Müslüm Gürses
Acting
Biography
From 1967 on, he performed live türkü, Turkish folk songs, regularly on Saturdays within the state-owned radio station of TRT Adana-Çukurova. His debut record single "Emmioğlu/Ovada Taşa Basma" was released in 1968. The next year in 1969, he already landed a hit record titled "Sevda Yüklü Kervanlar/Vurma Güzel Vurma" released by Palandöken Records in Istanbul, which sold 300,000 copies After completing his conscription, he returned to Istanbul and successfully continued to record folk songs. He had 13 singles by label Palandöken, four by Bestefon, 15 by Hülya Records and finally two by Çin Çin Records. Müslüm Gürses stepped into Yeşilçam and starred in 38 movies. Later in his life, Gürses's interest started to shift toward other musical genres. He included pop and rock music to his repertory, singing such titles as "Olmadı Yar" of Nilüfer, "Paramparça" of Teoman and "İkimizin Yerine" of Tarkan. Müslüm Gürses mainly sang Turkish folk and Ottoman classical music. In his songs, he primarily expressed sorrow and painful feelings. He is considered a cult figure of Turkish folk music, and has a very dedicated group of fans, who call him "Müslüm Baba'" ("Papa Müslüm") affectionately. Source: wikipedia
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Golden Butterfly Awards
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Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
A biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).
Muslum
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İki Kere Kiki
The turbulent love story of a driver, who intriguedly lands in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
Kul Sevdası
Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...
Where's Firuze?
Debut film of Müslüm Gürses, one of the most popular singers of Turkey. Story centers around a platonic love.
İsyankar
One of the missile launchers deployed by the US on the seabed of the Black Sea to strike Tehran in response to a potential threat is accidentally fired due to an unexplained mishap. The officers manage to divert the smart missile's coordinates and safely land it on Turkey's Black Sea coast without causing an explosion. All that remains is to go back and retrieve the missile from the village without anyone noticing...
Amerikalılar Karadeniz'de 2
A woman in love, a weak man, a father stumbling with his emotions, an uncle dependent on the past and a teenager meet at Zagor’s boarding house. Despite the serenity of the house, they all struggle to find the peace that they each need.
Balans ve Manevra
The film depicts the story of a family immigrating from a village to Istanbul. There they meet with new people and have to struggle for life.
Sev Yeter
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Şov Bizinıs
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Bir Sessiz Adam
A construction workers life is inevitably changed, when a radio broadcaster discovers his touching singing abilities.
Bir Yıldız Doğuyor
The story of twin brothers who lost contact with each other in childhood.
İkizler
A widower has problems with a businesman, who wants to take over her house with the purpose of turning it into a gambling house. She hires a man, known to be tough guy formerly, to defend the family against the powerful businesman. But the foreigner has some drinking problems.
Güldür Yüzümü
A singer in a night club gets engaged with a belly dancer, who is working in the same club. After their marriege they move to the village of the husband. The couple becomes trouble with the villagers, when they discover the past of the belly dancer.
Ağlattı Kader
The film depicts a platonic love story. Müslüm is a popular singer, who shares his wealthy income with poor people. An old friend of Müslüm commits suicide because he got in trouble with his gambling habits. The beautiful daughter of this man is entrustet to Müslüm by him as his legacy.
İtirazım var
The film depicts the story of an ex-con, who struggles to hold on the life after his release from prison.
Kul Kuldan Beter
The film tells the story of a fishmonger, who is in love with a beatiful young woman. They prepare for the marriage but all the happiness is destroyed by one bad guy.
Bağrıyanık
Müslim is a poor man who struggles from dawn to dusk to provide for his children. Just as it is difficult to breathe in the struggle for life, it is equally difficult for Müslim to remain standing upright in this hell.