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The Movie History of Turkey Movie poster for 'Parçala Behçet' (1972) -- first in a series of highly successful 'erotik' films all starring leading-man Behçet Nacar (Nacaroğlu) -- all which bore his name. It was followed by 'Zımbala Behçet' and 'Kündele Behçet' (both 'erotik') -- and other pure action films like 'Komando Behçet'. Click for enlargement! Thanks to Haluk Özözlü http://www.sihirlitur.com/ Also: 'Erotik' Movies -- The Short Unhappy Life of Mine Mutlu 1/4 To 'Arzu'... and 'seksi' movie clips of young Banu Alkan & Songül Gündüz To 'Sekreter'... and 'erotik' movie clips of young Hülya Avşar The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time 'Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog' Index of pages Turkish Personal Names - Male Turkish Personal Names - Female Turkish Personal Names - in general The Rise of Turkey's 'Erotik' Films Industry The seks furyası ('seks' movie-boom) years of Turkish 'erotik' films (1972-1980) 7,000 people attended the opening gala of Turkey's first 'erotik' film It's not known exactly when foreign 'erotik' films were first introduced to the Ottomans, but it's reported that police captured a large cache of foreign 'erotik' films in 1922 (a year before Atatürk removed the last Ottoman Sultan from 'power' and made Turkey a democratic republic). The Istanbul police (acting on a tip from prominent citizen Dr. Besim Omer Paşa) raided and closed down the Kadıköy and Odeon cinema houses, that were showing explicit foreign 'erotik' movies -- on the grounds that "the films are poisoning our youth". Subsequently, the 'legitimate' Turkish film industry (which had been formally established in 1914 during the Ottoman Age) continued to grow and thrive up until the early 1970s (as we've described in our blog 'The Birth and Growth of the Turkish Films Industry'.) But after Turkish Television (TRT) started broadcasting on a single channel in 1964, Turkish audiences began to abandon cinema houses in favor of their home TV sets (even though TRT programs didn't start until 4 in the afternoon and were all in black and white -- and even though they consisted mostly of news, Halk (Cultural Folk) Music programs, Casper-like cartoons, and re-runs of US mystery [The Fugitive] and detective [Colombo] shows -- with Turkish dubbing). Peri and I watched Colombo every week after we got married in 1974. And the guy who did the dubbing for Colombo's Turkish voice was superb -- perfectly capturing Peter Falk's gravelly sound. And by the early 70's (as more families came to own personal TV sets) the Turkish film industry was in severe financial trouble. In a panic, film producers sought ways to bring audiences back to the cinema houses. It wasn't long before they concluded that 'Sex Sells' and, in 1972, they started making 'erotik' movies... for their own sake. The idea was an instant success. Seven thousand people attended the gala opening of the first full-blown Turkish 'erotik' film "Parçala Behçet" (see poster above) -- directed by Melih Gülgen, and starring Behçet Nacar (see photo upper left) in the leading male role. It opened in Konya, of all places, in the heart of Turkish religious conservatism -- and it was the start of something big... Recent: 'Erotik' Movies -- The Short Unhappy Life of Mine Mutlu 1/4 To 'Arzu'... and 'seksi' movie clips of young Banu Alkan & Songül Gündüz To 'Sekreter'... and 'erotik' movie clips of young Hülya Avşar Still The Best Little Game Show In Turkey The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time #5 Selvi Boylum Al Kazmalım (The Girl in the Red Scarf) Next: 'Erotik' Movie History: The Players -- Alev Altın 1/2 Back: The Birth and Growth of the Turkish Films Industry Related: The First All-Turkish 'Gloves-Off Erotik' Movie -- 'Öyle Bir Kadın Ki' (1979) Plus: Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- The Leading Female/Male Movie Actors Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- The 'Supporting' Cast and the 'Ed Wood-style' Director The Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog -- for English Speakers Turkish Kinsey Report Hülya Avşar (and friends) give frikik Post your comment...»

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