The legendary name of Yeşilçam Cüneyt ArkinHe died in the hospital where he was treated.
Arkın fell ill last night and was treated in a private hospital in Beşiktaş, Ulus. Partner Betül Cüreklibatir and his relatives came to the hospital. Arkin died here. Cüneyt Arkın, who left his mark on Turkish cinema and starred in hundreds of films, had many awards.
Arkın, whose cinematic adventure that he started with romantic films, extends from action to social cinema, has been engraved in the minds with his iconic roles. Arkin, Turker InanogluKara Murat film series, adapted for the cinema by Sureyya DuruWhile he became an action figure in the cinema of a period with the Malkoçoğlu films directed by .
Who is Cüneyt Arkın?
Real name Fahrettin Cüreklibatir Cüneyt Arkın was born on September 8, 1937 in the village of Karaçay, which is connected to the center of Eskişehir. His father is Hacı Yakup Cüreklibatur, who participated in the War of Independence. He is originally from the Nogai Turks. Arkın, who studied at Eskişehir Atatürk High School, graduated from Istanbul Medical Faculty in 1961.
While he was doing his military service as a reserve officer in his hometown of Eskişehir, he caught the attention of director Halit Refiğ during the shooting of the movie Şafak Bekçileri (1963), starring Göksel Arsoy. After completing his military service, he worked as a doctor in Adana and its surroundings. He won the first prize in the contest of Artist magazine in 1963. Arkın, who was looking for a job for a while, started acting in cinema with Halit Refiğ’s offer in 1963 and made about 30 films in 2 years.
He was the star of action movies.
The fight scene in the finale of the 1964 movie Gurbet Kuşları was a breaking point in Arkın’s career. After playing emotional-romantic young characters for a while, he turned to action movies, again with Halit Refiğ’s suggestion.
During this period, he took acrobatics training for six months at the Medrano Circus, which came to Istanbul. He brought a unique style to Turkish cinema by transferring what he learned here to the big screen in the Malkoçoğlu and Battalgazi series.
From romantic films to social cinema
Arkın, who started his cinema adventure with romantic films and continued with action films, gave life to different characters in many different genres. Throughout his career, he has appeared in films of different genres, from westerns to comedy, from adventure films to social films. Especially Maden (1978), in which he shared the lead role with Tarık Akan, and Citizen Rıza (1979), directed by him, and Teacher Kemal (1981), directed by Remzi Jöntürk and written by Mehmet Aydın, occupy a special place in Cüneyt Arkın’s career.
Yılmaz Güney refused the award that was not given.
During the first voting of the jury at the 4th Golden Boll Film Festival (1972) during the 12 March period. Yilmaz GuneyAlthough he chose the best actor for his role in the movie ‘i Baba’, he chose Cüneyt Arkın as the best actor after his performance in the movie Wounded Wolf in the first vote, replacing Güney due to political pressures. Reacting to this decision, Arkın refused the award.
Headed to TV series with his police
Cüneyt Arkın’s 1982 film “The Man Who Saved the World”, directed by Çetin İnanç, became a cult movie over time. After action films such as Death Warrior, Fight, Man in Exile and Two-Headed Giant in the 1980s, he turned to detective series in the 1990s.
Expert in horse riding and karate
Cüneyt Arkın has the title of expert athlete in horse riding and karate. In addition to acting, he presented television programs and wrote a health column for newspapers for a short time. In 2009, he was hospitalized for about three months due to nerve compression in his spine.
Acted in more than 300 movies
He acted as the lead role in more than 300 films and broke a record in this sense.
