the villages of eastern Anatolia. In 1966 he returned to the stage at the City Theater in Istanbul. He made his film debut with a small role in the drama film ''So-Called Girls'' (1967), directed by Nejat Saydam. For his role as Nazım in Yavuz Turgul's movie '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), he won the "Best Actor" award at the 42nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. His roles in the movies '' Kabadayı'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayhan Yıldızoğlu
''Kayhan'' ( fa, کيهان, '' en, The Cosmos'') is a newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It is considered "the most conservative Iranian newspaper." Hossein Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of ''Kayhan''. According to the report of the ''New York Times'' in 2007, his official position is representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran. ''Kayhan'' has about 1,000 employees worldwide. There are conflicting reports about its circulation numbers: in 2006 the BBC gave it as 60,000–100,000 copies, in 2007 the ''New York Times'' gave "about 70,000", and in 2008 a New York University School of Law journal article reported it as 350,000 copies. ''Kayhan'' also publishes special foreign editions, which include the English-language ''Kayhan International''. History and profile ''Kayhan'' was founded in February 1943 by owner Abdolrahman Faramarzi and Mostafa Mesbahzadeh as editor-in-chief. Later the roles of Faramarzi and Mesbahzadeh were reversed. The paper supported Shah Mohamme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ülkü Duru
Ülkü (literally: "ideal") is a Turkish surname and a unisex given name and may refer to: ;Given name * Ülkü Adatepe (1932–2012), youngest adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk * Ülkü Azrak (1933–2020), Turkish lawyer * Ülkü Tamer (1937-2018), Turkish poet * Ülkü Uludoğan (born 1940), Turkish artist ;Surname * Mehmet Ülkü (1877–1946), Turkish businessman and politician * Semra Ülkü, Turkish educator See also * ''Ülkü (magazine) ''Ülkü'' (Turkish language, Turkish: ''The Ideal'') was a magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 and which was one of seventy-five official media outlets of the Halkevleri, People's Houses, cultural institutions started in 1932 as an enli ...'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulku Turkish-language surnames Turkish unisex given names Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamran Usluer
Kamran Usluer (1937 – 26 July 2004) was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1966 to 2004. Selected filmography References External links * 1937 births 2004 deaths Actors from Ä°zmir Turkish male film actors 20th-century Turkish male actors Deaths from lung cancer in Turkey {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haydut
A hajduk ( hu, hajdúk, plural of ) is a type of irregular infantry found in Central and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries. They have reputations ranging from bandits to freedom fighters depending on time, place, and their enemies. In the European lands of the Ottoman Empire, the term ''hajduk'' was used to describe bandits and brigands of the Balkans, while in Central Europe for the West Slavs, Hungarians, Romanians, and Germans, it was used to refer to outlaws who protected Christians against provocative actions by the Ottomans. By the 17th century they were firmly established in the Ottoman Balkans, owing to increased taxes, Christian victories against the Ottomans, and a general decline in security. Hajduk bands predominantly numbered one hundred men each, with a firm hierarchy under one leader. They targeted Ottoman representatives and rich people, mainly rich Turks, for plunder or punishment to oppressive Ottomans, or revenge or a comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melih Çardak
Melih is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born 1968), Turkish-American entrepreneur * Melih Mahmutoğlu, Turkish basketball player *Melih Cevdet Anday (1915–2002), Turkish poet and writer * Melih Esenbel (1915–1995), Turkish diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs *Melih Gökçek (born 1948), Turkish politician and a former MP *Melih Kibar (1951–2005), Turkish composer *Vahit Melih Halefoğlu Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (19 November 1919 – 20 January 2017) was a Turkish politician and diplomat. Following his education at the School of Political Science in Ankara University in 1942 he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between ... (born 1919), Turkish politician and diplomat {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
