Ayhan Işık

Acting

Ayhan Işık

Born — Died

1929-05-06 — 1979-06-16

Place of birth

Izmir, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Known for

Siyaset Meydanı poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Siyaset Meydanı

1994

Harakiri poster
8.0

The film tells the story of two siblings whose father goes abroad to work. Tayfun applies for immigration to Australia in order to provide a good life for his children. His application is accepted, and he goes to Australia to work. While Tayfun is away, his daughter Çiğdem is raped by her boss İrfan and becomes pregnant. Bora, on the other hand, kills Irfan and goes to prison. When Tayfun learns of what has happened, he decides to return to Turkey. However, before returning, he has one last task to complete.

Harakiri

1975

Allahaısmarladık İstanbul poster
10.0

Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022. Bravó, 16 years old, is exfiltrated from an armed group by the team of the Transit and Orientation Centre in order to be reintegrated into society. But the young man, who has only known war and fighting, does not submit to the rules of the centre and refuses to be treated like the other children. However, secretly he only dreams of one thing: find his family.

Allahaısmarladık İstanbul

1966

Katilin Kızı poster
10.0

Ayhan falls in love with Hulusi Bey's daughter, Ayten. However, Hulusi Bey does not want to give his daughter to Ayhan. So Ayhan kidnaps Ayten and they get married. A short time later, they have a daughter named Oya. Unfortunately, Ayten dies during childbirth. Blaming Ayhan for his granddaughter's death, Hulusi Bey will try to take custody of his granddaughter.

Katilin Kızı

1964

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Nûfer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nûfer

2024

Film credits

1970s · 14 titles

Harakiri poster
8.0

The film tells the story of two siblings whose father goes abroad to work. Tayfun applies for immigration to Australia in order to provide a good life for his children. His application is accepted, and he goes to Australia to work. While Tayfun is away, his daughter Çiğdem is raped by her boss İrfan and becomes pregnant. Bora, on the other hand, kills Irfan and goes to prison. When Tayfun learns of what has happened, he decides to return to Turkey. However, before returning, he has one last task to complete.

Harakiri

1975

The Godfather's Friend poster
3.0

Richard Harrison is the Mob hit man who finds friendships can get you into trouble when he meets an old buddy who turns out to be part of an opposing family!

The Godfather's Friend

1972

The Hand That Feeds the Dead poster
4.6

Baron Ivan Rassimov, a brilliant doctor, died horribly during a fire burst in his laboratory. Since that day, his daughter Tanja retired to a life of reclusion, covering with a dark veil her disfigured face. Professor Nijinski was once a student of Rassimov; he married Tanja, and he's trying to restore her lost beauty with a series of skin transplants. However, to reach his goal, professor Nijinski needs beautiful young victims for his transplant experiments.

The Hand That Feeds the Dead

1974

Kader Yolcuları poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kader Yolcuları

1973

Şampiyon poster
7.0

A night club singer decides to join a troubled boxing champion evading police investigation. The trust chains are broken between the two the night the champion gets in a fist fight single-handedly before his wife is murdered.

Şampiyon

1970

Büyük Bela poster
NR

Murat cannot find a job because he spent some time in prison. At the same time, his creditors are constantly pressuring him. One day, while looking for work, Murat runs into an old friend. Kadir takes Murat to his workplace. Murat starts working as a manager, but later realizes that the company is involved in dirty business. The company, headed by Ziya, is involved in the illegal car trade. Murat, who has been signing documents for some time, realizes that all the blame will fall on him. During a police raid, he escapes with the documents that will save him. However, before he can go to the police, he must first rescue his family from Ziya's grasp.

Büyük Bela

1972

Sezercik Yavrum Benim poster
5.2

A fatherless child and his mother struggle to make ends meet meanwhile the fatherless child is not aware that the strange he has met is actually his father who abandoned him and his mother years ago.

Sezercik Yavrum Benim

1971

Gölgedeki Adam poster
9.0

Ekrem is attacked by unknown assailants. When he wakes up in a hospital room, he realizes he can't remember anything. Fearing that his attackers will return, he escapes from the hospital. The only way he can survive is to regain his memory. As Ekrem discovers his past, he finds himself caught up in a web of international intrigue.

Gölgedeki Adam

1970

Kızın Varmı Derdin Var poster
NR

The film deals with the cultural differences between two families whose children marry each other.

