Melih Gülgen

Directing

Melih Gülgen

Born — Died

1946-01-03 — 2017-02-21

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Directing

Credits

44 titles

Known for

Forgive Me, Lord poster
1.0

Ferdi takes the fall and serves time in prison to protect two childhood friends after a robbery, leaving his share of the loot in their care. Upon his release, Ferdi seeks out his former companions to reclaim his money and rebuild his life, only to uncover a devastating betrayal. Not only do his friends refuse to return his money, but they have also dragged his girlfriend, Türkan (Necla Nazır), into addiction and ruin. Furious and deeply betrayed, Ferdi vows to take down his corrupt former friends, recover his stolen share, and rescue Türkan from the dark underworld into which she was pushed.

Forgive Me, Lord

1986

Çaresizim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Çaresizim

1984

Soğukkanlılar poster
NR

The film takes on the efforts Kemal, a guy working for the mafia, makes to change his life. Kemal has grown up in a suburb of İstanbul. He has become very rich after starting to work for the mafia. Having lied to his father and neighbors that he works as a manager in a company, Kemal gets caught by the police during a smuggling operation. He serves a long time in prison for his crime. After his release, he comes to find everyone’s back is turned on him. His ex-employer Nihat offers Kemal his job back. Yedibela Nuri, the police chief, on the other hand, wants him to become an informant. Kemal turns both proposals down. However, Nihat has no thought of letting Kemal go.

Soğukkanlılar

1973

Kanca poster
5.7

Major Şahin and Captain Hasan, who fought against the Greeks in Cyprus, are captured by enemy soldiers. After enduring prolonged torture, the two soldiers are handed over to Turkey under an agreement. However, having suffered severe trauma from the torture they endured, the two soldiers struggle to continue living. Meanwhile, Major Şahin's son is killed. Şahin, taking his comrade Hasan with him, sets out to track down his son's killers.

Kanca

1986

Tatar Ramazan poster
7.9

In 1942 during the time of war, Tatar Ramazan goes to jail because murder after argument on lands. When he gets out, he finds out that the life outside is much harder.

Tatar Ramazan

1990

Babanın Suçu poster
7.0

The story of a father's struggle to prove his son's innocence after he is sent to prison.

Babanın Suçu

1976

Film credits

Behind the camera

Forgive Me, Lord poster
1.0

Ferdi takes the fall and serves time in prison to protect two childhood friends after a robbery, leaving his share of the loot in their care. Upon his release, Ferdi seeks out his former companions to reclaim his money and rebuild his life, only to uncover a devastating betrayal. Not only do his friends refuse to return his money, but they have also dragged his girlfriend, Türkan (Necla Nazır), into addiction and ruin. Furious and deeply betrayed, Ferdi vows to take down his corrupt former friends, recover his stolen share, and rescue Türkan from the dark underworld into which she was pushed.

Forgive Me, Lord

1986

Çaresizim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Çaresizim

1984

Çaresizim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Çaresizim

1984

Soğukkanlılar poster
NR

The film takes on the efforts Kemal, a guy working for the mafia, makes to change his life. Kemal has grown up in a suburb of İstanbul. He has become very rich after starting to work for the mafia. Having lied to his father and neighbors that he works as a manager in a company, Kemal gets caught by the police during a smuggling operation. He serves a long time in prison for his crime. After his release, he comes to find everyone’s back is turned on him. His ex-employer Nihat offers Kemal his job back. Yedibela Nuri, the police chief, on the other hand, wants him to become an informant. Kemal turns both proposals down. However, Nihat has no thought of letting Kemal go.

Soğukkanlılar

1973

Soğukkanlılar poster
NR

The film takes on the efforts Kemal, a guy working for the mafia, makes to change his life. Kemal has grown up in a suburb of İstanbul. He has become very rich after starting to work for the mafia. Having lied to his father and neighbors that he works as a manager in a company, Kemal gets caught by the police during a smuggling operation. He serves a long time in prison for his crime. After his release, he comes to find everyone’s back is turned on him. His ex-employer Nihat offers Kemal his job back. Yedibela Nuri, the police chief, on the other hand, wants him to become an informant. Kemal turns both proposals down. However, Nihat has no thought of letting Kemal go.

Soğukkanlılar

1973

Soğukkanlılar poster
NR

The film takes on the efforts Kemal, a guy working for the mafia, makes to change his life. Kemal has grown up in a suburb of İstanbul. He has become very rich after starting to work for the mafia. Having lied to his father and neighbors that he works as a manager in a company, Kemal gets caught by the police during a smuggling operation. He serves a long time in prison for his crime. After his release, he comes to find everyone’s back is turned on him. His ex-employer Nihat offers Kemal his job back. Yedibela Nuri, the police chief, on the other hand, wants him to become an informant. Kemal turns both proposals down. However, Nihat has no thought of letting Kemal go.

