Acting
Fikret Hakan
Fikret Hakan (born Bumin Gaffar Çitanak; 23 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was a prolific Turkish film actor and a recipient of the honorary State Artist, a title awarded by the Turkish government.
Hakan was born as Bumin Gaffar Çitanak in 1934 to Gaffar and Fatma Belkıs. His mother was a head nurse while his father was a literature teacher. He moved along with his parents as a teenager from Balikesir to Istanbul, and enrolled in Galatasaray High School.[3]
Hakan began his artistic career in 1950 as an actor for the Ses Theatre and a contributor to literary magazines.
Making his debut in Evli mi bekar mi, a short comedy directed by Muhsin Ertugrul in 1951, and his feature film debut in 1953 in Köprüalti Çocuklari (Kids Under the Bridge), he has made over 170 appearances in film to date, although his career was at its most productive throughout the 1950s and 1960s through to 1976.
He starred in films such as Revenge of the Snakes (Yılanların öcü) in 1962. Hakan appeared as Colonel Ahmed Elçi along with Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson in the 1970-mpvie You Can't Win 'Em All directed by Peter Collinson.[4]
Hakan made four marriages. His spouses were Lale Sarı, Semiramis Pekkan, Neşecan Paşmak and Hümeyra. He had an extramarital daughter Elif Hakan.[5] Lately, he had a life partner Tijen Kılıç.[6] He died on 11 July 2017 at a hospital in Istanbul after being diagnosed with lung cancer.[7] He was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a memorial ceremony held at Istanbul University's Faculty of Science,[6] and the religious funeral in Afet Yolal Mosque in Levent.
Filmography
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Kurşun Yarası
Unutulmaz
The tragic and vengeful story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.
You Can't Win 'Em All
During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a l...
Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer
Serçe
Hanımın Çiftliği
Laf Lafı Açıyor
Yeni Hayat
Küçük Ağa
Yeşilçam Denizi
Borrowed Bride
Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's par...
Benimle Evlenir Misin?
Gerilla
The story of a former police detective who has left his job and a businessman who smuggles weapons and receives...
Darbe
The film tells the story of two old friends, Ahmet and Kemal, who work together to solve a murder. Ahmet, nickn...
Karanlıkta Uyananlar
A group of paint worker can’t take their salary from the fabricator and they go on strike.
The King of Mountains
Bolu Bey asks his groom Yusuf to find a unique horse for himself. However, Bolu Bey does not like the horse bro...
Three Friends
Three men live in an abandoned building and try to eke out a living by pooling their meagre resources. They com...
Two Hearts As One
A look inside the story of two newlyweds who are parted from each other and spend the next half-century of thei...
Affetmeyen Kadın
We Hit The Road
Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence...
My Friend
The story of a man who learns that his friend, whom he loves more than his life, is the enemy he was looking fo...
Before the Thaw
After the 60 revolt, the two schizophrenics who had escaped from the mental hospital, who came from an anatolia...
Polis
Sweating Soil
Hasan, an engineer who returned to the village from America after years with his child, young and beautiful wif...
Takip
The film tells the story of two fugitives and the retired police commissioner who pursues them. A vehicle used...
The Love Race
Two young people fall in love with the same woman.
Köprü
The film tells the story of Ahmet's struggle to build a bridge in his village after losing his mother in the Eu...
Illicit
It is the story of a worker girl who chooses to stay between two men as a result of unexpected events and event...
Yalnız Değiliz
The film is about a group of people living in a boarding house. Murat, Mehtap, Turgut, and Kemal's paths cross...
Revenge of the Snakes
The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who...
The Legend of Battal Gazi
Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.
Ömer Seyfettin Hikayeleri
Şehzade Sinbad Kaf Dağında
Turkish adaptation of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as "Prince Sinbad of the Mountains".
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with t...
Düşkünüm Sana
Nükhet and Orhan are two young people who love each other. Orhan's father pressures Orhan to break up with Nükh...