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The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio for English Speakers -- 'E' -- Banu Alkan provides an 'alternative' source of heat for Salih Güney in Kızgın Güneş (The Blazing Sun) directed by Şahin Gök in 1984. Click! Let us know if you enjoy our 'Movies Database' pages and film clips. We'll add more of them if you do... Also: Turkish Movies Catalog Index Sibel Kekilli -- Minor porn star or cinematic Joan of Arc? Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme Teetotaling Turkish Flight Attendants want a passenger alcohol-ban Is the Drinking of Alcohol Forbidden by Koranic Decree? Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Non-Alcoholic Tissue-Towels Sultry Aynur Aydan - The Woman Who Brought Down The Minister Seda Sayan, of the appealingly 'sensitive' overbite Erotik Yasemin Ünlü, Motherless Child Spunky Karaca Kaan -- What made her so damn mad?! Karaca Kaan, True Confessions Karaca Kaan Center Fatma Girik, Seksi Tomboy filmstar-center Müjde Ar's steamy film-career... achievement and controversy The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index Turkish Belly Dancing Stars Movie Superhero Tarkan, historic and erotik Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey Turkish Male/Female Personal Names The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time 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 E     Zerrin Egeliler Zerrin Egeliler starred in the 'erotik' comedy classic Öttür Kuşu Ömer (Make the Bird Sing, Homer) with Aydemir Akbaş, Kamer Baba (Sadık), and Ata Saka in 1979. Click! Thanks to 'Erotik Türk Sineması'150 See: Zerrin Egeliler -- Undisputed Queen of 'erotik' Turkish Movies Movies History -- Zerrin Zaps Zonguldak The Bare Facts of Movie Life -- According to Zerrin Egeliler - with film clip Zerrin Egeliler -- A Summing Up - with film clip Egeliler in the Turkish Who's Who More about Egeliler's Movies: Kadersizler #1 -- (The Unfortunate Ones), 1979 Kadersizler #2 -- (The Unfortunate Ones), 1979 - with film clip Yedi Kocalı (The Woman With Seven Husbands), 1979 - with film clip Şıllık #1 -- (Painted Jezebel) Şıllık #2 -- (Painted Jezebel) Şıllık #3 -- (Painted Jezebel) - with film clip Şıllık #4 -- (Painted Jezebel) - with film clip Ekmekçi Kadın (The Bread-Seller Woman) The 1965 B&W version of the movie based on a story La Porteuse De Pain (The Bread-Seller Woman) by Xavier De Montepin (1884) -- with Türkan Şoray in 3 dramatic roles. Book Cover Turkish Translation of La Porteuse De Pain (Ekmekçi Kadın) by Xavier de Montepin, first published 1884 Click for large! Translated from the French in 1972 by Muammer Tuncer for this 284-page first edition (3rd printing) of Anten Yayınevi's Ekmekçi Kadın With thanks to mobolla at gittigidiyor.com LFA - Türkan Şoray (as Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla) -- Turkish voice-overs for Türkan Şoray by Nedret Güvenç (a female) and Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm (a male?), LMA - İzzet Günay (as Kemal), MA - Kenan Pars (as Nazmi), MA - Efgan Efekan (as Metin), MA - Kadir Savun (as İsmail Hakkı), MA - Semih Orkan (as Salim), MD - Zafer Daduoğlu, W - Osman F. Seden, C - Kenan Kurt, P - Osman F. Seden, PC - Kemal Film VCD Movie Cover Türkan Şoray in Ekmekçi Kadın 1965 Click for large! Plot summary: The intertwining stories (spanning decades) of an innocent woman found guilty (and jailed for a long prison term) of a murder she didn't commit -- and the mean-spirited man who put her there. Plot highlights: Ayşe (Türkan Şoray) is a poor working widow and mother of two children -- a son and a daughter. When the boss and chief engineer of the factory where she works are killed in a fire, Ayşe is blamed -- and after a speedy trial, she ends up in prison with a life-term for double homicide. (The separation from her children drives her temporarily insane, but in time she recovers -- despite a lingering forlornness.) The real killer is Nazmi (Kenan Pars), who, at the same time as he wants to rob the factory boss, also wants to take revenge on Ayşe for refusing his marriage proposal. After Ayşe's trial, Nazmi leaves the country and makes a fortune in Europe as a businessman -- while Ayşe rots in jail. Many years later Nazmi returns home because of the illness of his daughter, for whom he cares deeply. Ayşe, even at her advanced age, escapes prison and manages to sustain herself as a door-to-door Bread-Seller -- while she tries to locate her long lost (now adult) children. In the process. Ayşe's path crosses Nazmi's again -- with surprising results. Movie Trivia: The original language of Ekmekçi Kadın (1965) was English, dubbed afterwards into Turkish. Ekmekçi Kadın (The Bread-Seller