Yüksel Arıcı

Acting

Yüksel Arıcı

Born 1963-03-07 · Adana, Turkey

Acting credits

Kanımdaki Barut poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kanımdaki Barut

2009

Refugee poster
NR

Sivan, at around the age of 20, is a native of the Southeastern region of Anatolia. His father Saho is the leader of the Givdanli tribe who stays distant both to the state and to the insurgents who are influent in the region, in order to secure its existence. One day, Sivan meets with the girl he loves, Berfin in a field around the village. The same day the field is burnt by saboteurs and the whole harvest of the village is wasted. The investigation initiated after the incident, changes Sivan's life drastically. Taken in for an interrogation, Sivan is caught between the police and the insurgents. Thinking his son's life is in peril, Saho assures Sivan's fleeing out of the country. Taken to Germany by the help of a illegal network, Sivan is located in a refugee camp. However, in this new land whose language is alien to him, Sivan will go through an ordeal which will add a new dimension to the residue of his experiences in Turkey.

Refugee

2008

Balkan Balkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balkan Balkan

1993

Five Minarets in New York poster
5.5

Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.

Five Minarets in New York

2010

Aylaklar poster
NR

A film depicting the final days of the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of the heirs living in a mansion left behind by an Ottoman pasha. The pasha's grandson, his dreamer husband, his alcoholic daughter, and many unemployed and idle friends sell their last possessions and live a pleasant but melancholic life.

Aylaklar

1995

Kilit poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kilit

2006

Şara poster
7.0

Şara was born and raised in Istanbul, is a law student in her final year, and is an educated tribal girl. She learns that her father, whom she has never met, is seriously ill and goes to her hometown to see him. At first, her family, tribe, and step-siblings are prejudiced against her and avoid her, but she later establishes a good dialogue with them and wins their affection. Thanks to her education, she will educate and raise awareness among the people there. However, this requires a difficult struggle. According to tribal customs, girls are not entitled to inheritance, so after her father's death, her uncles demand that Şara renounce her inheritance, but she refuses. By resisting the injustices committed against defenseless, uneducated women and girls, she finds herself face to face with death. Through her education and love, she will single-handedly defy an entire tribe, shatter their traditions, and bring them to their knees.

Şara

1999

Karayel Poyraz poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karayel Poyraz

2015

Loves with Gravity: Tell Her That I Love Her poster
NR

Cemal, who went to Germany, leaves his wife with his conservative family. The young woman, who is under great pressure, looks for economic freedom and ends up in a brothel and starts working there. Cemal, on the other hand, is given a gun and said to his wife, "Clean your honor," despite his family. He takes off his wedding ring and gives it to the food, he says "Tell Him I Love You".

Loves with Gravity: Tell Her That I Love Her

1996

Lock poster
NR

Berna, a theater artist, struggles for the sake of acting only for art at a time when popular culture is dominant. Meanwhile, during a visit to a museum on 'The First Women of History', she is very impressed by the hand-painted portrait of Afife Jale, the first Muslim Turkish actress to appear on stage.

Lock

2007

Ah Nalan Ah poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ah Nalan Ah

1997

The Wound poster
6.2

Hulya is a young Turkish woman torn between two cultures. Forced to live with her uncle in Turkey, she leaves this house: she wants to return to Germany where she lived with her father and went to school, not so long ago.

The Wound

1998

Uncle: The Story of a Man 2 poster
6.3

A ruthless gangster dispenses justice according to his own code of honor.

Uncle: The Story of a Man 2

2025

Codin si Chira Chiralina poster
NR

A restless drifter from Istrati’s “Codin” crosses paths in Brăila with a fragile, enigmatic woman reminiscent of “Chira Chiralina“ in interwar Romania.

Codin si Chira Chiralina

1994

Her Gece Bodrum poster
NR

Cem, Murat and Tarık have come to Bodrum for a vacation. While Murat and Tarık are having fun, Cem is complaining. Three young people meet Kerem and Haydar who owns a boat. The guys start traveling with Kerem and Haydar. A few days later, their friend Ahmet comes to Bodrum with his English girlfriend and older sister Emine. A rapprochement will begin between girls and guys.

Her Gece Bodrum

1992

Children of Secret poster
8.5

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang gather money for Cemil, they, at the same time, suffer from harsh living conditions. In the mean time Cemil's mother Münevver comes to Istanbul in the hope of finding her son.

Children of Secret

2002

Abuzer Kadayıf poster
5.1

After his pregnant wife killed by thinner addicts, Ersin Balkan, decides on to establish a school for children who are abandoned ad thinner addicts. Noticing that he can not afford a such thing with his salary, takes a new career and becomes a singer.

Abuzer Kadayıf

2000

Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam poster
3.8

The action takes place in Aegean region. Melek is the most beautiful woman in the village. She is liked by more men. She get divorce with her husband and this annoys the rest of the villagers. They both want her and hate her. Melek is liked by the most rich man in the village Dönek Husam even though he is married. He wants only to sleep with her but she doesn't love him. He starts to pressure Melek more and more and by the end he hates her and even organize her murder. Melek's daughter's ex-fıancè Yaman has a sexual interest in Melek. He has just returned from the army and he needs sex with a mature and experienced woman. Yaman attacks Melek and tries to rape her but she hits him. Melek starts an avanture with Mert. Dönek Husam campaigning Melek for a witch and he and the other men decide they have to kill her. Melek tries to escape from the village but the men attacks her and kill her with stones.

Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam

2011

Mud poster
6.4

Four 40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the crimes of vengeance he committed as a teenager. He would like to confess about the bodies buried in the muddy patch of a dried-up salt lake, but fear holds him back from even going there. Ali participates in Temel's UN projects aimed at defusing tension between Cyprus' Greek and Turkish communities....

Mud

2003

Çinliler Geliyor poster
3.2

In a typical western Anatolian town with two-story wooden houses, a square, and narrow streets, Liberation Day is approaching. A group of locals has formed a choir and begun preparations for a classical music concert for Liberation Day. The choir is nearing the end of its rehearsals. Although the choir is not entirely harmonious, they have managed to achieve a certain unity and are now in their final rehearsals before Independence Day. They are all working together on Sadettin Kaynak's piece titled "Spring Is Over, Autumn Is Over." Everyone is filled with excitement for the upcoming concert. When the town wakes up the next day, everything seems to be the same as before, until two large black jeeps appear at the town limits and stop in front of the town hall. From the moment the three or four Chinese men who emerge from the jeeps, accompanied by a Turkish businessman, head toward the town hall steps, nothing in the town will ever be the same again.

Çinliler Geliyor

2006

Il derviscio poster
7.0

The brother of Mevlevi Sheikh Ahmet Nurettin is thrown into prison despite being innocent. Dervish believes that his brother will eventually return because he is innocent. However, his hopes are shattered when the judge sentences his brother to death. The dervish embarks on a great reckoning within himself, decides to confront those responsible, and begins to incite the people to revolt. Over time, he himself will become part of the very power he opposes...

Il derviscio

2001

Hep Yek poster
3.7

Cevat is the son of a famous mafia leader. He falls in love with a super model and he decides to kidnap her. The famous mafia boss has his men do this for his son. They kidnap her and plan how they will bring her to Cevat safely. On their way, the worker will get in trouble and lose the car with the model in it. He will experience the worst 48 hours of his life when he has to find her in order to bring her to Cevat.

Hep Yek

2016

Kızılırmak Karakoyun poster
NR

The third adaptation for the cinema of a work created by combining the legends of "Kızılırmak" and "Karakoyun."

Kızılırmak Karakoyun

1993