Yakup Yavru
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 1, 1952
Place of Birth: Amasya, Türkiye
Known For
Yeditepe Istanbul
When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. Without any degree or experience, she tries to survive doing all sorts of odd jobs. Meanwhile, her neighbors, who are completely different from the people in Olcay's old world, begin to get to like the mother and daughter. Some even fall in love.
Love Once Again
Zeynep gets married to a man whom her family does not approve and goes to the U.S.A to live there. She gives a birth to a baby boy but when her marriage does not go well she decides to return to Turkey as devastated. Fatih, on the other hand, comes from a rich family and goes to the U.S.A. to study. But, he does not find what he has expected and decides to go back to Turkey. These two people from different backgrounds come across to each other at the same flight to Turkey. They make a marriage agreement on the flight. Fatih wants Zeynep to pretend his wife because his family forces him to get married to Irem. He wants his freedom back. Zeynep, on the other hand, does not want to ask help from her family so, she accepts Fatih’s offer.
Kiraz Mevsimi
Yılmaz is a young man stuck between his dreams and his father in a small town in Anatolia. His greatest dream is to buy a small tractor (patpat) that will pave the way for him to start his own business. However, both his father and the living conditions in the region stand as major obstacles even to his smallest dream. Yılmaz, along with his close friend who also wanders aimlessly in pursuit of his dreams, chases after new and different opportunities every day.
My Father and My Son
A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.
Big Man, Little Love
An orphaned Kurdish child (Hêjar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge, refuses to get involved in politics. He is forced out of his solitude, when Hêjar the only survivor of a police raid on his Kurdish neighbors, takes refuge at his home. Gradually, he warms up to the kid and decides to reunite her with her family.
Yamak Ahmet
Yamaga Ahmet works as a servant and helps his master prepare food for Ramadan. They often engage in Ramadan-related discussions.
Home Coming
September 1980. Mustafa 'Mehmet Ali Alabora' and his wife, who're both laborers are married for 5 years. The couple has nothing to do with politics and spend their days happily with their 3 year old daughter and their TV, despite the clamor of guns clashing outside every night. One Friday morning, they wake up and hear the voice of Hasan Mutlucan on radio and observe soldiers marching through the streets, the very confirmation of the military coup that has taken place. Arrests begin instantly in workplace and neighborhood. Yet Mustafa, far from being disturbed, assumes that all apprehensions must have rightful reasons. Until the night he's taken into custody, charged with the crimes of a militant code named "Sehmuz".
Two Lines
Selin is a business woman who is living with her younger boyfriend at a metropole, Istanbul. During the summer time, they decide to go to the south by their car and a long vacation starts.
My Travel Buddy
Days before Eid, a salesman fired from his job drives to meet his girlfriend's family, but the trip goes astray due to his zany travel buddy.
All Good
While delivering a deceased man's body for burial, a naive village courier encounters a host of eccentrics and implicates himself in dark crimes.
Filmography
as Yusuf Dede
as Beşik Kertmesinin Dedesi
as Kahveci Yusuf
as Himmet
as Kasap
as Kahvedeki Adam
as Şeyh
as Dede
as Balıkçı
as Mehmet'in Babası
as Ethem
as Cevdet
as Tibet
as Balıkçı İrfan
as Reşit
as Çiftçi
as Süleyman Abi
as Kondüktör
as Şeyh Abdülvahap
as Milletvekili
as Hareket Memuru
as (Berber) Sururi