Woman) The 1972 remake in Color of the 1965 film (which starred Türkan Şoray) -- this time starring Fatma Girik in multiple dramatic roles. Based on the novel La Porteuse De Pain (The Bread-Seller Woman) by Xavier De Montepin (1884). Fatma Girik plays the roles of young Fatma, the aged Fatma (who becomes 'The Bread-Seller Woman' after her prison escape), and Fatma's own grown daughter, Gül. Movie Photo Young Fatma warns husband Osman about Kenan's evil nature in Ekmekçi Kadın 1972 Click for large! Thanks to TurkMax and Digiturk Movie Photo After years in prison, Fatma becomes the aged Ekmekçi Kadın 1972 Click for large! Thanks to TurkMax and Digiturk Movie Photo Fatma's grown daughter Gül (in red) and Kenan's grown daughter Jale (Hülya Tuğlu) in Ekmekçi Kadın 1972 Click for large! Thanks to TurkMax and Digiturk LFA - Fatma Girik (as Fatma and, also, as her own grown daughter Gül), LMA - Orçun Sonat (as the evil Kenan), MA - Yalçın Gülhan (as Yalçın - grown son of murdered factory owner, Hüseyin Bey), MA - Aytaç Arman (as Murat, Fatma's grown son), FA - Hülya Tuğlu (as Jale, pretty-but-sickly grown-daughter of Kenan), MA - Hulusi Kentmen (as Fatma's family friend, Arif), MA - Hamit Yıldırım (as Fatma's husband, Osman), MA - Renan Fosforoğlu (as Hüseyin Bey, the original factory owner), MA - Nubar Terziyan (as Salih Bey, Kenan's benefactor and father in law), MD - Zafer Daduoğlu, W - Osman F. Seden, C - Kenan Kurt, P - Osman F. Seden, PC - Kemal Film Movie Poster Fatma Girik in Ekmekçi Kadın 1972 Click for large! Plot Highlights: Fatma (played by Fatma Girik) is young, beautiful, and a happily married mother of two children -- when her husband Osman (Hamit Yıldırım), an inventive engineer, is killed in a suspicious 'accidental' electrocution at the factory where he works. [The electrical 'accident' has actually been the murderous work of the evil Kenan (Orçun Sonat) who covets Fatma, for himself.] In sympathy with Fatma's predicament, the factory owner Hüseyin Bey (Renan Fosforoğlu) provides security-guard work to the widow, to help her make ends meet. Life goes on sadly, though routinely....except that Fatma's husband's killer, Kenan, keeps pestering her with a marriage proposal -- despite her constant rejection. One day, Kenan delivers a 'secret letter' to Fatma's door, which tells of his plan to get rich quick and take Fatma off with him that night, from a rendezvous point near the factory. When she reads the letter, she discards it disgustedly on the floor -- from where her adolescent son Murat retrieves it, and tucks it away in his toy car. [Ed. Note: Fatma's adolescent daughter Gül, who 'is staying with a relative', is never seen in this movie. We first see Gül (also acted by Fatma Girik) as an adult, much later in the film.] When Fatma doesn't show-up at the rendezvous point according to Kenan's wish that night, he proceeds with his plan anyway... to rob the factory safe and make off with all the cash. When factory-owner Hüseyin Bey catches Kenan in the robbery process, Kenan shoots him dead. Kenan's partner voices squeamishness about Hüseyin Bey's murder, so Kenan murders his partner too -- and then sets fire to the factory with the two dead bodies inside, to cover all his dirty work. Fatma, awakened to her watchman's duty by the gun-shots that killed Hüseyin Bey, runs to the factory where she discovers all that Kenan has done. Kenan tries to persuade her to take flight with him, but when she refuses (and runs off to rescue her son from the fire), Kenan first plants the murder-weapon pistol under Fatma's bed-pillow, then fakes his own death by fire in front of the growing crowd of spectators -- and escapes into the night with a briefcase full of money. Because she can't find Kenan's 'secret letter' (which would corroborate her claims of innocence) Fatma is left in an inexplicable mess -- that leads (over decades) to imprisonment, insanity, recovery, and finally... escape, to a humble life as Bread-Seller Woman (in search of her long lost children). Throughout Fatma's decades-long ordeal, Kenan has lived a life of ever-increasing wealth, style, and influence. But that begins to change when his and Fatma's paths cross once again... The following film clip picks up the action early in the movie, at the moment when Kenan is caught robbing the factory safe by factory owner Hüseyin Bey... It's a 1.9 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file. Enişte (Brother-in-law) A 16 mm Erotic Movie/Film, made in 1979. Length: 43 minutes Dilber Ay does the disco boogie in 16mm resolution Click for enlargement! Zafir Seba has a sultry laid-back boogie style in 16mm resolution Click for enlargement! Müge Güler is no disco slouch either. in 16mm resolution