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Ülkü Erakalın

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Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director. He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines. Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.

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  • 1962Career Start

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Biography

Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director. He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines. Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.

Filmography

Poster for Kadın Severse
1968
Poster for Hırçın Kadın
1967
Poster for Günahkar Kadın
1966
Poster for Siyah Gül
director
1966
Poster for Dudaktan Kalbe
1965
Poster for Serseri Aşık
1965
Poster for Veda Busesi
director
1965
Poster for Ölümden Beter
1965
Poster for Öpüşmek Yasak
1964
Poster for Tophaneli Osman
1964
Poster for Anasının Kuzusu
1964
Poster for Yalnız Değiliz
1964
Poster for Hepimiz Kardeşiz
1964
Poster for Mualla
director
1964
Poster for Çalınan Aşk
1963
Poster for Lekeli Kadın
1962

Poster for Günahkar Kadın
1966
Poster for Sevişmek Yasak
1965
Poster for Veda Busesi
producer
1965
Poster for Hepimiz Kardeşiz
1964

Poster for Mualla
writer
1964
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