Acting
Dec 31, 1931
Bulgaristan
Necdet Yakın
Acting
Biography
Born in 1932, Bulgaria. Yakın, who is an artist of Istanbul City Theaters, started theater in 1958 at Istanbul Technical University. The artist, who attended the Cep Tiyatrosu courses directed by Haldun Dormen, entered the City Theater in 1960 with the help of Zihni Küçümen and Nüvit Özdogru and continued to act after his retirement in 1997. He started filmmaking in 1962. Most recently, she acted in the movie Balalaika. “In Turkish Cinema, there is more to the humor of the person than the sitcom. I don't find this true. The situation should be funny and the actor should be helping it.” He died on September 20, 2016 in Istanbul.
Feature Films (74)
The story of two brothers who experience various adventures in a big city in pursuit of their inheritance.
Tantana Kardeşler
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
My Dear Brother
During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durmuş a job at the inn. However, making a living by serving as a porter is not in line with Durmuş's ambitions. He wants everything Halit Bey has, the inn owner. Halit Bey begins to dispose of his property in order to pay the tax stipulated to his beloved wife Nora, who was treated in a nursing home. Wealth Tax has begun to affect everyone's destiny.
Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds
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.
Yaşar: Neither Alive Nor Dead
On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers who have come together after many years to carry their father's last wish.
Balalayka
Keloglan (Bald Boy) is a dreamer but his only ability is talking, one day The Sultan announces a tournament and best warrior of the land will win his daughter, Keloglan wants to join the tournament to make his dreams come true but didn't know how to fight so he begins a travel to learn fighting from famous warrior Master Ali Cengiz.
The Bald Boy and Cankiz
Veysel loves a singer named Basak. But she doesn’t love him back. One day Veysel saves the life of a Japanese tourist. Later, the tourist sends a gift to Veysel from Japan. The gift is a robot that looks exactly like the singer he loves, Basak.
Japanese Connection
Metin Mertoğlu is the son of a wealthy family. He falls in love with Selma. To win her over, he pretends to be a thief and gets himself into trouble.
Sevimli Hırsız
Apti is a simple minded village man and he believes what is happening around him by chance is actually his doing. He becomes famous by beating a feared man and everyone starts to respect him than he meets a singer and an action-love story starts.
Apdi The Gullıble
Television & Series (6)
Sidika is the story of Saka family and their young daughter Sidika who live in a poor neighborhood of Istanbul. Sidika was not allowed to go to high school, raised to wait her husband-to-be at her fathers home, not even allowed to leave their house on her own. But she educated herself through books, newspapers and TV. She approaches her life, half-witted older brother, oppressive and alcoholic father and traditionalist mother in a satirical and fun manner along with the current political and sociological events of Turkey and the world. She gazes the world through her window as she hungers for all the intellectual accumulation of the universe.
Sidika
It can be considered a pioneer of absurd comedy on Turkish TV channels. It has a very original script and a warm atmosphere. It has a structure that is never tiring to watch, and it leaves behind a considerable legacy of subtle and high-quality jokes for future generations.