Soğukkanlılar

1973

Kanca poster
5.7

Major Şahin and Captain Hasan, who fought against the Greeks in Cyprus, are captured by enemy soldiers. After enduring prolonged torture, the two soldiers are handed over to Turkey under an agreement. However, having suffered severe trauma from the torture they endured, the two soldiers struggle to continue living. Meanwhile, Major Şahin's son is killed. Şahin, taking his comrade Hasan with him, sets out to track down his son's killers.

Kanca

1986

Kanca poster
5.7

Major Şahin and Captain Hasan, who fought against the Greeks in Cyprus, are captured by enemy soldiers. After enduring prolonged torture, the two soldiers are handed over to Turkey under an agreement. However, having suffered severe trauma from the torture they endured, the two soldiers struggle to continue living. Meanwhile, Major Şahin's son is killed. Şahin, taking his comrade Hasan with him, sets out to track down his son's killers.

Kanca

1986

Tatar Ramazan poster
7.9

In 1942 during the time of war, Tatar Ramazan goes to jail because murder after argument on lands. When he gets out, he finds out that the life outside is much harder.

Tatar Ramazan

1990

Tatar Ramazan poster
7.9

In 1942 during the time of war, Tatar Ramazan goes to jail because murder after argument on lands. When he gets out, he finds out that the life outside is much harder.

Tatar Ramazan

1990

Babanın Suçu poster
7.0

The story of a father's struggle to prove his son's innocence after he is sent to prison.

Babanın Suçu

1976

Babanın Suçu poster
7.0

The story of a father's struggle to prove his son's innocence after he is sent to prison.

Babanın Suçu

1976

Patroniçe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe

1987

Patroniçe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe

1987

Patroniçe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe

1987

Av poster
5.4

There is a blood feud between two families, and people from both families have been killed. The latest victim, Bekir, was sent to prison, and upon his release, he did not want to continue the blood feud, but the other side still harbored resentment and filled the new generation with feelings of revenge. Bekir accepted the murder of his younger brother, who had come on leave from Germany, and came to Istanbul, but despite this, his blood enemy followed him.

Av

1989

Kimlik poster
NR

The story of a married couple who searched for identity after the September 12 coup and clashed with each other in this process.

Kimlik

1988

Tatar Ramazan Sürgünde poster
8.2

In the sequel to Tatar Ramazan, the events begin with Ramazan's arrival at the Adana closed prison. Abdurrahman Çavuş, who has established a feudal system in prison for years, and his right-hand man Akseli Bey have oppressed the prisoners. When Tatar Ramazan's reputation reaches the prison, the two worry that the cycle of robbery will come to an end. Their fears are justified. The oppressed prisoners, however, see Ramazan as their savior.

Tatar Ramazan Sürgünde

1992

Evlatlık poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Evlatlık

1976

Polis Görev Başında poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Polis Görev Başında

1990

Polis Görev Başında poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Polis Görev Başında

1990

Düşkünüm Sana poster
NR

Nükhet and Orhan are two young people who love each other. Orhan's father pressures Orhan to break up with Nükhet, and they separate. Nükhet becomes a famous singer. Orhan marries another woman and has a child. They meet Nükhet on a business trip, and their old love reignites. Nükhet, who wants to become a famous dancer, meets Selim.

Düşkünüm Sana

1983

Lawless Street poster
7.5

The film takes on Ali, a member of a wealthy family, and his shared infatuation with a night club worker by the name of Tülay. Ali and Tülay want to get married. Though Ali’s father disapproves of the union at first, he eventually gives in. But the owner of the night club that Tülay works at, Ejdar Hasan, also has his eye on her. Hasan proposes a large sum of money to Tülay as a measure to convince her not to get married to Ali. When Ali’s father ups the offer, Hasan resorts to other plans. The day of the marriage, Hasan and his men cut off the wedding motorcade. In the conflict that arises, Ali’s father is killed. In retaliation, Ali kills a few of Hasan’s men, and lands himself in prison. During the transfer from the courthouse to prison, Ali escapes in order to exact his revenge

