
Directing
Erdoğan Tokatlı
Born — Died
1939-06-03 — 2010-06-05
Place of birth
Denizli, Turkey
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Erdoğan Tokatlı was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and translator, known for his contributions to Turkish cinema. Born in Denizli, he was influenced by his elder brother, Atilla Tokatlı, a writer-director who studied cinema in France. Erdoğan Tokatlı began his career as an assistant director to Memduh Ün on the film Mahallenin Sevgilisi (1960). He made his directorial debut with Son Kuşlar (1965), considered a masterpiece.
Known for
6.3A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.
The Last Birds
1965
NRYasemin, who lives in a small town with her aunt, dreams of going to Istanbul and becoming famous. After some time, Yasemin begins working as a dancer at a restaurant owned by a woman who runs the establishment and also employs sex workers. During this time, she meets a restaurant customer and flees to Istanbul with him. After various adventures, the young man ends up in prison. Left alone in the big city, Yasemin, encouraged by two female friends, begins working as a prostitute.
Yasemin
1987
7.0When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant.
El Kapıları
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zalim Kartal
1973
NRRamazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter
Fidan
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tuzak
1973
Behind the camera
6.3A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.
The Last Birds
1965
NRYasemin, who lives in a small town with her aunt, dreams of going to Istanbul and becoming famous. After some time, Yasemin begins working as a dancer at a restaurant owned by a woman who runs the establishment and also employs sex workers. During this time, she meets a restaurant customer and flees to Istanbul with him. After various adventures, the young man ends up in prison. Left alone in the big city, Yasemin, encouraged by two female friends, begins working as a prostitute.
Yasemin
1987
NRYasemin, who lives in a small town with her aunt, dreams of going to Istanbul and becoming famous. After some time, Yasemin begins working as a dancer at a restaurant owned by a woman who runs the establishment and also employs sex workers. During this time, she meets a restaurant customer and flees to Istanbul with him. After various adventures, the young man ends up in prison. Left alone in the big city, Yasemin, encouraged by two female friends, begins working as a prostitute.
Yasemin
1987
7.0When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant.
El Kapıları
1988
7.0When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant.
El Kapıları
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zalim Kartal
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zalim Kartal
1973
NRRamazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter
Fidan
1984
NRRamazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter
Fidan
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tuzak
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tuzak
1973
6.2With his 2 wives Kuheylan started as a doorkeeper in an apartment after immigrating from small town to city. While Kuheylan was dreaming to be rich, his wives got impressed under city culture and joined their forses agains their husband.
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
1990
6.2With his 2 wives Kuheylan started as a doorkeeper in an apartment after immigrating from small town to city. While Kuheylan was dreaming to be rich, his wives got impressed under city culture and joined their forses agains their husband.
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
1990
NRAlişan, a former senator, runs a motel in a seaside town with his daughter Ayşe, son-in-law Orhan, and sons Bahadır and Mehmet. Orhan married Ayşe, whom he met at teacher training college. They are living happily. Orhan, a former teacher who has been dismissed from his job, enjoys a happy married life, but this is turned upside down when Menekşe arrives in town. This is because the young woman sees Orhan as a resemblance to her deceased husband, whom she refuses to believe is dead. This resemblance leads to a forbidden relationship between them. This affair quickly spreads throughout the town. After various events, Orhan receives news that Menekşe has committed suicide. Menekşe's body is recovered from the sea.
Menekşeler Mavidir
1987
NRAlişan, a former senator, runs a motel in a seaside town with his daughter Ayşe, son-in-law Orhan, and sons Bahadır and Mehmet. Orhan married Ayşe, whom he met at teacher training college. They are living happily. Orhan, a former teacher who has been dismissed from his job, enjoys a happy married life, but this is turned upside down when Menekşe arrives in town. This is because the young woman sees Orhan as a resemblance to her deceased husband, whom she refuses to believe is dead. This resemblance leads to a forbidden relationship between them. This affair quickly spreads throughout the town. After various events, Orhan receives news that Menekşe has committed suicide. Menekşe's body is recovered from the sea.
Menekşeler Mavidir
1987
NRThe film tells the story of Seyyid, who is trying to build a new life after being released from prison. Seyyid has just been released from prison, where he was sent because of a blood feud. His enemies are waiting for an opportunity to kill him. Having escaped his enemies, Seyyid comes to Istanbul and starts working as a carpenter. He leads a quiet and solitary life. One day, he meets Sedef at a nightclub. This encounter quickly turns into love. The couple will fight to leave their enemies behind and start a new life together.
