—Ölüme Köprü (1972)

Thriller. Turkey. Starring Fikret Hakan, Bahar Erdeniz, Orhan Günşiray, Gülgün Erdem, Yavuz Selekman, Semra Yıldız, Hüseyin Zan, Raik Alnıaçık, Dündar Aydınlı, Cevat Kurtuluş, İbrahim Kurt, Sadettin Erbil, Toron Karacaoğlu, Arsen Gürzap, Alev Koral, Yaşar Güçlü and Sönmez Yıkılmaz. Directed by Mehmet Aslan.

Arsel Istanbul Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Lobby cards:

Bir Pazar Günü (1982)

Musical thriller. Turkey. Starring Coşkun Sabah, Serpil Çakmaklı, Yusuf Sezgin, Yalçın Gülhan, Ali Güney, Atilla Ergün, Barış Jöntürk, Selahattin Fırat, Bozkurt Işıklar, Oğuz Işıklar, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Kader Demir. Directed by Remzi Jöntürk.

Ermit Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••

Hakanlar Çarpışıyor (1977)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Aytekin Akkaya, Hüseyin Peyda, Turgut Özatay, Hikmet Taşdemir, Reha Yurdakul, Levent Çakır, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Arseven Gümüş, Süheyl Eğriboz, Mehmet Uğur, Necdet Kökeş, Cemal Konca, Muzaffer Cıvan, Niyazi Er, Yılmaz Kurt, Kadir Kök, Hakkı Kıvanç, Ahmet Sert, Doğan Tamer, Hamit Haskabal, Asım Par, Esen Günay, Abdurrahman Palay, Dinçer Çekmez, Erhan Yazıcıoğlu, Ersan Uysal and Gülen Kıpçak. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sultan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Ramo (1986)

a.k.a. Türk Rambosu

Poor man's action. Turkey. Starring Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Oya Demir, Levent Çakır, Serdar Alemdar, Birtanem, Talat Gözbak, Nur İncegül and Arzum Selma. Directed by Mehmet Alemdar.

Birtan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •

Yıldırım Ajan (1972)

Sleazy action. Turkey. Starring Feri Cansel, Tamer Yiğit, Behçet Nacar, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Yeşim Yükselen, Nihat Ziyalan, Danyal Topatan, Süha Doğan, Feridun Çölgeçen, Elda Ferrara, Hüseyin Güler, Kadir Kök, Özdemir Akın, Tevfik Şen, Bedri Aydın, Mehmet Yağmur, Mehmet Tozkaldıran, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Dündar Aydınlı, İbrahim Kurt and Mustafa Oğuz. Directed by Yavuz Figenli.

Ertaş Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Original poster:

Beyaz Kurt (1972)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Ayhan Işık, Deniz Erkanat, Ülkü Ülker, Hüseyin Zan, Sırrı Elitaş, Giray Alpan, Ceyhan Akan, Yaşar Güçlü, Yusuf Sezer, Dündar Aydınlı, Tufan Tümer, Tarzan Baba, Nilgün Ceylan, Sabahat Işık, Necla Soylu, Erol Yeşilyaprak, İsmet Erten, Mehmet Uğur and Sönmez Yıkılmaz. Directed by Yılmaz Duru.

Kalkavan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••

Kanun Gücü (1979)

Crime. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Deniz Akbulut, Necla Fide, Nejat Özbek, Nejat Gürçen, Aydın Haberdar, Haluk Dural, Reha Yurdakul, Ekrem Dümer, Mesut Sürmeli, Şeyda Özer, Muadelet Tibet, Orhan Aydınbaş, Abdullah Ataç, Ata Saka, Renan Fosforoğlu, Süheyl Eğriboz, Abdi Algül, Cevdet Arıkan, Raşit Hazar, Seyfettin Karadayı, Erol Şen, Erol Şen, Mürüvvet İşsever, İhsan Gedik, Yılmaz Kurt, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Tevfik Şen, Yadigar Ejder, Kamer Baba, Kamer Sadık, İbrahim Uğurlu, Mustafa Yavuz and Alpay İzer. Directed by Cüneyt Arkın.

