Acting

Oktay Kaynarca

Born

1965-01-27 (61)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

IMDb profile

Oktay Kaynarca is a Turkish film and television actor and producer.

Known for

7.2

One of Turkey's most iconic and influential dramas, Valley of the Wolves follows Polat Alemdar, an undercover agent who infiltrates Istanbul's most dangerous crime organisation after years of preparation. Combining organised crime, covert operations and sharp political commentary, the series fearlessly tackles Turkey's shadowy relationship between the state, the mafia and power — and became a cultural phenomenon that spawned multiple films and spin-offs.

Valley of the Wolves

2003

6.7

The series tells the life of Hizir Çakırbeyli. A mob boss who entered the realm of the mafia at a young age.

Bandits Cannot Rule The World

2015

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

5.8

Cazibe, an Azerbaijani immigrant, marries Kemal to become a Turkish citizen. Ms. Gül who deals with illegal marriages arranges this marriage which will last for 3 years according to the agreement. Kemal receives 10,000 Turkish liras from Cazibe. But Kemal has a girlfriend, Simge, who is the daughter of Kemal's boss. Kemal's boss does not know that Kemal and his daughter are in a relationship. Simge thinks that Cazibe is Kemal's maid. However, Ejder is the foreign marriage detective and he is trying to find proof that Cazibe only married Kemal to become a Turkish Citizen. The word "Yahşi" comes from Azerbaijani and means "beautiful, nice, attractive". "Cazibe" means seduction.

Beautiful Charm

2010

7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sakarya Fırat

2009

3.1

Two men who used to be bosom friends have chosen to live in different worlds. Yavuz serves the Law as a police officer while Maraz Ali is the leader of Istanbul's most formidable gang.

Adanalı

2008

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

2.6

The film, which focuses on the theme of brotherhood and the futility of war, tells the story of two enemy brothers facing each other on two separate fronts. The film, which contains messages aimed at mothers who do not want to lose their children, features Sinan Çetin's children, Orfeo (Osman) and Cemo (James).

Çanakkale Çocukları

2011

4.9

Chaos erupts when members of two notorious Istanbul mobs arrive at a seaside town for family vacations.

Keep a Lid on It

2019

2000s · 8 titles

6.4

It is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.

The International

2006

7.0

Yusuf Miroğlu and Zeynep travel to Diyarbakır in southeast Turkey to attend his best friend Cemal's wedding. While performing the traditional halay dance at the wedding, Cemal is killed by an assassin. Cemal's widowed wife Leyla pleads Yusuf to find the people behind the murder and bring them to justice. Yusuf finds himself caught in a struggle against the PKK and other terrorist groups in the area.

Hell of Boomerang

2001

5.5

Alia Izzet Rahmanovic is one of the prosperous and career-savvy Bosniaks of the Tito period Yugoslavia. Captain of Yugoslavia, close guard of Tito, army national team captain and Yugoslavia's first world karate champion. The civil war in Yugoslavia also changes a lot in Alia's life with everyday life. Alia, who lost everything but his family in the war, is forced to take refuge with a Bosnian refugee camp under the protection of the United Nations, along with Anna, a Serb-based wife and two young children. The remaining 65 women were murdered by Bosniak Serbs, consisting of children and elderly people. Alia's wife and children are also among those who died and went to court. Written by ahmetkozan

Alia: A Bosniac Rhapsody

2008

7.2

Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.

Fog and Night

2007

4.7

Aslı is a senior at the Fine Arts Faculty, majoring in painting. She borrows an antique, original book from a professor she greatly admires. That day, she loses her bag, which contains the book. However, she cannot remember where or how she lost her bag. Her closest friend, Nevin, a senior at the Faculty of Medicine, takes Aslı, who is becoming increasingly depressed as she tries to remember how she lost the book, to a psychiatrist. Psychiatrist Dr. Melih is a scientist with strict scientific ideas. As soon as he sees Aslı, he makes his diagnosis: Dissociative Amnesia. And he wants to apply the treatment that best responds to this diagnosis. Hypnosis... Aslı initially hesitates but eventually agrees to undergo hypnosis.

On the Count of Zero

2007

6.7

Şefik, a successful soldier, is one of the leading figures of the Committee of Union and Progress. When Abdulhamid II declares a constitutional monarchy, Şefik and his friends go to Istanbul. They plan to closely monitor the events unfolding there. However, it is here that Şefik will part ways with the society.

Abdulhamid Falling

2003

7.0

Serkan, who spends his days watching Turkish movies at home, starts working in a nursing home at the urging of his older brother.

Hoşça Kal Güzin

2008

8.5

In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death.

Kalbin Zamanı

2004

1990s · 3 titles

The Unforgettable Director of Love Movies poster

7.1

Hasmet, director of love stories, wants to make a film which is different than the movies he made before. This movie has a social message. He tries to find a producer but film industry is mainly out of money. When he thinks he finds one, nothing goes as it planned.

The Unforgettable Director of Love Movies

1990

10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995

6.6

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee, brings her child. Mayhem ensues when their daughter's ex-husband makes a surprise appearance at the house.

Lobster Pot

1994

Series credits

7.2

Valley of the Wolves

2003

6.7

The series tells the life of Hizir Çakırbeyli. A mob boss who entered the realm of the mafia at a young age.

Bandits Cannot Rule The World

2015

6.7

The series tells the life of Hizir Çakırbeyli. A mob boss who entered the realm of the mafia at a young age.

Bandits Cannot Rule The World

2015

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

5.8

Beautiful Charm

2010

7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sakarya Fırat

2009

3.1

Two men who used to be bosom friends have chosen to live in different worlds. Yavuz serves the Law as a police officer while Maraz Ali is the leader of Istanbul's most formidable gang.

Adanalı

2008

6.8

Cezayir Türk, a secret service assassin who served for his country, gets revenge of his brother who is sabotaged. He starts a new life by showing that he died for the sake of the state and the safety of his family. As a result of an injury that takes place on one of his operations abroad, he meets Firuze, one of the doctors without borders. Even though he misses his wife and kids, from the bottom of his heart he knows that going back to them is nearly impossible, yet this word is not in his vocabulary. He falls in love with Firuze to start their family, in the meantime, he gets exposed and had to go back to Istanbul. Neither his secondary family knows, nor did the original family who wept and prayed at his graveyard follow up the recent events happening to him. Istanbul, on the other hand, is not the same as where he left. He will do his best fighting the foreign forces, while it will also require his energy to be divided between two women who are in love with him.

Ben Bu Cihana Sığmazam

2022

No synopsis available yet.

Gençler

1989

8.7

When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. Without any degree or experience, she tries to survive doing all sorts of odd jobs. Meanwhile, her neighbors, who are completely different from the people in Olcay's old world, begin to get to like the mother and daughter. Some even fall in love.

Yeditepe Istanbul

2001

Kim Milyoner Olmak İster? (English: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), is the fourth Turkish version based off the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show aired from August 2, 2011 on aTV. Previously hosted by Kenan Işık, Selçuk Yöntem, Murat Yıldırım, and Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, it is currently presented by Oktay Kaynarca. The top prize is 5.000.000 new Turkish liras.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

2011

8.3

The show is about two brothers and a sister. The two brothers have a plumbing company and they are trying to invent something that would make the world a better place.