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Ülkü Erakalın
Istanbul, Turkey
Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director. He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers…
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Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director. He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines. Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.
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2022
Alman Kuzusu
TV show Director
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2010
Çığlık Çığlığa Bir Sevda
Movie Director
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2008
İzzet Günay Belgeseli
Movie Self
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2003
Yeşilçam Denizi
TV show
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2000
Ünlü Yıldız
Movie Director
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1994
Bizim Mahalle
TV show Director
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1986
Woman of Sorrows
Movie Writer
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1986
Hayroş
Movie Director
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1985
Bir İlkbahar Sabahı
Movie Director
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1985
Satmışım Anasını
Movie Director
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1984
Sensiz Olamam
Movie Director
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1984
Sev Yeter
Movie Director
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1979
Günahkâr Kadın
Movie Director
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1979
Fakir
Movie Director
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1979
Şıllık
Movie Director
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1979
Bizim Fıstıklar
Movie Director
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1979
Hot Belle
Movie Director
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1979
Gönül Oyunu / Yatak Hikayemiz
Movie Director
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1979
Vur Davula Tokmağı
Movie Director
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1979
Seven Husbands
Movie Writer
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1979
Çiplaklar
Movie Director
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1978
Hayat Kadınları
Movie Writer
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1978
Yara
Movie Writer
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1977
Yeşilçam Sokağı
Movie Director
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1977
Şıpsevdi
TV show Director
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1976
Sevdalılar
Movie Director
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1976
Ben Sana Mecburum
Movie Director
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1975
Bitirimler Sınıfı
Movie Director
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1975
Taşralı Kız
Movie Director
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1974
Eski Kurtlar
Movie Director
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1974
Düşmanlarım Çatlasın
Movie Director
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1974
Silemezler Gönlümden
Movie Director
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1974
Ayyaş
Movie Producer
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1974
Ablam
Movie Director
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1973
Dikiz Aynası
Movie Director
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1973
Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
Movie Director
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1973
Bir Garip Yolcu
Movie Director
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1973
Kahpe
Movie Director
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1973
Kızım
Movie Director
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1972
Afacan Harika Çocuk
Movie Director
