Turgay Tanülkü

Acting

Turgay Tanülkü

Born July 18, 1953 · Uşak, Türkiye (age 73)

1953 Uşak'ta doğdu, Ankara devlet konservatuvarı tiyatro yüksek bölümünden 1976'da mezun oldu. Aynı yıl Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu'nda göreve başladı. 1970-71 döneminde Leningrad'da Tiyatro akademisi'nin drama kurslarına katıldı ve Psikojimnastik eğitimi aldı. Turgay Tanülkü körler okulu, Çocuk islahevleri ve Türkiye'de 8 Bölge Cezaevinde Tiyatro grupları kurdu. Halen kurduğu gruplarla çalışmalarını …

Known For

ÇatlıÇatlı · 2026
Çatlı
2026
MovieDramaCrime
In the early 1980s, Abdullah Catli becomes entangled in an international conflict spanning several European countries. As Europe turns into a stage for covert confrontations, Catli is increasingly faced with existential decisions. Caught between loyalty, responsibility, and the protection of his family, an intense drama unfolds about guilt, loss, and survival.
The Edge of HeavenThe Edge of Heaven · 2007
The Edge of Heaven
★ 7.22007
MovieDrama
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
Mother ElifMother Elif · 2022
Mother Elif
★ 5.52022
MovieDrama
Mother Elif is known to be philanthropic and wise. She shares deep spiritual values such as love, peace, equality, sharing, tolerance, and compassion with all life she comes into contact with. This film shows her eventful life.
Paper LivesPaper Lives · 2021
Paper Lives
★ 8.02021
MovieDrama
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Carefree HeadCarefree Head · 2026
Carefree Head
2026
MovieComedy
Murat, who lives in Istanbul, decides to return to his hometown of Cappadocia after being fired from his job. As he plans to start a new business there, his path crosses with his cousins Bedri and Fehmi, who are trying to escape the consequences of a crime they committed. However, the carefree spirit wandering around the town will both prevent Bedri and Fehmi from escaping and support Murat in establishing his new venture.
BosporusBosporus · 2011
Bosporus
2011
MovieDramaRomance
Surrounded by crowds and noise, elderly widower Murat lives a quiet life in Turkey's most populous city, Istanbul. His daily life is pure routine, and Murat occasionally turns to alcohol to numb the pain of losing his family, who died many years ago in a tragic car accident. He misses them deeply and climbs the mountain every day to visit their grave. But one day, a beautiful woman moves into the apartment below, and a burst water pipe brings them into conversation.
Halam GeldiHalam Geldi · 2014
Halam Geldi
★ 7.22014
MovieDrama
On the border of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Greek village of Limya lies the frontier hamlet of Akıncılar, where the call to prayer mingles with church bells and Turkish music blends with Greek melodies, and people from Diyarbakır and Cyprus live side by side. In this village there are three children, each thirteen years old, bound together by fate and traveling a shared path. Their story unfolds amid a ritual that becomes ever more tangled: the drama of “child brides.”
Absolute JusticeAbsolute Justice · 2014
Absolute Justice
★ 1.02014
MovieDrama
After a horrific attack on his wife and daughter, Metin's life is turned upside down. Driven to take revenge, Metin soon finds that vengeance is a brutal road.

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PlajdaPlajda · 2008
Plajda
★ 3.92008
MovieComedy
Cem and Ali, two buddies, find themselves in the middle of a mafia showdown at a party where they are DJing. Not knowing what to do, the pair try to escape by putting on women's clothes they find in the costume room. But a perverted member of the mafia takes them to a resort and holds them captive, and the pair suddenly find themselves working as entertainers at a hotel. During their first attempt to escape the hotel, they see 20 girls who have come to the hotel for a beauty pageant and are stunned. They don't want to leave this paradise-like environment. But flirting with girls and living as women is difficult. Even when they try to escape from the hotel a second time, the duo, who have fallen in love with Cansu and Ebru from the TV crew, stay at the hotel. Meanwhile, the mafia also arrives at the hotel.
EşrefpaşalılarEşrefpaşalılar · 2010
Eşrefpaşalılar
★ 5.32010
MovieComedyDrama
Two friends originally from Izmir-Eşrefpaşa have settled in Istanbul… While Tayyar (Hüseyin Soysalan) has become a mafia leader based on his passion for power and ruling, Davut (Turgay Tanülkü) has been managing a café in his small neighbourhood. Both have loved the same woman, Madam Eleni (Sermin Hürmeriç). But she had to get married to Tayyar despite her love for Davut. She also had a daughter called Duygu (Deniz Özpınar). However, Tayyar, knowing that Eleni’s heart belongs to Davut, leaves Eleni and his daughter alone. Tayyar, continuously looking for ways for revenge, finally finds it in convincing Nusret (Burak Tarık), Davut’s adopted son, to choose his dirty way. Nusret, the tough-guy of the neighbourhood gets into a big dilemma since he couldn’t make a choice between his girl as well as the people he loves and money and power.

Davut

Black BoyBlack Boy · 2013
Black Boy
★ 5.12013
MovieActionComedy
The Mongols stood at the gates of Anatolia, the peaceful homeland of the Turks. The Turkish-Mongolian war is about to break out. The only way to protect against the Mongol invasion, which set the whole world on fire, is to create unity among the Turkic states. The Golden Horde also wants to join this union. The only way to realize this union is for Çise Hatun to go to the Golden Horde as a bride. The Mongols, led by Camoka, are determined to destroy Çise Hatun in order to prevent this union. Camoka's job is not so easy. In front of him is the legendary hero Karaoğlan. The journey full of excitement and danger, starting from Anatolia and extending through the Caucasus mountains, leads to a fierce war between three giant armies of tens of thousands of people. The fate of Anatolia is in the hands of Karaoğlan. The elusive beauty Bayırgülü, Asia's best sword-wielding man Baybora, the great warrior Balaban and Karaoğlan's mentor Çalık are the fateful partners of this great epic.

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