Video Art. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Lobby cards:

Babaların Babası (1975)

Action/comedy/romance/little-bit-of-everything. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Filiz Akın, Cemil Şahbaz, Erol Taş, Yaşar Yağmur, Yavuz Selekman, Celen Tandoğan, Semih Sezerli, Turgut Özatay, Ekrem Gökkaya, İhsan Gedik, Kadir Kök, Günay Güner, İbrahim Kurt, Muammer Gözalan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Müşerref Çapın, Kudret Karadağ, Gülden Pelit, Cihan Alp, Muzaffer Cıvan, Cevdet Balıkçı, İbrahim Uğurlu, Yılmaz Kurt, Giray Alpan, Süha Doğan, Zeki Sezer and Aydın Haberdar. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Destan Video. Fullscreen. [Copied cover]

Rating: ••••

Yalnız Adam (1974)

Crime. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Semra Özdamar, Erol Taş, Turgut Boralı, Şükriye Atav, Ceyhan Cem, Altan Günbay, İbrahim Kurt and Sönmez Yıkılmaz. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Minareci Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Short excerpt:

Bin Defa Ölürüm (1985)

Ultra-violent İnanç thriller. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Öztan, Tuğrul Meteer, Naci Özsoy, Erol Taş, Aydın Haberdar, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Yılmaz Kurt. Directed by Çetin İnanç.

Kalkavan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Short excerpt (not for faint-hearted):

Kaplanlar (1985)

Magnificent action pot-boiler. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Öztan, Leyla Somer, Hüseyin Peyda, Tuğrul Meteer, Gazi Havvaş, Aydın Haberdar, Yılmaz Kurt, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Mehmet Samsa. Directed by Çetin İnanç & Cüneyt Arkın.

Kalkavan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Çöl (1983)

An absolute paradigm of psychedelic trash! Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Emel Tümer, Salih Kırmızı, Hüseyin Peyda, Deniz Ünsal, Murat İnanç, Osman Betin, Feryal Feray, Nejat Gürçen, Baykal Kent, İbrahim Kurt, Yılmaz Kurt, Turgut Boralı, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Oktar Durukan, Mehmet Uğur, Tevhit Bilge and Arap Celal. Directed by Çetin İnanç.

Tele Video Star. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Bir Kaç Güzel Gün İçin (1984)

Romance/sexy. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Necla Nazır, Cemal Gencer, Belgin Güven, Taşkın Sabah, Ekrem Dümer, Ahmet Turgutlu, İsmet Erten, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Abdi Algül. Directed by Cüneyt Arkın & İrfan Tözüm.

Tele Star Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••

Original poster:

3 Dev Adam (1973)

Superhero fest. Captain America teams up with Mexican wrestler Santo in an attempt to stop Spider-Man from destroying the world. Turkey. Starring Aytekin Akkaya, Deniz Erkanat, Yavuz Selekman, Tevfik Şen, Doğan Tamer, Mine Sun, Altan Günbay, Ersun Kazançel, Hasan Ceylan, Osman Han, Ali Ekdal, Niyazi Vanlı, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, İhsan Baysal, Günay Güner, Haydar Karaer and Yaşar Şener. Directed by T. Fikret Uçak.

Arsel Istanbul Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••

Battal Gazi'nin Oğlu (1974)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Zerrin Arbaş, Bilal İnci, Yavuz Selekman, Hikmet Taşdemir, Nazan Adalı, Nevin Nuray, Mine Sun, Süheyl Eğriboz, Necdet Kökeş and İhsan Gedik. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sultan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Battal Gazi Geliyor (1973)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Reha Yurdakul, Birsen Ayda, Zuhal Aktan, Kazım Kartal, Doğan Tamer, Atıf Kaptan, Süheyl Eğriboz, Yaşar Güçlü, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, İbrahim Kurt and Kadir Kök. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Ercan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Watch a short excerpt (shitty transfer, the quality of the actual tape is excellent):

Lion Man (1975)

a.k.a. Kılıç Aslan

One of my favourite movies of all time. As Lars Jacobsson puts it: nothing you hear or read will prepare you for the wonder that is Lionman! Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Yıldırım Gencer, Cemil Şahbaz, Reha Yurdakul, Anuşka, Tarık Şimşek, Ekrem Gökkaya, Necdet Kökeş, Aynur Aydan, Yusuf Sezer, İhsan Gedik, Aydın Haberdar, Osman Han, Mehmet Uğur, Hasan Ceylan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Yılmaz Kurt. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Miracle Video. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

Lion Man (1975)

a.k.a. Kılıç Aslan

One of my favourite movies of all time. As Lars Jacobsson puts it: nothing you hear or read will prepare you for the wonder that is Lionman! Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Yıldırım Gencer, Cemil Şahbaz, Reha Yurdakul, Anuşka, Tarık Şimşek, Ekrem Gökkaya, Necdet Kökeş, Aynur Aydan, Yusuf Sezer, İhsan Gedik, Aydın Haberdar, Osman Han, Mehmet Uğur, Hasan Ceylan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Yılmaz Kurt. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Video 49. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

Three short excerpts below.

Ömer Hayyam (1973)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Orçun Sonat, Bahar Erdeniz, Seyyal Taner, Sami Tunç, Gönül Tansel, Halit Akçatepe, Haydar Karaer and Sönmez Yıkılmaz. Directed by Tunç Başaran.

Arsel Istanbul Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••