Filmography
2014 Antidote
2014 Ghoul
2008 Crazy Classroom is in the Camp
Class of 2008 Teenagers
2007 Natuk Baytan Documentary
2007 Hicran Street
2007 Crazy Classroom
2006 Cinema of the Fantasy
2006 Son of the Man Who Saved the World
1998 Where the Rose Ends
1990 Two-Headed Giant
1990 Ogulcan
1989 Police File
1989 Old Gun
1989 Doctors
1989 Hunting
1988 Living
1988 Forbidden Relationship
1988 Breaking Dawn
1988 Gorgeous Tramp
1988 Little Dude
1988 My Daughter and Me / Expatriates Woman
1988 Escrow-2
1988 Bomber
1988 My Father and Me
1987 Witness
1987 Sons of the Devil
1987 Man in Exile
1987 The Last Heroes
1987 My Love
1987 Don’t You Cry
1987 Manhunters
1987 Four Scoundrels
1987 Falling Leaves (Video)
1987 Stamp
1987 Hellfire
1987 Never Ending Man
1987 The Man to Hang
1986 Seven Troubles
1986 The Lonely Man
1986 Farewell
1986 for the sake of duty
1986 Law of the Streets
1986 Street Fighter
1986 Brothers in Arms
1986 Tough Guy
1986 Immortal Love
1986 Death Hunter (Video)
1986 Angel-Faced Villain / Hate
1986 The King Doesn’t Forgive
1986 Fight
1986 Hook
1986 Smugglers
1986 Father’s Son
1986 Slappers
1985 Final Impact
1985 Prisoner of Money
1985 Shattered
1985 Prisoner
1985 Killers Cry Too
1985 Tigers
1985 Lawman
1985 Escape
1985 Climax
1985 We Are One Family
1985 I Die A Thousand Times
1985 Ring of Fire (Video)
1985 Shocking Youth
1984 As I Live
1984 Death Fighter
1984 Mr. Kartal
1984 Law is Law
1984 Giant Blood
1984 Crazy Cartridge
1984 For A Few Good Days
1984 Let them Live
1984 Flaming Flaming
1983 Last Step to Death
1983 Revenge Is Mine
1983 Execution
1983 Manly
1983 Biggest Punch
1983 Desert
1983 Wild Blood
1982 The Last Warrior
1982 Last Raid
1982 Immortal
1982 Clamp
1982 Kanije Castle
1982 Gırgır Ali
1982 The Man Who Saved the World
1982 All Around Me Hell
1981 Not Forgotten
1981 Follow-up
1981 Dreams Die First
1981 Teacher Kemal
1981 Fateful Companion
1981 Vow of Vengeance
1981 Bitter Days
1981 Water
1980 Little Witness
1980 Blonde Danger
1980 Wind
1980 Mercy and Wrath
1980 Kartal Murat
1980 Epic
1979 Citizen Consent
1979 Three Sweet Troubles / The Spider That Kills
1979 My Three Darlings
1979 Supermen
1979 Ambush
1979 The Resentful Flower
1979 Force of Law
1979 Two Acrobats
1979 Canikom
1978 Wild Bride
1978 Death Quest
1978 Mine
1978 Mr. Kilic
1978 Kara Murat Giants Fight
1978 Tigers Don’t Cry
1978 You Will Love People
1978 The Invisible Enemy
1978 Weasel
1978 Raid (Short Film)
1978 Father Eagle
1977 The Unbreakable Man
1977 My Dear Son
1977 The Sold Man
1977 Kara Murat Judge of the Seas
1977 Station
1977 Hakans Collide
1977 When Will The Sun Rise
1977 Cemil Returns
1977 Raid
1977 Father’s Quarry
Yigit from 1977 Altay
1977 Scorpion’s Nest
1977 Justice
1976 The Man Without Tomorrow
1976 Trap
1976 Alone
1976 The Undefeated
1976 Fearless Fighter
1976 Black Murat Against Sheikh Gaffar
1976 Resentment
1976 Crazy Falcon
1976 Coup
1976 Che Carambole Ragazzi
1976 Father’s Crime
1975 Three Papermen
1975 Meet at Dawn
1975 Bastards
1975 Sword Lion
1975 Kara Murat vs. The Dark Knight
1975 Manhunter
1975 Deli Yusuf
1975 Jamil
1975 Father’s Son
1975 Father of the Fathers
1975 Babacan
1974 Lonely Man
1974 First Homeland
1974 Son
1974 grudge
1974 Karate Players in Istanbul
