O Şimdi Asker
''He's in the Army Now'' (original Turkish title: ''O Şimdi Asker'') is a 2003 Turkish film, directed by Mustafa Altıoklar on a screenplay co-written by him and Levent Kazak.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363852/ Plot When the devastating Kocaeli earthquake occurs, the Turkish government passes a special law allowing people to complete their military service in a month. Many make use of this law including Murat (a factory owner), Ömer (a factory worker), Gökhan Özoğuz (frontman of the ska-punk band Athena), Nihat (who lost his family in the earthquake), Can (who was rejected by the army for being overweight), Levent (a thespian), Australian Turk Hüseyin and his son Seyfi Paul, Laptop Recep. They join those who are already at the base: Captain Volkan Ateş (the commanding officer) and Karlıdağ (who is on extended service due to indiscipline). Cast *Ali Poyrazoğlu (Hüseyin) *Pelin Batu (Müzeyyen) * Mehmet Günsür (Nihat Denizer) * Yavuz Bingöl (Karlıdağ) * Levent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mustafa Altıoklar
Mustafa Altıoklar (born 1958) is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the chairman of the Turkish Film Directors Association and is fluent in English. Although he graduated from the medical faculty of Istanbul University and specialised in physiotherapy, he decided to pursue a career as a director, especially after the success of his short film ''The Scar''. Filmography *1988 - ''Lapsus'' *1988 - '' Ayak Sesleri'' (''Tramping of Feet'') *1992 - '' Denize Hançer Düştü'' (''A Dagger Fell Into The Water'') *1996 - '' İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında'' (''Istanbul Beneath My Wings'') *1997 - '' Ağır Roman'' (''Cholera Street'') *1997 - '' Öldürme üzerine küçük bir film'' (''A Short Movie on Murder'') *1999 - ''Asansör Asansör ( Turkish for "elevator", derived from the French word ''ascenseur'') is a historical building in İzmir's Karataş quarter, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak. It was built in 1907 as a work of publ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Naci Taşdöğen
Naci Taşdöğen (born 3 March 1963 in Istanbul) is a Turkish actor. He performed in the '' Emret Komutanım'' and ''O Şimdi Asker'' series. Filmography Films * Ağır Roman : 1997 * Mektup : 1997 * Üçüncü Sayfa : 1998 * Asansör : 1998 * Gemide : 1999 * Sahne : 2006 * Emret Komutanım Şah Mat : 2010 * Çakal : 2010 * Şenlikname Bir İstanbul Masalı : 2010 * Van Gölü Canavarı : 2012 * Eyyvah Eyvah 3: 2014 TV series * Süper Baba : 1993 * Çiçek Taksi Çiçek (means "flower") is a Turkish name (female) and surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cemil Çiçek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey * Ilhami Çiçek Ilhami Çiçek (1954 in Oltu / Erzurum – June 14, 1983 in Erzincan) ... : 1995 * Vaka-i Zaptiye : 2002 * Lise Defteri : 2003 * Emret Komutanım : 2005-2008 * Emret Komutanım Yeniden : 2013 References 1967 births Living people Turkish male film actors {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Comedy-drama Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000s Turkish-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Meral Okay
Meral Okay (, née Katı; September 20, 1959 – April 9, 2012) was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter. Early life Okay was born on September 20, 1959 in Ankara to military judge Ata Katı and Türkan as the second child. During her childhood, she moved with her family across Turkey due to her father's duty. After completing the high school in Ankara, she began working at the governmental agency "Turkish Grain Board" ( tr, Toprak Mahsulleri Ofisi, TMO). During the 1980 Turkish coup d'état era, she was a member of the socialist Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) and union spokesperson at her workplace. In 1983, Meral Katı moved to Istanbul to enter the daily ''Günaydın''. She later contributed to the establishment of the publication company "İletişim", and took part in the team that prepared the Turkish edition of ''Playboy'' magazin. She married in 1984 to stage and movie actor Yaman Okay, she had already met in Ankara. Her husband's profession paved her the w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Özlem Tekin
Özlem Tekin (born November 18, 1971) is a Turkish singer and occasional actress, primarily known for her music. Though she started out in the hard rock genre, her music has progressed to incorporate different styles such as house, punk, pop and Turkish folk music. __TOC__ Life and career Özlem Tekin was born in California, United States into a Turkish-American family. Her father Talat Tekin was a prominent Turkologist and an Altaicist at UC Berkeley. The Tekins moved to Turkey when she was four years old. Özlem grew up in Ankara, where she studied classical western music at the Hacettepe University Music Conservatory in Ankara, specializing in the clarinet. She started out as the vocalist in ''The Bad''. The Bad was an underground rock band like most other rock bands and they would perform gigs at clubs, often playing covers of other popular bands. In 1993, she met Şebnem Ferah, who has now also become another recognized rock musician in Turkey, and became the keyboard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yiğit Özşener
