Tarık Akan
1949 - 2016He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"), and ended up runner up. He studied acting under the eye of famous Turkish film director Ertem Eğilmez (1929–1989). He made his film debut in 1970 at the age of 21 in Vefasız, and adopted the stage name "Tarık Akan". Between 1970 and 1975, in the heyday of Yeşilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya Koçyiğit in Sev Kardeşim, Hale Soygazi in Gece Kuşu Zehra, and entered into the "list of unforgettables" with Hababam Sınıfı. At first, most of his roles were in romantic comedies. Later in his career, he has taken on more political and dramatic roles. The first film of this genre was Nehir, in which he shared the role with Cüneyt Arkın. Political films like Maden, Sürü, Yol and Kanal followed.
The Chaos Class
Ertem Eğilmez
Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows.
The Chaos Class
Sürü
Yılmaz Güney, Zeki Ökten
Tarık Akan, Melike Demirağ
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.
The Herd
Ah Nerede
Orhan Aksoy
Tarık Akan, Gülşen Bubikoğlu
Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul (!). In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change.
Ah Nerede
Die Legende vom hässlichen König
Hüseyin Tabak
Yılmaz Güney, Tarık Akan
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Maden
Yavuz Özkan
Tarık Akan, Cüneyt Arkın
When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.
The Mine
Tatlı Dillim
Ertem Eğilmez
Tarık Akan, Filiz Akın
Tarik is the best scorer basketball player of his team and is very popular. One day he comes to a village with his team to do entreman. There, he met the village teacher, Emine. He loves her very much and they get married immediately. But, some days after he had to return to istanbul. He wants Emine to go to istanbul with him but she says that she can't leave the village and her students.
Tatlı Dillim
