Tarık Akan
Tarık Akan | |
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Born | Tarık Tahsin Üregül 13 December 1949 Istanbul, Turkey |
Died | 16 September 2016 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 66)
Alma mater | Yıldız Technical University, College of Journalism |
Occupation |
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Years active | 1970–2016 |
Notable work |
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Spouse(s) | Yasemin Erkut
(m. 1986; div. 1989) |
Children | 3 |
Awards |
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Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s.
Early life[]
Tarık Akan was born as Tarık Tahsin Üregül in Istanbul on 13 December 1949.[1] He was the third child of the family after a daughter and a son. His family was constantly moving around Turkey due to his father's occupation in the military. Schooled in Erzurum, he completed the elementary education in Kayseri. Following his father's retirement, the family moved to Istanbul and settled in Bakırköy. Akan attended Yıldız Technical University to study mechanical engineering, graduated later from the College of Journalist.[2]
Before he started his acting career, he worked as a lifeguard at beaches and at a boat renting place in Bakırköy.[2]
He completed his military service in Denizli in 1979.[2]
He was jailed for two-and-half months with cell confinement following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. A right-wing politics daily defamed him with a false news in the headline for a speech he allegedly addressed in Germany in early 1981, leading to a long court case demanding for 12 years imprisonment.[2]
In 1986, he married to Yasemin Erkut. He became father of a son, Barış Zeki Üregül, the same year. Two years later, twins, Yaşar Özgür, a son, and Özlem, a daughter, were born. The couple divorced in 1989.[2]
His son Barış Zeki began an acting career in 2009 with the film Deli Deli Olma, in which he played with his father and portrayed the young actor Tarık Akan.[2]
Acting career[]
He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"),[1][2] 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.[2]
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.[2]
He acted in a total of 110 films, and won numerous awards from various festivals including Cannes and Berlin. He won an Honourable Mention at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Pehlivan.[1][2][3]
Later years[]
He also directed several productions such as documentaries and serials for television. In 2002, he published his first book Anne Kafamda Bit Var, a biography of his life and his time in prison.[2]
In 1991, he took over the elementary school in Bakırköy, in which he was educated, and transferred it to his own Özel Taş İlköğretim Okulu.[2]
In 2005, he became the chairman of the education-aimed "Nesin Foundation", succeeding Ali Nesin, the son of the founder Aziz Nesin.[2] In his later years, he was served as chairman of the "Nazım Hikmet Cultural and Arts Foundation".[1]
Illness and death[]
Akan contracted lung cancer, and was in treatment for over one year. In the early hours of 16 September 2016, he died at the age of 66 in the intensive care station of a private hospital in Istanbul.[1][2]
On 18 September, he was interred at Zuhuratbaba Cemetery in Bakırköy following a memorial service held in Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage and the religious funeral service at Teşvikiye Mosque. The funeral was attended by thousands of people, his castmates, former President of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the leader of the main opposition party Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.[4][5]
Filmography[]
1970s[]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Halil | Debut role | |
Murat Sayman | |||
Metin | |||
Ferit Aker | |||
Sedat | |||
1972 | Hakan | ||
Ali | |||
Tatlı Dillim | Ferit | ||
Hakan | |||
Sev Kardeşim | Ferit Çaliskan | ||
Bülent Akman | |||
Hakan | |||
Ali Yanyali | |||
1973 | Ferdi | ||
Murat | |||
Canım Kardeşim | Murat | ||
Ahmet | |||
Ömer Mutlu | |||
Ferdi | |||
Oh Olsun | Ferit Haznedar | ||
Bebek Yüzlü | |||
1974 | Aydin | ||
Ferit | |||
Ahmet | |||
Metin | |||
Orhan Guven | |||
Mehmet | |||
The Blue Bead | Yakisikli Necmi | ||
1975 | Mavi Boncuk | Yakisikli Necmi | |
Ferit | |||
Hababam Sınıfı | Damat Ferit | ||
Ferit | |||
Ferit | |||
Evcilik Oyunu | Adnan | ||
Tarik | |||
Ah Nerede | Ferit | ||
1976 | Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı | Damat Ferit | |
Ferit | |||
Murat | |||
Yakup | |||
1977 | Murat Boga | ||
Polizia selvaggia | Murat | ||
Tarik | |||
Babanin Evlatlari | Firildak Ömer | ||
Orhan | |||
Sedat | |||
Sinan | |||
1978 | Salih | ||
Sürü | Sivan | ||
Ugur | |||
Maden | Nurettin | ||
The Canal | Kaymakan | ||
1979 | Bülent |
1980s[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Adak | Mümin Kodja | |
1981 | Bozovali Cemal | ||
Sefer | |||
1982 | Yol | Seyit Ali | |
Ali | |||
Habip | |||
1983 | Kadir | ||
Sehmuz | |||
Topal Yakup | |||
Beyaz Ölüm | Komiser Yilmakz Gürel | ||
1984 | Kerem | ||
Pehlivan | Bilal | ||
Kayip kizlar | Komiser Yilmaz | ||
Cengiz | |||
Alev Alev | Murat | ||
1985 | Komiser Sahin | ||
Son Darbe | Nazmi Yalçin | ||
Paramparça | Tayfun | ||
Haydar Ali / Seyit Aga | Dual role | ||
Kamil | |||
1986 | Kıskıvrak | Yilmaz | |
Ses | Adam | ||
Halkali köle | |||
Haydar Riza | |||
Münir Kozan | |||
Yusuf | |||
1987 | Su da yanar | Damat Ferit / Fero | Dual role |
Skandal | Çetin | ||
Kızımın Kanı | Cemil | ||
Rauf | |||
1988 | Üçüncü göz | Tunç | |
Kimlik | Hoca | ||
El Kapilari | Zeynel | ||
Berde | |||
1989 | Layla | Mecnun | |
Isa Musa Meryem | Musa |
1990s-2000s[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Ikili Oyunlar | ||
Mustafa Ünal | |||
Saycan | |||
Ömer | |||
1991 | Müsfik | ||
Sîyabend û Xecê | Siyabend | ||
Ziya | |||
Yönetmen / Hoca / Dava Vekili / Aga | Fourth role | ||
1993 | Makasçi | ||
Ugur | |||
1995 | |||
1997 | Ragip | ||
1999 | Hayal kurma oyunlari | Baba | |
Hüseyin Efe | |||
2002 | Mahmut Sevket Pasa | ||
2003 | Ali | ||
Vizontele Tuuba | Güner Sernikli | ||
2006 | Kazim Orbay | ||
2009 | Piano Girl | Miska | |
Karşıyaka Memleket | Nazım Hikmet Ran | Final role | |
2017 | Yol: The Full Version | Seyit Ali | (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Son dakika haberi: Tarık Akan'ın cenaze töreni ile ilgili flaş açıklama!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Son dakika haberi: Sanat dünyası şokta Tarık Akan yaşamını yitirdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ "Thousands bid farewell to Akan". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Tarık Akan'ın Zuhuratbaba Mezarlığı'nda toprağa verildi". Sözcü (in Turkish). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
External links[]
- Tarık Akan at IMDb
- 1949 births
- Yıldız Technical University alumni
- Male actors from Istanbul
- Turkish male film actors
- Best Actor Golden Orange Award winners
- Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners
- Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners
- Golden Butterfly Award winners
- Deaths from cancer in Turkey
- Deaths from lung cancer
- 2016 deaths
- Burials at Zuhuratbaba Cemetery
- Fenerbahçe S.K. supporters