Ülkü Erakalın

Directing

Ülkü Erakalın

Born — Died

1934-06-09 — 2016-04-06

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Directing

Credits

44 titles

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…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Kanlı Nigar poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kanlı Nigar

1968

Sensiz Olamam poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sensiz Olamam

1984

Sensiz Olamam poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sensiz Olamam

1984

Yayla Kartalı poster
7.0

Nuri is a farmhand who works for his uncle. One day, he encounters actors from a theater company whose vehicle has broken down near his home. He leaves his uncle's side and joins them.

Yayla Kartalı

1968

Yara poster
NR

The film tells the story of two lovers separated by fate. Vahdet and Necla are madly in love with each other. They earn their living by busking on the streets with their friends Süslü and Sami. Pakize hears Vahdet singing on the street and is very impressed. She offers him a job. Vahdet's only wish is to marry Necla and start a family. However, Necla learns at the hospital, where she went due to dizziness, that she has only three months to live. She does not want to share this pain with Vahdet. She tells him lies and fakes a marriage to make him hate her. Unaware of any of this, Vahdet will try to take revenge on Necla.

Yara

1978

Yara poster
NR

The film tells the story of two lovers separated by fate. Vahdet and Necla are madly in love with each other. They earn their living by busking on the streets with their friends Süslü and Sami. Pakize hears Vahdet singing on the street and is very impressed. She offers him a job. Vahdet's only wish is to marry Necla and start a family. However, Necla learns at the hospital, where she went due to dizziness, that she has only three months to live. She does not want to share this pain with Vahdet. She tells him lies and fakes a marriage to make him hate her. Unaware of any of this, Vahdet will try to take revenge on Necla.

Yara

1978

İntikam Ateşi poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

İntikam Ateşi

1966

Düşmanlarım Çatlasın poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Düşmanlarım Çatlasın

1974

The Sinful Woman poster
7.0

The story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.

The Sinful Woman

1966

The Sinful Woman poster
7.0

The story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.

The Sinful Woman

1966

Son Nefes poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Son Nefes

1970

Son Nefes poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Son Nefes

1970

Şıllık poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Şıllık

1979

Şıllık poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Şıllık

1979

Kahpe poster
NR

Although Ayse is an orphan and poor, she's the most beautiful in the village. She's in love with Murat, the son of the agha. Murat also loves her. However, the agha had promised his son to the headman's daughter when he was very young.

Kahpe

1973

Bizim Fıstıklar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bizim Fıstıklar

1979

Bizim Fıstıklar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bizim Fıstıklar

1979

Kucaktan Kucağa poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kucaktan Kucağa

1966

Silemezler Gönlümden poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Silemezler Gönlümden

1974

Silemezler Gönlümden poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Silemezler Gönlümden

1974

Silemezler Gönlümden poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Silemezler Gönlümden

1974

Sevişmek Yasak poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sevişmek Yasak

1965

Ayşecik Sokak Kızı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ayşecik Sokak Kızı

1966

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

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

Günahkâr Kadın poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Günahkâr Kadın

1979

Günahkâr Kadın poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Günahkâr Kadın

1979

Taşralı Kız poster
5.0

The Girl from the Country; is a 1974 Turkish film starring Perihan Savaş and Salih Kırmızı. The director of the movie The Girl from the Country is Ülkü Erakalın.

Taşralı Kız

1975

The Jail Bride poster
8.5

Murat has to marry someone if he is to collect his inheritance. So his lawyer decides to marry him to an inmate on death row. Naciye, who is sentenced to death, accepts the marriage proposal. They perform the wedding ceremony at the prison. But things don’t go as planned.

The Jail Bride

1968

The Stepmother poster
8.0

Story of an old man who is in love with a young girl.

The Stepmother

1971

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

Avare Kız poster
9.0

Turgut kidnaps his two newborn nephews in order to become the sole heir to the family fortune. At that moment, an accident causes a fire to break out in the mansion. The babies' parents die in the fire. Turgut takes Ayla with him and raises her so that he can benefit from the inheritance. He gives Fatma to a man in exchange for money. The man leaves Fatma by the side of the road. A theater group passing by notices Fatma. The husband and wife in the group take Fatma with them. Ayla and Fatma will grow up without knowing about each other.

Avare Kız

1966

The Clerk poster
10.0

Set during the Ottoman era, the film tells the story of a young clerk living in Üsküdar with his mother. Well educated and polite, he is known by everyone simply as “Katip.” Despite graduating at the top of his class, Katip is unable to secure a government position due to the lack of political connections. Passionate about music since childhood, his beautiful singing voice captivates the women of his neighborhood, though his heart belongs only to his neighbor, Nazlı. One day, Katip’s singing earns him sudden fame that reaches the palace itself. Praised by the court, he is finally granted a clerical post in the ministry. However, when he rushes to share the good news with Nazlı, he discovers that her family has been exiled by order of the sultan. Unable to reunite with his beloved, Katip continues his rise through the ranks of public service—until one day he is summoned back to the palace, where fate awaits him once more.

The Clerk

1968

Öpüşmek Yasak poster
7.0

Burhan and Kemal are minibus drivers in Şile. These drivers, who never get along, decide to buy new minibuses. Burhan orders from his sons Kaya and Naci, who are studying in Istanbul. Kemal also orders from his daughters Oya and Sema in Istanbul. With their new minibuses, a fierce competition will begin between the two drivers.

Öpüşmek Yasak

1964

Hot Belle poster
1.0

The story of a woman who completely seduces a family whose member is married to someone close to her.

Hot Belle

1979

Hot Belle poster
1.0

The story of a woman who completely seduces a family whose member is married to someone close to her.

Hot Belle

1979

Paydos poster
10.0

Murtaza, a teacher, lives with his wife Hatice and son Rıdvan. The money he earns is not enough to support his family. Therefore, his wife Hatice wants Murtaza to find another job. However, she cannot convince Murtaza, who loves his profession very much. At the same time, Hatice tries to marry her son to the daughter of the wealthy Hacı Hüsamettin. Hacı Hüsamettin also plans to acquire the land where the mansion that Murtaza inherited is located. Hacı Hüsamettin and Hatice will try to convince Murtaza to give up teaching.

Paydos

1968

Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları poster
10.0

Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri Aygün, the film tells the relationship of a mentally-ill woman and the doctor whom she loved in her youth.

Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gönül Oyunu / Yatak Hikayemiz

1979

Mıstık poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mıstık

1971