Kızın Varmı Derdin Var

1973

Zindandan Gelen Mektup poster
7.0

After the wars at the beginning of the 20th century, borders are redrawn. Turks living in regions outside Turkey face great oppression. Ali lives in one of these regions. Law enforcement agencies exert pressure on the Turks living in the village. The Turks pay their taxes by working in the fields. However, the state is also trying to take the land from the Turks. Ali wants to incite the people to revolt against this situation. However, there are informants working on behalf of the state among the Turks.

Zindandan Gelen Mektup

1970

Yaşamak Kolay Değil poster
10.0

Orhan serves four years in prison for his brother's illegal activities. When he is released from prison, he leaves his past behind. Determined to stay away from illegal activities, Orhan starts working as a taxi driver. However, Orhan's life is suddenly turned upside down when his daughter falls ill. Facing economic difficulties, Orhan refuses his brother's offer to participate in a robbery. However, he will eventually have to reconsider this decision.

Yaşamak Kolay Değil

1970

Öleceksek Ölelim poster
7.0

The story of Emine, who marries a young man who killed his husband in a blood feud, forgetting her past.

Öleceksek Ölelim

1971

Kanun Adamı poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kanun Adamı

1972

Kana Kan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kana Kan

1976

1960s · 32 titles

Allahaısmarladık İstanbul poster
10.0

Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022. Bravó, 16 years old, is exfiltrated from an armed group by the team of the Transit and Orientation Centre in order to be reintegrated into society. But the young man, who has only known war and fighting, does not submit to the rules of the centre and refuses to be treated like the other children. However, secretly he only dreams of one thing: find his family.

Allahaısmarladık İstanbul

1966

Katilin Kızı poster
10.0

Ayhan falls in love with Hulusi Bey's daughter, Ayten. However, Hulusi Bey does not want to give his daughter to Ayhan. So Ayhan kidnaps Ayten and they get married. A short time later, they have a daughter named Oya. Unfortunately, Ayten dies during childbirth. Blaming Ayhan for his granddaughter's death, Hulusi Bey will try to take custody of his granddaughter.

Katilin Kızı

1964

Acı Hayat poster
6.5

Poor welder Mehmet and manicurist Nermin, who works in a high society hair salon, fall in love. When Nermin is obsessively haunted by a spoiled rich guy, their unadulterated love is disrupted.

Acı Hayat

1962

Yuvanın Bekçileri poster
5.2

Aysecik and Omercik struggle together to obviate the divorce of their parents.

Yuvanın Bekçileri

1969

Ölüm Peşimizde poster
8.0

Burhan works as a driver at the factory where his father works. He is also preparing to marry Zehra, one of the factory workers. Zehra's brother Hüsnü and the factory accountant Namık hatch a plan to rob the factory. They decide to rob the factory's treasurer. They agree with two more workers from the factory to help them. During the robbery, something goes wrong. Hüsnü kills the treasurer and one of the workers and escapes. Nazif Usta, who was at the factory at the time, is arrested at the scene and sentenced to death in court. However, Burhan will try to find the culprits to save his father.

Ölüm Peşimizde

1960

Tel Örgü poster
8.0

The story of a group of people fleeing Bulgarian oppression and trying to return to Turkey.

Tel Örgü

1969

Maceralar Kralı poster
7.3

Erol is a former convict who has been released on parole. After leaving prison, he takes on the role of a taxi driver to avoid attracting attention. Nevin is the daughter of İhsan, the prosecutor who sent Erol to prison. Nevin, who is studying psychology, is researching the changes that occur in the lives of ex-convicts at university. In this context, she begins to study Erol's life. Their relationship eventually turns into love. While Erol struggles between his love for Nevin and his hatred for her father, he calculates how to get out of the situation in the most profitable way.

Maceralar Kralı

1963

Kral Arkadaşım poster
10.0

Factory owner Nurettin Bey plans to make a profit by buying up land in a neighborhood that is set to become an industrial zone at a low price. However, Ayhan, the nephew of Kadir Ağa, a resident of the neighborhood, explains the situation to the residents. Nurettin Bey's plans are thwarted. Nurettin Bey decides to send his daughters to the neighborhood to publicize the matter to the media. Nurettin Bey's daughters disagree: Hülya learns of her father's plans and grows closer to Ayhan. Selma, however, sides with her father and tries to win over Ayhan's cousin Turan. Turan testifies against Ayhan in exchange for the money offered to him. Ayhan is labeled a bribe-taker in the neighborhood. Uncovering the truth will be difficult.