Seyyid
1985
NRA married civil servant with children, who is of moderate means, sees a woman at a window one day on his way to work and is attracted to her. The woman is married to a banker who is slightly older than her. The woman and the man gradually get to know each other and talk. After a while, the man has to go to Marmaris for work.
Suçumuz İnsan Olmak
1986
NRA married civil servant with children, who is of moderate means, sees a woman at a window one day on his way to work and is attracted to her. The woman is married to a banker who is slightly older than her. The woman and the man gradually get to know each other and talk. After a while, the man has to go to Marmaris for work.
Suçumuz İnsan Olmak
1986
NRThe film centers on a mother with children who comes from abroad to try to run a hotel in a tourist town.
Sevgili Ortak
1993
NRThe film centers on a mother with children who comes from abroad to try to run a hotel in a tourist town.
Sevgili Ortak
1993
NRThe film is about the life of a gigolo. Bekir, a gigolo, is with a rich woman named Oya. One day, Oya hits a woman with her car. Bekir helps the woman who was in the accident. At the hospital, he meets Esra, the woman's roommate. A friendship develops between Bekir and Esra, who is a sex worker. They fall in love with each other. Bekir wants to build a life with Esra. For this reason, he decides to rob Oya's house with his brother. However, things will not go as Bekir planned.
Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
1986
NRThe film is about the life of a gigolo. Bekir, a gigolo, is with a rich woman named Oya. One day, Oya hits a woman with her car. Bekir helps the woman who was in the accident. At the hospital, he meets Esra, the woman's roommate. A friendship develops between Bekir and Esra, who is a sex worker. They fall in love with each other. Bekir wants to build a life with Esra. For this reason, he decides to rob Oya's house with his brother. However, things will not go as Bekir planned.
Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
1986
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Apo Konuşan Katır At Yarışlarında
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10.0No synopsis available yet.
Apo Konuşan Katır At Yarışlarında
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
Aşka Susayanlar
1964
8.0A man who earns his living as a driver is forced to become a hired killer as a result of unexpected events that befall him. And his struggle to escape this situation.
Silah ve Namus
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
İzzet Günay Belgeseli
2008
7.0The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the Americans, wants to build a factory in the Eşrefpaşa neighborhood. To do so, he must first evict the neighborhood's residents. Ali Bey recruits Hasan, the neighborhood's tough guy, to help him achieve his goal. Kudret, who refuses to leave the neighborhood, organizes the people against Ali Bey. However, Ali Bey lures Kudret's inner circle to his side with various promises. Left to fight alone, Kudret will face his friends one last time.
Eşrefpaşalı
1966
7.0The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the Americans, wants to build a factory in the Eşrefpaşa neighborhood. To do so, he must first evict the neighborhood's residents. Ali Bey recruits Hasan, the neighborhood's tough guy, to help him achieve his goal. Kudret, who refuses to leave the neighborhood, organizes the people against Ali Bey. However, Ali Bey lures Kudret's inner circle to his side with various promises. Left to fight alone, Kudret will face his friends one last time.
Eşrefpaşalı
1966
NRThe story of Kemal, a brothel owner who raped his sister and then killed his partner.
Fırtına Kemal
1972
NRThe story of Kemal, a brothel owner who raped his sister and then killed his partner.
Fırtına Kemal
1972
7.2A teenager who is brave and naive from Black Sea region, ends in jail during the World War 2 time. The movie tells about the story of this teenager.
72. Koğuş
1987
7.2A teenager who is brave and naive from Black Sea region, ends in jail during the World War 2 time. The movie tells about the story of this teenager.
72. Koğuş
1987
NRWhen water is poured onto the cotton field, Musa, whose crop is ruined, cannot pay his debt. He has only one option to save his field from the loan shark: to work at Captain Tayfur's sand quarry. He leaves his wife in the village and starts working with a group of workers whose lives are as painful as his own.
Güneşe Köprü
1986
NRWhen water is poured onto the cotton field, Musa, whose crop is ruined, cannot pay his debt. He has only one option to save his field from the loan shark: to work at Captain Tayfur's sand quarry. He leaves his wife in the village and starts working with a group of workers whose lives are as painful as his own.
Güneşe Köprü
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Biz Belayı Severiz
—
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Biz Belayı Severiz
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10.0No synopsis available yet.
Üç Öfkeli Adam
1971
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Üç Öfkeli Adam
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bir Aşk Bin Ölüm
1972
