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.

Tarık Akan
Tarık Akan in 2008
Born
Tarık Tahsin Üregül

(1949-12-13)13 December 1949
Istanbul, Turkey
Died16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 66)
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma materYıldız Technical University,
College of Journalism
Occupation
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1970–2016
Notable work
Spouse(s)
Yasemin Erkut
(m. 1986; div. 1989)
Children3
Awards

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
1971 Vefasız Halil Debut role
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi Murat Sayman
Emine Metin
Beyoğlu Güzeli Ferit Aker
Melek mi, Şeytan mı? Sedat
1972 Suçlu Hakan
Üç Sevgili Ali
Tatlı Dillim Ferit
Sisli Hatıralar Hakan
Sev Kardeşim Ferit Çaliskan
Kaderimin Oyunu Bülent Akman
Azat Kuşu Hakan
Aşkların En Güzeli Ali Yanyali
1973 Feryat Ferdi
Para Murat
Canım Kardeşim Murat
Umut Dünyası Ahmet
Yeryüzünde Bir Melek Ömer Mutlu
Yalancı Yarim Ferdi
Oh Olsun Ferit Haznedar
Bebek Yüzlü Bebek Yüzlü
1974 Esir Hayat Aydin
Boşver Arkadaş Ferit
Kanlı Deniz Ahmet
Mahçup Delikanlı Metin
Yaz Bekarı Orhan Guven
Memleketim Mehmet
The Blue Bead Yakisikli Necmi
1975 Mavi Boncuk Yakisikli Necmi
Delisin Ferit
Hababam Sınıfı Damat Ferit
Merhaba (Bizim Aile) Ferit
Gece Kuşu Zehra Ferit
Evcilik Oyunu Adnan
Çapkın Hırsız
Ateş Böceği Tarik
Ah Nerede Ferit
1976 Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı Damat Ferit
Öyle Olsun Ferit
Kader Bağlayınca Murat
Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir Yakup
1977 Bizim Kız Murat Boga
Polizia selvaggia Murat
Sevgili Dayım Tarik
Babanin Evlatlari Firildak Ömer
Baraj Orhan
Şeref Sözü Sedat
Nehir Sinan
1978 Lekeli Melek Salih
Sürü Sivan
Seninle Son Defa Ugur
Maden Nurettin
The Canal Kaymakan
1979 Demiryol Bülent

1980s

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Adak Mümin Kodja
1981 Herhangi Bir Kadın Bozovali Cemal
Delikan Sefer
1982 Yol Seyit Ali
Arkadaşım Ali
Kaçak Habip
1983 Gecenin Sonu Kadir
Derman Sehmuz
Çocuklar Çiçektir Topal Yakup
Beyaz Ölüm Komiser Yilmakz Gürel
1984 Yosma Kerem
Pehlivan Bilal
Kayip kizlar Komiser Yilmaz
Damga Cengiz
Alev Alev Murat
1985 Tele Kızlar Komiser Sahin
Son Darbe Nazmi Yalçin
Paramparça Tayfun
Kan Haydar Ali / Seyit Aga Dual role
Bir Avuç Cennet Kamil
1986 Kıskıvrak Yilmaz
Ses Adam
Halkali köle
Beyoğlu`nun Arka Yakası Haydar Riza
Adem ile Havva Münir Kozan
Acı Dünyalar Yusuf
1987 Su da yanar Damat Ferit / Fero Dual role
Yağmur Kaçakları
Skandal Çetin
Kızımın Kanı Cemil
çark Rauf
1988 Üçüncü göz Tunç
Kimlik Hoca
El Kapilari Zeynel
Dönüş Berde
1989 Layla Mecnun
Isa Musa Meryem Musa

1990s-2000s

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Ikili Oyunlar
Karartma Geceleri Mustafa Ünal
Bir Küçük Bulut Saycan
Berdel Ömer
1991 Uzun ince Bir Yol Müsfik
Sîyabend û Xecê Siyabend
Bir Kadın Düşmanı Ziya
Devlerin Ölümü Yönetmen / Hoca / Dava Vekili / Aga Fourth role
1993 Yolcu Makasçi
Çözülmeler Ugur
1995 Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Herşey-Hep Aynı
1997 Mektup Ragip
1999 Hayal kurma oyunlari Baba
Eylül Fırtınası Hüseyin Efe
2002 Meşrutiyet - Abdülhamit Düşerken Mahmut Sevket Pasa
2003 Gülüm Ali
Vizontele Tuuba Güner Sernikli
2006 Ankara cinayeti Kazim Orbay
2009 Piano Girl Miska
Karşıyaka Memleket Nazım Hikmet Ran Final role
2017 Yol: The Full Version Seyit Ali (final film role)

References

  1. "Son dakika haberi: Tarık Akan'ın cenaze töreni ile ilgili flaş açıklama!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. "Son dakika haberi: Sanat dünyası şokta Tarık Akan yaşamını yitirdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  4. "Thousands bid farewell to Akan". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. "Tarık Akan'ın Zuhuratbaba Mezarlığı'nda toprağa verildi". Sözcü (in Turkish). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
Awards
Preceded by
Murat Soydan
Golden Orange Award for
Best Actor

1973

for Suçlu

Succeeded by
Hakan Balamir
Preceded by
Kemal Sunal
Golden Orange Award for
Best Actor

1978
for Maden
Succeeded by
not awarded
Preceded by
Genco Erkal
Golden Orange Award for
Best Actor

1984
for Pehlivan
Succeeded by
Hakan Balamir
Preceded by
Aytaç Arman
Golden Orange Award for
Best Actor

1989
for Üçüncü Göz

1990
for Karartma Geceleri

Succeeded by
Ekrem Bora
Preceded by
not held
Golden Boll Award for
Best Actor

1992
for Karartma Geceleri
Succeeded by
Menderes Samancılar
Preceded by
Fırat Tanış
Golden Orange Award for
Best Actor

2003
for Gülüm
Succeeded by
Olgun Şimşek
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