Kral Arkadaşım

1964

Fato: Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fato: Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm

1969

Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı poster
9.0

Based on THE DEEP by Mickey Spillane, the film tells the story of a tough guy, who returns to his old neighborhood to avenge the murder of his childhood partner in crime.

Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı

1967

Tatlı Günah poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tatlı Günah

1961

Halk Çocuğu poster
9.0

Ahmet is a young man who is held up as an example by everyone in his town. One day, he inherits a large fortune from his father, whom he never knew. The presence of his greedy relatives, who are after the inheritance, prevents him from rejecting it. He then moves to Istanbul to take charge of the business. There, he falls in love with the maid he hires. When he learns that the journalist who approaches him to write about the maid's life is actually a journalist, he is devastated. His greedy relatives then take him to court, claiming he has lost his mind.

Halk Çocuğu

1964

Devlerin Öfkesi poster
10.0

The film tells the story of Halil, a former lieutenant who fights against arms smugglers. After a long absence, Halil returns to Istanbul and finds himself in the midst of a great turmoil. His army friend Nuri is collaborating with the arms smuggler Kara Maça İhsan. Halil's sister Leyla is married to Kara Maça İhsan. Halil's former girlfriend Macide, now known as Gönül, is in a relationship with Nuri. Amidst this chaos, Halil will uncover the dark connections within this circle while searching for Üsküdarlı Rıza.

Devlerin Öfkesi

1960

Those Who Live Fast poster
NR

In the early 1960s, national newspapers were printed in Istanbul and delivered by van to various provinces across Anatolia; in many places, readers would only receive their newspapers days later. The film focuses on the drivers of the various newspapers who were locked in a fierce race against one another amidst this hustle and bustle.

Those Who Live Fast

1964

Muhteşem Serseri poster
6.5

Naci is a daring journalist who has gained fame under the name Muhteşem Serseri (The Magnificent Tramp). He is particularly interested in celebrity news. This gives him plenty of opportunities to flirt. Tired of Naci's tramping, his boss gives him a chance to show off his skills. He will soon be interviewing an Arab princess who is coming to Istanbul. However, up until this point, no photographs of the princess have been taken, and no information about her has been obtained. Naci learns where the princess will be staying through his assistant Nuri. However, no one could have anticipated that the queen, who wants to ensure her daughter's safety, would play a trick.

Muhteşem Serseri

1964

Otobüs Yolcuları poster
6.3

An example of social realism in Turkish cinema, the story follows a bus driver who takes side of the poor who has been exploited by a rich man with the promise of making new apartments for them.

Otobüs Yolcuları

1961

Ölüm Saati poster
10.0

Ahmet supports his elderly mother by driving a taxi. He is a trusted and beloved member of his neighborhood. Ahmet helps a woman who gets into his car escape from a gang. Later, gang members who catch Ahmet find out where the young woman is. The woman is killed during a commotion in a hotel room. The gang knocks Ahmet unconscious and leaves him there, then reports the incident to the police. The only way Ahmet can prove his innocence is to flee. However, this adventure will lead to new losses.

Ölüm Saati

1967

Little Lady in Europe poster
7.3

Neriman travels to Europe by ship. The ship's first mate, Ömer, and second engineer, Bülent, fall in love with Neriman. Ömer and Bülent compete with each other to win Neriman's heart. However, Neriman rejects them because they never asked for her opinion. Ömer and Neriman argue on the ship. Neriman slaps Ömer. As a result, Ömer distances himself from Neriman. However, Neriman also loves Ömer.

Little Lady in Europe

1962

Vur Emri poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vur Emri

1966

Şoförün Kızı poster
9.0

Factory owner Ayhan is very dissatisfied with his brother Ekrem's lifestyle. So he decides to set Ekrem straight. He believes that Arzu, the daughter of his driver who is in love with Ekrem, can accomplish this task. He makes a deal and sends Arzu to Izmir. There, Arzu receives the necessary education to integrate into high society. Upon returning to Istanbul, Ekrem attempts to be with Arzu as planned. However, while Arzu and Ayhan are trying to change Ekrem, they will fall in love with each other.

