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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Kara Gözlüm
1986
Lionman II: The Witchqueen
Director (Directing)
1979
Baba Kartal
1979
Üç Tatlı Bela
1979
Çakal Avı
Director (Directing)
1977
Love, Desire and Weapons
Director (Directing)
1977
Aybiçe Kurt Kız
Screenplay (Writing)
1976
Tilki Payı
Director (Directing)
1976
Yarın Olmaz Şimdi
1975
Aklın Durur
Writer (Writing)
1975
Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz
1975
Vur Tatlım
1975
Kocam Erkek mi?
Director (Directing)
1975
Tolga
Director (Directing)
1975
Tanrım Beni Baştan Yarat
Director (Directing)
1974
Tarkan and the Armless Hero
Screenplay (Writing)
1973
Tarkan: The Golden Medallion
Director (Directing)
1973
Babaların Günahı
Director (Directing)
1973
My Dear Brother
as Seyis
1973
Siyah Eldivenli Adam
Director (Directing)
1973
Ölümle Sevişenler
Director (Directing)
1972
Zagor
Director (Directing)
1972
Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder
Director (Directing)
1972
Karaoğlan Geliyor: Cengizhan'ın Hazineleri
Director (Directing)
1972
Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings
Director (Directing)
1971
Sevimli Haydut
1971
Dudaktan Silaha
Director (Directing)
1971
A Flood Took Wednesday
Director (Directing)
1970
Kıskanırım Seni
Director (Directing)
1970
Tarkan and the Silver Saddle
Director (Directing)
1970
Kaderin Ağları
Director (Directing)
1970
Kanlı Aşk
Director (Directing)
1969
Bir Şarkısın Sen
Director (Directing)
1969
Agora Meyhanesi
Director (Directing)
1968
Bozkırlar Şahini Targan
Director (Directing)
1968
Aslan Yürekli Reşat
Writer (Writing)
1967
Akbulut Malkoçoğlu ve Karaoğlan'a Karşı
Director (Directing)
1967
Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı
1967
Yaralı Kuş
Director (Directing)
1967
Güneşe Giden Yol
1965
Serseri Aşık
1965
Üç Kardeşe Bir Gelin
Assistant Director (Directing)
1965
Ölümden Beter
1965
Dağ Çiçeği
1965
Muhteşem Serseri
1964
Zehir hafiye
as Resepsiyoncu Arif
1964
The Stolen Love
1963
İki Kocalı Kadın
1963
Hop Dedik
1963
Fatoş'un Bebekleri
1962