Click for enlargement! LFA - Dilber Ay, LMA - Kazım Kartal, FA - Müge Güler, FA - Zafir Seba, MA - Mehmet Ezici (comedic relief), MD and W - Savaş Eşici, C - Erhan Canan, PC - Bariş Film (Savaş Eşici) The unworldly Kazım Kartal in 16mm resolution Click for enlargement! Peeping Tom Mehmet Ezici in 16mm resolution Click for enlargement! Plot summary: The story of an odd and unworldly sort of man who encounters three big-city girls at a Black Sea beach resort (near Şile) where they are all vacationing. Plot Highlights: In this bizarre sex-comedy of the late 70's, three metropolitan girlfriends go to Şile for vacation and settle into a motel overlooking the beach. When the motel baggage-boy (Mehmet Ezici) begins pestering them, the girls send him packing...though not before he gets an eyeful through the open curtain while the girls strip to change into their holiday duds. On a walk around, the girls find a deserted cove -- and suddenly decide to get naked and enjoy a frolicking skinny-dip. Afterwards, while sunning themselves on the rocks above, they see a strange man (Kazım Kartal) riding a horse along the sandy beach below. Dilber Ay follows the man and persuades him to join up with her friends at the local disco. The unworldly Kazım becomes the girls center of attention. Dilber seduces him, but finds out that he has much to teach her in the art of love-making. Subsequently, like a breeding animal, he sequentially satisfies the other two girls in separate bedroom scenes. Three notable aspects of the film: 1) It contains lengthy disco dance scenes that demonstrate the dance style of 70's, 2) the simulated carnal acts are carried out in a variety of innovative love-making positions (for that era), 3) Ten minutes of this short forty-three minute film are a reprise (near the film's end) of earlier lovemaking scenes. The Kazım Kartal character hardly speaks an intelligible word during the entire film -- and in the final scene we learn that all of the movie's previous action has been a dream of his unworldly imagination. Muhsin Ertuğrul Seminal Turkish Movie director during the 1920s and 30s. From the left, Director Muhsin Ertuğrul with actress Azize Emir and cinematograher Cezmi Ar -- on the set of İstanbul Sokaklarında (On The Streets Of Istanbul) 1931 Click! Thanks to Rekin Teksoy152 See Turkish Cinematic Roots - One Man Show.   Mehmet Ezici Born 1950 - Gaziantep Young Mehmet Ezici providing comic relief in 'Enişte'(1979) Click for enlargement! Actor in 27 mostly 'coventional' movies between 1979 and 2006. Director of 12 films between 1984 and 2001. Producer, 4 films, 1984 to 2001. Screenwriter, 14 Films, 1984 to 2001. His movie-making directorial style and themes are reminiscent of Atıf Yılmaz and Metin Erksan. Also see: O Benim Karımdı (She was my wife) -- Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer Enişte -- Comedic Actor Let us know if you enjoy our 'Movies Database' pages and film clips. We'll add more of them if you do... Also: Turkish Movies Catalog Index Sibel Kekilli -- Minor porn star or cinematic Joan of Arc? Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme Teetotaling Turkish Flight Attendants want a passenger alcohol-ban Is the Drinking of Alcohol Forbidden by Koranic Decree? Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Non-Alcoholic Tissue-Towels Sultry Aynur Aydan - The Woman Who Brought Down The Minister Seda Sayan, of the appealingly 'sensitive' overbite Erotik Yasemin Ünlü, Motherless Child Spunky Karaca Kaan -- What made her so damn mad?! Karaca Kaan, True Confessions Karaca Kaan Center Fatma Girik, Seksi Tomboy filmstar-center Müjde Ar's steamy film-career... achievement and controversy The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index Turkish Belly Dancing Stars Movie Superhero Tarkan, historic and erotik Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey Turkish Male/Female Personal Names The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time 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... Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Pretty Good Pronoun Charts Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Turkish Adjective Heaven -- or hell? Other Turkish Language Difficulties Unrelated fun: The 10 Basic Varieties of Unfaithful Turkish Lovers Name that dog! Divorce Turkish-style American Girls My First Time Habibullah and the Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Terms Of Endearment Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor 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? Hülya Avşar (and friends) give frikik Translating Danielle Steele 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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