Şoförün Kızı

1966

Şahane Züğürtler poster
8.0

Fikret is a wealthy cotton merchant. He married his childhood sweetheart Leyla and built a happy home. The young couple's kindness touched many people around them. However, one day, things took a turn for the worse. Fikret's business failed. Yusuf, whom he had once saved from bankruptcy, refused to help him. He was acting out of resentment that Leyla had chosen Fikret over him. Fikret is an honorable man. He has been appointed guardian of the young son of his closest friend, who died in a traffic accident. The management of a large fortune has fallen to him. However, he prefers to work as a servant in Istanbul rather than touch the money. The couple builds a new life for themselves in Istanbul. But Yusuf's resentment shows no signs of abating.

Şahane Züğürtler

1964

İlk Göz Ağrısı poster
7.0

Aysel is one of the passengers on a plane that crashes into the sea. She is not found in the search conducted after the accident, and four years later, the court assumes she is dead and allows Turgut to remarry. However, Aysel survives after being washed up on a deserted island. On the day Turgut married Nuran, he was stunned to see Aysel arrive in Istanbul. He couldn't bring himself to tell Nuran about the situation. Aysel, on one hand, spent time with Cahit to make Turgut jealous, while on the other hand, she was tormented by the guilt of hiding her true identity from her own daughter, Nilgün.

İlk Göz Ağrısı

1963

Helal Olsun Ali Abi poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Helal Olsun Ali Abi

1963

Sonsuz Geceler poster
8.7

Osman, who spends his money on his daughter's medicine, sells his ring to meet the household needs. He is forced by someone he meets at a tavern to rob the factory where he works. Osman is wanted as a murder suspect due to an incident that occurred during the robbery. He goes to talk to his boss to prove his innocence. While secretly entering the house, he witnesses the murder of his boss. The boss's wife, who committed the murder, offers Osman money in exchange for taking the blame for the crime. Osman takes the blame for the murder to save his family from poverty. However, his wife and relatives will not accept this situation.

Sonsuz Geceler

1965

Tamirci Parçası poster
7.5

The film tells the story of a woman who learns first betrayal and then love through the men who enter her life. Factory owner Nazmi Bey commits suicide because he cannot bear the shame of bankruptcy. His daughter Oya has no idea about the bankruptcy until that moment. She is suddenly left destitute. Before his death, Nazmi Bey makes a will stipulating that Oya marry his nephew Bülent. However, the young man decides not to marry Oya, who is now penniless after her father's death. Oya meets Demir, a car mechanic, when her car breaks down. But she is unaware of Demir's interest in her. Demir is determined to take Oya, who is now alone and penniless, under his wing.

Tamirci Parçası

1965

Taşralı Kız poster
10.0

The film tells the story of a love affair that tames a vagabond. Zehra Hanım is fed up with her son Necmi's vagrancy. Necmi is actually a successful composer. However, in recent years he has become a compulsive gambler. He has lost all his earnings and his father's inheritance at gambling. Now it is his mother's property that is at stake. Zehra Hanım seeks ways to reform her wayward son. Finally, she decides to marry Necmi to Hülya, who lives on a neighboring farm. The young woman began living with her uncle after graduating from college. She spends her time in a village far from Istanbul, surrounded by nature and her paintings. Necmi is not used to befriending girls like Hülya. However, his mother has forced him to do so.

Taşralı Kız

1964

Kanlı Firar poster
7.0

A love story between a poor working-class girl and a fugitive from the law.

Kanlı Firar

1960

The Heartbreak Kid poster
7.0

Suat writes children's stories in his father's magazine. A competition is held for the last story he will write. The winner of the competition will illustrate Suat's last story. The jury selects an art student named Filiz. Suat and Filiz begin working together, and a romance blossoms between them.

The Heartbreak Kid

1963

Şaşkın Baba poster
9.0

Kemal's father Nafiz is extremely stingy and money-minded. Through various schemes, he has indebted Leyla's father Naci to him and seized all his property in return. Since their families would never allow them to marry, Kemal secretly marries Leyla and brings her home disguised as a maid. When Nafiz, who greatly admires Leyla, decides he wants to marry her, things will get complicated.

Şaşkın Baba

1963

Krallar Ölmez poster
8.0

Loosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken binge over the disappearance of his love, Murat (Ayhan Isik) is picked up out of the gutter by the police and dropped smack-dab in the middle of a political bombshell.

