Tarık Akan

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 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 He 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 19291989 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