Lawless Street

1971

Lawless Street poster
7.5

The film takes on Ali, a member of a wealthy family, and his shared infatuation with a night club worker by the name of Tülay. Ali and Tülay want to get married. Though Ali’s father disapproves of the union at first, he eventually gives in. But the owner of the night club that Tülay works at, Ejdar Hasan, also has his eye on her. Hasan proposes a large sum of money to Tülay as a measure to convince her not to get married to Ali. When Ali’s father ups the offer, Hasan resorts to other plans. The day of the marriage, Hasan and his men cut off the wedding motorcade. In the conflict that arises, Ali’s father is killed. In retaliation, Ali kills a few of Hasan’s men, and lands himself in prison. During the transfer from the courthouse to prison, Ali escapes in order to exact his revenge

Lawless Street

1971

Tear Behçet Apart poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tear Behçet Apart

1972

Tear Behçet Apart poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tear Behçet Apart

1972

Oh, If Only I Were a Child poster
NR

Ferdi (Ferdi Tayfur) is a hardworking nightclub singer raising his young son, Burak (Burak Gülgen), as a single father after losing his wife years earlier. Exhausted by late-night performances and demanding schedules, Ferdi struggles with immense guilt over not being able to dedicate enough time to his son. His life is turned upside down when Burak is involved in a sudden, life-threatening incident. Forced to confront his priorities and the fragile bond with his child, Ferdi undergoes a deeply emotional journey—fighting to protect his son and reshape his world around what truly matters before it is too late.

Oh, If Only I Were a Child

1988

Oh, If Only I Were a Child poster
NR

Ferdi (Ferdi Tayfur) is a hardworking nightclub singer raising his young son, Burak (Burak Gülgen), as a single father after losing his wife years earlier. Exhausted by late-night performances and demanding schedules, Ferdi struggles with immense guilt over not being able to dedicate enough time to his son. His life is turned upside down when Burak is involved in a sudden, life-threatening incident. Forced to confront his priorities and the fragile bond with his child, Ferdi undergoes a deeply emotional journey—fighting to protect his son and reshape his world around what truly matters before it is too late.

Oh, If Only I Were a Child

1988

Patroniçe 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe 2

1987

Patroniçe 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe 2

1987

Patroniçe 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Patroniçe 2

1987

Burned Me poster
1.0

Cumali (Ferdi Tayfur), an honest young man from Adana, travels to Istanbul to build a future and falls deeply in love with Neslihan (Serpil Çakmaklı), a night club singer. Eager to begin a life together, Cumali brings her home to Adana to introduce her to his traditional family. Unbeknownst to Cumali, Neslihan shares a dark history with his reckless brother, Tahsin (Yalçın Gülhan), and is using Cumali as a pawn to exact revenge on him. As the family is already crumbling under the weight of Tahsin's crushing gambling debts, Neslihan's sudden presence ignites a devastating firestorm of past secrets, betrayal, and heartbreak that threatens to tear the family apart.

Burned Me

1983

I'm Ashamed poster
NR

Famous singer Ferdi (Ferdi Tayfur) lives a peaceful, happy life alongside his wife Sevil (Nilgün Akçaoğlu) and young son Cengiz. Their world is suddenly shattered when a vengeful criminal from Ferdi's past named Naci, accompanied by a ruthless gang, breaks into their home and takes the family hostage. Robbed of their assets and trapped by blackmail—having been compromised by the gang's malicious evidence against Sevil—Ferdi and his family are paralyzed, unable to turn to the police for help. Forced to suffer in silence and pretend the nightmare never happened, the family struggles to maintain a normal life while Naci's menacing shadow looms over them, threatening to destroy everything they hold dear.

I'm Ashamed

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Uçtu Uçtu Kuş Uçtu

1975

Fight poster
6.0

Kemal, a well-known bully, confronts Kasif, who manages the drug traffic and wants to do business in Turkey, and others, who want to do cocaine business with him.

Fight

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fedai

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fedai

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fedai

1990

Kartal Bey poster
5.0

The story is about two brothers whose father is sent to prison. Kartal and Cemal's father is sent to prison for murder. Their mother also dies shortly afterwards. They grow up alongside a man involved in illegal activities. Both brothers engage in the same activities and become notorious gangsters. However, at Cemal's request, Kartal leaves the business. He leaves the city. In Kartal's absence, Cemal is killed by his rivals. After these events, Kartal returns to seek revenge for his brother.

Kartal Bey

1984

Kartal Bey poster
5.0

The story is about two brothers whose father is sent to prison. Kartal and Cemal's father is sent to prison for murder. Their mother also dies shortly afterwards. They grow up alongside a man involved in illegal activities. Both brothers engage in the same activities and become notorious gangsters. However, at Cemal's request, Kartal leaves the business. He leaves the city. In Kartal's absence, Cemal is killed by his rivals. After these events, Kartal returns to seek revenge for his brother.

Kartal Bey

1984