Yiğit Özşener ( born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor. Biography His family originates on paternal side from Turkish immigrants in Kavala (Ottoman Empire, now in Greece), and on maternal side from Turkish immigrants in Skopje, Macedonia. Özşener graduated from Yıldız Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996. Özşener, who had begun studying acting at the Şahika Tekand acting studio, began acting there in various plays, including Harold Pinter's ''The Dumb Waiter'', which was directed by Şahika Tekand herself. He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) with singer Nil Karaibrahimgil in a series of commercials for Turkcell and Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video "Ben Özgürüm". He appeared in the series ''Karanlıkta Koşanlar'' with Uğur Yücel. Then he acted in the series ''Üzgünüm Leyla''. Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series ''Dudaktan Kalbe'' adapte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mehmet Günsür
Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish people, Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was a lecturer and his father, Teoman, was an industrial engineer who graduated from the Middle East Technical University and worked in a number of different sectors. His older sister Zeynep Günsür Yüceil, who is a choreographer of modern ballet, is also a lecturer. Career He began his acting career at the age of seven in various commercials. At the age of 14, he appeared in Okan Uysaler's ''Past Spring Mimoses'' with actors such as Rutkay Aziz, Filiz Akın and Müşfik Kenter. After graduating from the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, Italian High School, he entered the Marmara University Communication Faculty and graduated with honors. Günsür gave concerts with a music group and ran a restaurant for four years. With a friend's help, he au ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Levent Kazak
Levent Kazak (born 5 May 1967) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter and actor. Biography Levent Kazak was born in Ankara in 1967. He finished Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1985. He studied at several universities such as Boğaziçi University (English Language and Literature Department), Mimar Sinan University (Painting Department, Sculpture Department and the Department of Theater Decoration and Costume), Marmara University Conservatory (Theater Department) and Istanbul University (Italian Language and Literature Department and Greek Language and Literature Department). In 1986, Kazak began performing in theater professionally. He has performed on over thirty stages with famous actors like Altan Erbulak, Ali Poyrazoğlu, Alpay İzer, Bülent Kayabaş, Savaş Dinçel and İsmet Ay. In addition, Kazak has written scenarios, translated and adapted scripts. In 1989, he prepared a TV drama “Kim Bunlar” with Peker Açıkalın, Nilüfer Açıkalın, Pelinsu Pir, and Levent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Athena (band)
Athena is a rock/ska band from Istanbul, Turkey, founded by twin brothers Hakan Özoğuz (guitar and backing vocals) and Gökhan Özoğuz (lead vocals and guitar) in 1987. It is regarded as one of the best Turkish rock groups by many listeners. They have released 8 albums and featured as the Turkish entry to the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "For Real", finishing fourth. Band history Foundation and rise in popularity (1997–2000) Athena (ah-T'hěn-ah) was formed by twin brothers Gökhan Özoğuz and Hakan Özoğuz as a thrash metal band in 1987. After an unsuccessful first album, they switched their style to ska punk sometime later. Athena released their second album ''Holigan'' in 1998. The distinct ska sound of the album was welcomed by the local record buying public so much so that the title song ''Holigan'' was adopted as a march by football supporters of all ages at the stadiums. The album hit various Turkish charts and stayed at the top for a considerab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1999 İzmit Earthquake
On the 17th of August, 1999 at 3:01 AM local time, a catastrophic magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Kocaeli Province of Turkey, causing monumental damage and 17,127–18,373 deaths. Named for the quakes proximity to the northeastern city of Izmit, the earthquake is also commonly referred to as the August 17 Earthquake or the 1999 Gölcük Earthquake. The earthquake occurred on 00:01 UTC at a shallow depth of 15 km. A maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme'') was observed, marking this event as one of the most destructive earthquakes in the history of the region. The earthquake lasted for 37 seconds, causing seismic damage and becoming widely remembered as one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern Turkish history. The 1999 earthquake was part of a sequence along the North Anatolian Fault that started in 1939, causing large earthquakes that moved progressively from east to west over a period of 60 years. Tectonic setting The North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ), which t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |