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The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films Short Subjects, Documentaries, TV and Radio for English Speakers -- 'H' -- 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 A troubling political cartoon of Turkey 'Burkini' swimwear for conservative Muslim women in Turkey 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 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 Aveşar 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 H     Figen Han Turkish conventional and erotik movie actress Born Nevval Karpuz, on 5 February 1950 in Bursa, a center of conservative religious attitudes. Necmi Onur wrote a biographical novel about her life entitled Orospo (Whore) in 1976. Figen Han reveals for... Adam Dergisi/Magazine April 1975 Publicity Photo of the starlet Figen Han Click! Figen Han left highschool before graduation to pursue a film career. When she was still 'sweet 16', she got her first movie break... a minor role in the romantic drama Göklerdeki Sevgili (Sweetheart In Sky), directed by Remzi Jöntürk and starring Cüneyt Arkın -- in 1966. In the 70's, Han became one of Turkey's most controversial erotik film actresses -- a member of the group known as 'The Damned Women'. In all, Figen Han appeared in more than 70 movies during her 17-year-long film career. After quitting the movie business in 1983, she danced for a while in some of the finer big-city Turkish casinos. Figen Han's Hit Single? Han lent her voluptuous figure and her seksi speaking voice to promote this two-sided instrumental 'single' in 1977. Pisi Pisi -- Here kitty, kitty. a 650 KB MP3 file. Haydi Bastır -- Come on now, go! a 550 KB MP3 file Thanks to zombibaba.blogspot.com Notable Figen Han Movies: Son Söz (The Last Word) 1979 -- an erotik adventure directed by Yavuz Figenli -- which starred Figen Han, Tevfik Şen, and Harika Öncü. Note: You may recall seeing Harika Öncü in Öyle Bir Kadın Ki (A Woman Like That). Son Söz is a movie that comes in at least two flavours -- full-strength and way watered-down...The oppressive religious-right Turkish censoring board, RTÜK, decrees that Turks can only watch extremely watered-down versions of such films on the state-controlled D-Smart Satellite TV Platform -- which provides (what has to be laughingly-called) the Yeşilçam XXX fee-for-view channel. A much more appropriate (and accurate) name for this heavily-censored channel would be the Yeşilçam ATC (Adolescent Titillation Control) channel, in our opinion. Still, it's where we first saw Son Söz...So you can imagine our surprise when we accessed Son Söz from our private Turkish movies-data base (to select a 'suitable' film-clip for this article) and found a potpourri of scenes (and even two very lively cast-members) that had been summarily chopped out of the D-Smart version. Well, we're no longer shy at our age, so we'll at least tell you about our private version of Son Söz. As for a film clip, we'll have to be a little more careful...lest RTÜK ban our website! Don't laugh, please ...because RTÜK is currently banning dozens of sites from the Turkish Internet, including the world-renowned YouTube website -- for reasons the all-powerful government-appointed RTÜK committee refuses to disclose, all in accordance with current Turkish law. Oh well, Big Brother knows what's good for us, I guess... To plot-summary of Son Söz starring Figen Han, with pics and a film clip. Christine Haydar Also written as: Kristin Haydar Christina Haydar Christian Haydar Christien Haydar Name at birth: Christine Davray. Christine posed in the all-together for Penthouse Magazine's July 1977 issue -- with husband Jean Yves Haydar manning the cameras. Christine Haydar reveals for... Penthouse Magazine July 1977 Thanks to Gökay Gelgeç at sinematik.blogspot.com Christine Haydar's Turkish Movies Trouble in Blonde Christine Haydar in Sarısın Tehlike 1980 Click large! Click large! Everything has a price Christine Haydar in Bedel 1983 Click large! Click large! Multi-lingual model, movie actress, recording artist, and writer... of French nationality -- who claimed to be the grandchild of the Ottoman, Haydar Pasha. The claim was probably a foxy publicity ploy concocted by her manager, Erkan Özerman, and her husband at the time, French photographer Jean Yves Haydar -- which helped her gain a following in Turkey, as a milli gelin (A term used to describe: 1) a foreign female of Turkish descent, or 2) a famous female foreigner who is married to a Turk, or 3) a female foreigner who becomes famous by marrying a Turk.) Christine appeared in just two Turkish movies -- and in both films she spoke (and sang/danced) in what sounded like fluent (slightly accented) Turkish. Her first Turkish movie, made in 1980, was Sarısın Tehlike (Trouble in Blonde) -- starring Cüneyt Arkın and a bevy of well-known Turkish actors of the time including Hadi Çaman, Aynur Akarsu, Yüksel Gözen, Gülten Ceylan -- and Metin Serezli in a dual role. Her second Turkish film was Bedel (The Price), a drama made in 1983 -- directed by Melih Gülgen. Its star-studded cast was led by Kadir İnanır, Bahar Öztan, Ekrem Bora, Sevda Ferdağ and, naturally, Christine Haydar. The caption on Bedel's poster warns, "Everything has a price. You've either paid or you will pay." 'Twas a very good year... Christine Haydar Ses Magazine Cover Girl May 1981 Thanks to Gökay Gelgeç at sinematik.blogspot.com Click following to see Christine Haydar in the Turkish movie Sarısın Tehlike (Danger in Blonde). There seems to have been a rivalry between Christine Haydar and Ajda Pekkan. It may have arisen because Haydar's starring role in Sarısın Tehlike included a lengthy scene in which she sang (and did a lot sexier dance to) Ajda Pekkan's 1980 Eurovision Song Contest Winner, Pet'r Oil (Loving On Petrol). And the rivalry may have been fueled by Haydar's unbridled public pronouncements that she was younger than Pekkan (who was 32 at the time she won the Eurovision honors). Take your pick... Ajda Pekkan and Christine Haydar sing (and dance to) Pet'r Oil (Loving On Petrol). Ajda Pekkan's Eurovision Song Contest Winner A 1 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file, thanks to the Metacafe website. Christine Haydar's Version A 1.8 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file, thanks to the DigiTurk/TurkMax. Christine Haydar reveals for publicity-sake... in the 1970's More gossipy tidbits about all of Christine Haydar's movies (not just her Turkish films), her multi-lingual musical recordings, and her books (with more pictures)... coming soon. 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 A troubling political cartoon of Turkey 'Burkini' swimwear for conservative Muslim women in Turkey 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 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 Turkish Numbers Revealed Turkish Adjective Heaven -- or hell? Other Turkish Language Difficulties Unrelated Fun: My First Time The 10 Basic Varieties of Unfaithful Turkish Lovers Name that dog! Divorce Turkish-style American Girls Deniz Akkaya's got a he-tox problem... Movie Superhero Tarkan, historic and erotik Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey The Swinging Beachcombers Guide to Turkey Your Turkish Horoscope Lovers in the spotlight -- Yağmur Atacan and Pınar Altuğ Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Ice Cream Sharpen your translation skills on racy cartoons Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Traditional Turkish Humor 1 Traditional Turkish Humor 2 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing Divorce, Turkish-style Turkish Kinsey Report #6 - Turkish Turn-Ons 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? Turkish Palindromes 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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