1974 Black Murat Death Order / Brother’s Blood
1974 Uncle
1974 Let Us Live / Ambush
1974 Troubles
1974 Battal Gazi’s Son
1974 Paternity
1974 Worlds Apart
1973 Egg Little Cowboy
1973 Docking
1973 Highlight
1973 Kuşçu
1973 Black Murat Fatih’s Edict
1973 Wounded Hearts
1973 The Desperate
1973 Battal Gazi is Coming
1973 Bitter Life
1972 Wounded Wolf
1972 Murat and Nazli
1972 Black Murat: Fatih’s Fedayeen
1972 The Best Years of My Life
1972 The Innocents
1972 Desert Eagle
1972 Battal Gazi’s Revenge
1972 Foreword
1972 Prisoner
1971 Yusuf and Zuleyha / Hazrat Yusuf
1971 Yumurcak Köprüaltı Boy
1971 Wild Flower
1971 Let’s Part With Love
1971 Purchased Husband
1971 Malkoçoğlu Death Guards
1971 My Little Darling
1971 Two Captives
1971 Everything For My Son
1971 Right Way
1971 Novel of Poor Lovers
1971 A Traveler to Hell
1971 Battal Gazi
1971 I Will Not Call Your Name
1971 Game Over
1970 Selahattin Eyyubi
1970 My Life Sacrificed To You
1970 Ferhat and Şirin
1970 Bee, Honey, Honeycomb
1970 Anonymous Warrior
1970 Unfinished Happiness
1969 Vatan and Namık Kemal
1969 Dear Dad
1969 Ottoman Eagle
1969 Melikşah
1969 Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan
1969 Malkoçoğlu Raiders Are Coming
1969 The Stained Angel
1969 As People Live
1969 Fight for Life
1969 Great Oath
1969 Temple of Love
1969 Fawn Deer
1968 Ayşecik / The Captain’s Daughter
1968 Don’t Let The Dawn Break
1968 Last Hit (Rain of Bullets)
1968 Malkoçoğlu The Black Pirate
1968 Koroglu
1968 Fate
1968 First and Last
1968 Hacı Murat is Coming
1968 Sky Flag
1968 Bandit Halil / Bandit
1968 Five Hot Women
1968 Troubled Life
The Flower Withered in Spring 1968
1968 I Will Not Love Anymore
1968 Bitter Revenge
1967 The Rich and the Vagrant
1967 Toxic Life
1967 Captain Kemal
1967 Destroyed Nest
1967 Armed Pashazade
1967 I Can’t Forgive You
1967 The Ringo Kid
1967 Prisoner in Shackles
1967 Honor Debt
1967 Malkoçoğlu vs. Kings
1967 Under the Whip
1967 Execution Day
1967 Hadji Murat
1967 Pretty Bride
1967 A Driver’s Secret Notebook
1967 Alpaslan’s Bouncer Alpago
1966 Ruby Eyed Cat
1966 Three Bullets at Dawn
1966 Innocent Fugitive
1966 Malkoçoğlu
1966 Armless Hero
1966 Jealous Woman
1966 Angel of Darkness
1966 For Vengeance
1966 Flame of Vengeance
1966 Two Strangers
1966 Beloved in Heaven
1966 I Loved A Poor Girl
1966 Enemy Female
1966 Stamped Man
1966 I’m pissed
1966 Cibali Police Station
1966 Breakup Song
1966 Unforgiven
1966 Bitter Coincidence
1965 Slut
1965 Sound of Guns
1965 No Making Love
1965 My Love And My Pride
1965 The Vagrant Lover
1965 Heart For Sale
1965 Until Death / Worse Than Death
1965 Broken Lives
1965 Stubborn Bride
1965 The Three Horsemen of Khorasan
1965 Bahadır from Khorasan
1965 Four Women in the Harem
1965 Poor Youth Novel
1965 Lip to Heart
1965 Clash of the Giants
1965 My Dear Sacrifice for You
1965 Love and Revenge
1965 Oh This World
1964 Love and Hatred
1964 Pickpocket Girl
1964 We Are Not Alone
1964 Driver Nebahat And Her Daughter
1964 Hold on tight I’m coming
1964 Istanbul’s Girls
1964 On the Streets of Istanbul
1964 We Are All Brothers
1964 Women of Sin
1964 Expatriates Birds
1964 His eyes are worth a lifetime
1964 Matchmakers Camp
1964 Hell’s Friends
1964 Ayşecik Çıtı Piti Girl
