Yaman Okay

Acting

Yaman Okay

Born 1951-01-01 · Giresun, Turkey

Acting credits

Walking After Midnight poster
4.3

Newly divorced Nilgün, a doctor from Istanbul, is sent to a remote small town to practice; where she meets up with long lost friend Havva while treating local prostitutes.

Walking After Midnight

1992

Suçlu Kim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Suçlu Kim

1986

To Crush The Serpent poster
6.0

Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.

To Crush The Serpent

1981

Davaro poster
7.8

Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.

Davaro

1981

Kanal poster
6.4

Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.

Kanal

1979

Acılar Paylaşılmaz poster
3.8

This Turkish movie introduces a father who tries to discourage his homosexual son and associates homosexuality with paternal issues.

Acılar Paylaşılmaz

1989

Tarzan Rıfkı poster
6.5

A story about a poor and guilt guy who is being used by mafia for dirty work.

Tarzan Rıfkı

1986

The Frogs poster
5.6

In the half-light of dawn, Halil falls down dead, murdered. His wife, Elmas, cries for justice, but, in fact, there will be no investigation. Life goes on for Elmas: during the day she works in the rice paddies with her little boy and, at night, she goes to catch frogs with the other villagers.

The Frogs

1985

Secret Intentions poster
3.0

Aysen has never had an intimate relationship before. As she gets closer to her colleague Cem, the repressed emotions she holds inside emerge.

Secret Intentions

1984

The Lake poster
6.3

Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.

The Lake

1982

El Kapıları poster
7.0

When 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

The Third Eye poster
5.5

Tunç, who is a director, is looking for a location in a small town for his new film. He observes everything around him for his screenplay. However, he constantly changes what he writes because he doesn't like it. He tries to turn some of the events he sees into stories. But he can't seem to get it right. One night, Tunç visits his neighbor Seniha, an old actress. Some of the things Seniha says inspire him. He returns home and sits down to work on the screenplay. Tunç, who becomes deeply engrossed in the screenplay he has written, will fall into a state of mental breakdown.

The Third Eye

1988

İslamiyet'in Doğuşu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İslamiyet'in Doğuşu

1987

My Cinemas poster
5.0

Nesibe lives with her poor family in a slum in Istanbul. Her father, who can't hold down a job, often takes out his anger on his family. Knowing that this is not all there is to life, Nesibe finds solace in movies.

My Cinemas

1990

40 m² Deutschland poster
6.2

Turna is brought from Turkey to Germany by her husband Dursun to start a new life. She soon realizes that he keeps her locked up in their flat every time he leaves for work in order to save her from immoral influences of the Western society. The dream of a better life becomes an inner fight between her culture and her freedom.

40 m² Deutschland

1986

Fazilet poster
6.4

About a woman named Fazilet, who lives with a rich family as a handmaid, undergoing a change of identity in her imaginary world with the frustration brought by her social status.

Fazilet

1990

Çağdaş Bir Köle poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Çağdaş Bir Köle

1986

Children of Heaven poster
8.0

The story of two hostile families.

Children of Heaven

1977

Daydreams of Miss Cazibe poster
5.8

Cazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her uncle who feels an attraction towards her. The lonely woman, whose only existence is her small room, spends all her time in this old room, dreaming and fantasising about her ex-lover.

Daydreams of Miss Cazibe

1992

A Long Night poster
NR

The story of a young woman who abandoned her husband and ran away with the man she had been in love with since her childhood.

A Long Night

1987

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yaşamak Haram Oldu

1987

Journey of Hope poster
7.2

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe. Will anyone reach the land of promise?

Journey of Hope

1990

Rosa, I Love You poster
5.5

Story of daydreaming rebellious Rosa searching for love from her teenage years to her deathbed.

Rosa, I Love You

1992

Dönüş poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dönüş

1988