Krallar Ölmez

1967

Yavaş Gel Güzelim poster
6.5

Hulusi Bey, who has three daughters, raises his eldest daughter Fatoş like a boy. Spoiled and tough-natured, Fatoş discourages all suitors by playing various tricks. Hulusi Bey's last hope is to marry Fatoş to Ayhan, the son of his old friend, who is her cradle mate. Despite all his efforts, Hulusi Bey cannot track down Ayhan, who went to Europe after his father's death. Just as Fatoş thinks she has escaped marriage, Ayhan, her childhood sweetheart, returns to marry her. While Ayhan makes plans to bring Fatoş to heel, Fatoş seeks ways to dissuade Ayhan.

Yavaş Gel Güzelim

1963

Avare Mustafa poster
7.0

Mustafa is a reckless, unemployed young man. He is in love with his neighbor's daughter, Aynur, and wants to marry her. However, his family pressures him to contribute to the household budget. Everything changes when a wealthy family decides to build an apartment building in their neighborhood. The family's daughter, Hülya, falls in love with Mustafa. Mustafa, caught between Hülya and Aynur and her family, faces difficult days ahead.

Avare Mustafa

1961

1950s · 12 titles

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Murderous City poster
8.0

Selma is a young eighteen-year-old girl and her fiance, Ali, is a workshop foreman. One day, Ali is arrested for hitting a man in a nearby cafe. This indident causes her downfall and the tragic events that occur.

Murderous City

1953

Katil poster
7.0

Kemal works as an electrician in a factory. The owner of the factory, Süleyman Bey, is murdered. Due to a conspiracy hatched by Süleyman Bey's wife, the murder is pinned on Kemal. Kemal is arrested and sent to prison. Süleyman Bey's wife and lover try to get rid of Kemal to prevent the murder from being exposed. Kemal, however, will do everything in his power to prove his innocence.

Katil

1953

İntikam Alevi poster
10.0

Seeking justice of a man who went to jail after his friends blamed him.

İntikam Alevi

1956

Beraber Ölelim poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beraber Ölelim

1958

Kardeş Kurşunu poster
7.0

Orhan and Nevin are planning to get married. However, they are unaware that their relatives want to prevent them from getting married. Orhan's brother Muzaffer loves Nevin, and Nevin's stepmother Aliye loves Orhan. Orhan's repeated rejections and his engagement to Nevin drive Aliye mad. As a result, Aliye incites Muzaffer against his brother Orhan and Orhan against Nevin. Unaware of what is happening, Orhan leaves Nevin. However, over time, he will uncover the truth behind everything that has happened.

Kardeş Kurşunu

1955

Şimal Yıldızı poster
8.0

The film tells the story of a Turkish platoon serving in the Korean War. First Lieutenant Kemal is sent to Korea on a mission to learn the enemy's routes of operation. He sets out with a group of soldiers. They take up position at the farm of Can Bey, who lives in the area they have arrived at. The reconnaissance team discovers that the enemy is preparing for an operation. Lieutenant Kemal and his soldiers will attempt to thwart the enemy by making the necessary plans.

Şimal Yıldızı

1954

Meçhul Kahramanlar poster
8.0

Ayşe is the daughter of a father who sided with the sultan against the National Struggle. She is about to marry a captain against her will. Osman, on the other hand, is one of the soldiers fighting for the liberation of the country. One day, he and his men raid Ayşe's house and take some money. After this incident, Ayşe's father, overcome with fear, wants to return to Istanbul. Ayşe, however, insists that they must join the National Struggle. This leads to an argument between Ayşe and her fiancé, the captain. During the argument, the captain accidentally kills Ayşe's father. After this incident, Ayşe decides to join the National Forces.

Meçhul Kahramanlar

1958

Vahşi Bir Kız Sevdim poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vahşi Bir Kız Sevdim

1954

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı poster
6.0

Plans to take over the task of the British spy who came to Istanbul to Anatolia by Kemal’s story of said British: Lawrence.

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı

1952

In the Name of the Law poster
6.1

Car mechanic Nazım Usta marries the woman he loves, Ayten. Ayten's sister Nezahat also has feelings for Nazım. Nezahat's plans mark the beginning of a crime story that will lead all three of them to ruin.

In the Name of the Law

1952

Vahşi Arzu poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vahşi Arzu

1953

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