Mehmet Aslan

Biography

Mehmet Aslan (1 May 1931, İzmir - 1 September 1987, Heybeliada ) is a Turkish actor , screenwriter and film director. Having completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Izmir, Aslan studied for a while in the electrical department of Yıldız Technical University, then left the university and started working as an electrical technician. In 1949, he became acquainted with cinema by working as an assistant and actor in the film Captain Tahsin, directed by Orhon Murat Arıburnu and in which he played the leading role. Continuing his career as an actor and assistant director, Aslan wrote his first script, "Ateş Gibi Kadın" (Woman Like Fire), in 1965. He began directing the film Bir Gönül Oyunu (A Heart Game) in the same year. He is known as the director of the Tarkan series of films. On the posters of films directed or written by Mehmet Aslan, his surname is sometimes written as Arslan.

Directed

1. Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings (1971) — Director
2. Tarkan: The Golden Medallion (1973) — Director
3. Tarkan and the Silver Saddle (1970) — Director
4. Tarkan and the Armless Hero (1973) — Director
5. Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder (1972) — Director
6. Karaoğlan Geliyor: Cengizhan'ın Hazineleri (1972) — Director
7. Aybiçe Kurt Kız (1976) — Director
8. Lionman II: The Witchqueen (1979) — Director
9. Sevimli Haydut (1971) — Director
10. Zagor (1972) — Director
11. Kıskanırım Seni (1970) — Director
12. Aslan Yürekli Reşat (1967) — Director
13. Yaralı Kuş (1967) — Director
14. Agora Meyhanesi (1968) — Director
15. Dudaktan Silaha (1971) — Director
16. Bozkırlar Şahini Targan (1968) — Director
17. Tolga (1975) — Director
18. Akbulut Malkoçoğlu ve Karaoğlan'a Karşı (1967) — Director
19. Kanlı Aşk (1969) — Director
20. Bir Şarkısın Sen (1969) — Director
21. Kaderin Ağları (1970) — Director
22. The Fearless Man (1966) — Director
23. A Flood Took Wednesday (1970) — Director
24. Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı (1969) — Director
25. Gül Ağacı (1967) — Director
26. Şeytanın Oğlu (1967) — Director
27. Kocam Erkek mi? (1975) — Director
28. Babaların Günahı (1973) — Director
29. Kara Gözlüm (1986) — Director
30. Aklın Durur (1975) — Director
31. Yarın Olmaz Şimdi (1975) — Director
32. Çakal Avı (1977) — Director
33. Vur Tatlım (1975) — Director
34. Love, Desire and Weapons (1977) — Director
35. Siyah Eldivenli Adam (1973) — Director
36. Ölümle Sevişenler (1972) — Director
37. Tanrım Beni Baştan Yarat (1974) — Director
38. Tilki Payı (1976) — Director
39. Çelik Pençe (1983) — Director
40. Kaçak Şarkıcı (1985) — Director

Also appeared in

1. My Dear Brother (1973) — Seyis
2. Yaşar: Neither Alive Nor Dead (1975)
3. Baba Kartal (1979)
4. Serseri Aşık (1965)
5. The Bride's Murat (1957)
6. Dikenli Gül (1961)
7. Sevimli Haydut (1971)
8. Güneşe Giden Yol (1965)
9. Muhteşem Serseri (1964)
10. The Stolen Love (1963)
11. Hop Dedik (1963)
12. Fatoş'un Bebekleri (1962)
13. İki Kocalı Kadın (1963)
14. Remember, Darling (1961)
15. Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı (1967)
16. Zehir hafiye (1964) — Resepsiyoncu Arif
17. Esir Kuş (1962) — Musa
18. Ölümden Beter (1965)
19. Üç Tatlı Bela (1979)
20. Suçlu (1960)
21. Dağ Çiçeği (1965)
22. Varan Biiir (1964)
23. Cici Kızlar (1965)
24. Kara Gözlüm (1986)
25. Yarın Olmaz Şimdi (1975)
26. Vur Tatlım (1975)