Mehmet Aslan
Biography
Mehmet Aslan (1 May 1931, İzmir - 1 September 1987, Heybeliada ) is a Turkish actor , screenwriter and film director. Having completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Izmir, Aslan studied for a while in the electrical department of Yıldız Technical University, then left the university and started working as an electrical technician. In 1949, he became acquainted with cinema by working as an assistant and actor in the film Captain Tahsin, directed by Orhon Murat Arıburnu and in which he played the leading role. Continuing his career as an actor and assistant director, Aslan wrote his first script, "Ateş Gibi Kadın" (Woman Like Fire), in 1965. He began directing the film Bir Gönül Oyunu (A Heart Game) in the same year. He is known as the director of the Tarkan series of films. On the posters of films directed or written by Mehmet Aslan, his surname is sometimes written as Arslan.
Known For & Full Filmography26 Titles
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on THE DEEP by Mickey Spillane, the film tells the story of a tough guy, who returns to his old neighborhood to avenge the murder of his childhood partner in crime.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Naci is a daring journalist who has gained fame under the name Muhteşem Serseri (The Magnificent Tramp). He is particularly interested in celebrity news. This gives him plenty of opportunities to flirt. Tired of Naci's tramping, his boss gives him a chance to show off his skills. He will soon be interviewing an Arab princess who is coming to Istanbul. However, up until this point, no photographs of the princess have been taken, and no information about her has been obtained. Naci learns where the princess will be staying through his assistant Nuri. However, no one could have anticipated that the queen, who wants to ensure her daughter's safety, would play a trick.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Seyis
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sıtkı Bey asks Rauf Bey, a member of the bank's board, for help in obtaining a loan from the bank. Rauf Bey hopes to marry Sıtkı Bey's daughter in return for his help. Sıtkı Bey, who wants to make a big investment, tries to force Handan to marry Rauf. On the night of their engagement, Handan refuses to marry Rauf, revealing that she has been in a relationship with Nazmi for a long time. However, she eventually has no choice but to marry Rauf. Meanwhile, Nazmi, who has been falsely accused, is sent to prison for a murder he did not commit. Years later, their paths will cross again.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Yaşar Yaşamaz is officially considered "dead" because he appears in population records as having been killed in action in Çanakkale and Dersim, but he finds himself entangled in a vast bureaucratic labyrinth in order to prove that he is actually alive. At every stage of his life - unable to start school, join the military, marry, or inherit property - Yaşar faces absurd obstacles.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film tells the story of a man who enters the world of crime for the happiness and education of his children. Kartal leaves his village and moves to Istanbul with his two sons due to the feudal system. However, Istanbul does not offer them the life they had imagined. They live in poverty for a long time. In a moment of despair, Kartal is offered the chance to carry out an execution. Though he initially refuses, he eventually feels compelled to accept. However, escaping the criminal underworld will not be easy.
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hüseyin and Salim, who are roommates, make a living as garbage collectors. Hüseyin is satisfied with his life, but Salim wants to earn more money. One night, Salim notices that Hüseyin is humming a song in his sleep. He sells the composition of this song to a nightclub owner. Thus, he earns money by recording the songs Hüseyin sings every night. Some time later, a nightclub owner named Saffet wants to transfer Salim to his own nightclub. However, as Saffet tries to convince Salim, all the truths will come to light.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sibel's first husband Murat dies in an accident during a business trip. Left alone, Sibel marries her husband's close friend and business partner Bülent. Five years pass, and her first husband Murat suddenly returns. He survived the accident but was unable to contact Sibel for years. Suddenly finding herself with two husbands, Sibel will have to choose between the two men.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The two young people, who started to get to know each other, decide to meet face to face after long letters. The woman sends her sister instead of herself.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Suat and Haşmet are business partners. Suat is a conservative man and the president of the Association for the Protection, Promotion, and Elevation of Morality. His wife, Fatoş, makes fun of her husband's seriousness and his work. Suat's partner, Haşmet, is a womanizer. Suat goes on a business trip. During this time, Haşmet's business meeting at a nightclub turns into a dinner alone with Fatoş. However, when Suat learns that his wife is having dinner alone with someone, he hires "the sleuth without a badge" Sami Külyutmaz to investigate the matter.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The love of Doctor Murat and Menekse in a village.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After drinking excessively at the nightclub, Ferit takes someone else's coat instead of his own. When he realizes that the coat does not belong to him, he returns to the nightclub, but it is already closed. When he goes to the address written on the card he finds in the coat pocket, he comes across a dead body. The victim is Sadık, one of the nightclub's partners. Ferit and Hüseyin, a crime novel enthusiast who becomes involved in the case by chance, will work in coordination with the police to solve the case.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Musa
A triple love story between Mine (Nebahat Çehre), the owner of the farm in the deserted lake valley, and pilot Mazhar (Samim Meriç), whom she had to marry due to the threat of death in the air, and her childhood sweetheart, her aunt's son Ümit (Göksel Arsoy).
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Resepsiyoncu Arif
Turkish adventure crime movie.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film tells the story of three thieves fighting over the money obtained from a robbery. Alexander the Great is a mafia boss who has lost his former power. Alexander, who takes action to regain his former influence, brings together three famous thieves nicknamed Atmaca Ahmet, Altınparmak Bilal, and Jet Jale. The trio forms a gang to steal Bayat Hayati's forty million. The robbery is successful. However, Alexander reports the robbery to the police to avoid sharing the loot with the gang. As a result, Ahmet and Bilal decide to collaborate and take revenge on Alexander.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hülya, a singer, and Erol, the son of a wealthy family, are in love. However, Erol's father does not approve of this relationship. With the help of two men he hired, he forces Hülya to give up her career and leave Erol. As a result, Hülya attempts suicide. At the last moment, a man known as "Doctor" saves her. Hülya will start a new life with Doctor.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film tells the story of Metin, who comes to Istanbul to find two women named Jale and Hale, and Rıza, who helps him. Metin is on the trail of two prostitutes named Jale and Hale. His goal is to find them and rescue them from prostitution. Metin and Rıza find the women they are looking for in a brothel. They manage to get Jale and Hale out of there. Jale grew up in a wealthy but indifferent family environment and found herself in a brothel overnight. Hale, on the other hand, was a poor student who became accustomed to a luxurious lifestyle due to her friends and was swept into the nightlife. Rescuing Jale and Hale from the brothel will not be easy for Metin and Rıza.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This film is about the adventures of cowboy Tom as he sets out to exact revenge on his father’s killer, Taylor. Tom is a cowboy from Nevada. He lives on a ranch in Nevada with his father. One day, he goes to Texas. He gets into trouble here, and is unable to return home for a while. Forced to work in a stone pit, Tom eventually escapes. But once he gets home, he finds the ranch burned down and his father dead. Tom goes back to Texas to avenge his father
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The story of two lovers who had to leave their ways as a result of the painful events they experienced.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hüseyin goes to a bar to have a drink. There is no one else inside except for a drunk customer. A mysterious man arrives shortly after, looking for a woman with green eyes and a straw hat. Before Hüseyin has a chance to say that there is no such person, the drunk customer pulls out a gun and shoots the man. Hüseyin suddenly finds himself in the middle of a murder case. Later that night, when he goes outside, he happens to come across the woman described. Her name is Perihan. At first, she denies the allegations. However, when she learns that the incident has been reported to the police, she is forced to tell the truth. Perihan is cheating on her husband. A enemy who finds out about this blackmails her. The woman, trying to escape, finds herself involved in a series of crimes, from theft to murder.