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Hakanlar arpyor
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Wikipedia article
'Hakanlar arpyor' ('Khans Are Fighting') is a Turkish historic action film by Natuk Baytan. It was released in 1977, during the most popular days of the Turkish historic films. The film is about the life of a Turkic warrior named Olcayto, portrayed by Cneyt Arkn, who is the son of a Kyrgyz chief in Central Asia. When he was a small boy, Chinese troops attack their tribe and kill Olcayto's father. After this event, he decides to take revenge from Chinese warlords. Later, he would find a chance to do so when Chinese form an alliance with a Sheikh from South Asia, who uses all his efforts to kill Olcayto because of the love affair between his daughter and Olcayto.
One of the main motives of the film is the '"Bozkr Yasas"' (Law of the Steppe). During many key scenes of the film, characters act according to this notion which praises the success of a warrior. This also gives the film a nationalistic flavour which can be considered as an "essential" point of the genre.
Writer Erdoan Tna possibly got his inspiration from Karaolan, the popular character of Suat Yalaz. Both Olcayto and Karaolan are from Central Asia, they are talented warriors, they have noble black horses and they both use swords which have grey wolf figures on their handles. Another important detail of the film is that Cneyt Arkn's partner in it is Aytekin Akkaya, the same actor who also stars in the Turkish cult film 'Dnyay Kurtaran Adam' with Arkn.
Plot
Cast
*Cneyt Arkn as Halit,Olcayto and Babu Tolu (triple role)
*Bahar Erdeniz as Zeliha, Olcayto's wife
*Aytekin Akkaya as Tegin Khan
*Hseyin Peyda as Sheikh Malik
*Turgut zatay as Tun-Kay
*Hikmet Tademir - Kabir
*Reha Yurdakul - Celme Noyan
*Levent akr - Sungur
*Snmez Yklmaz - Demirbilek El-Cerrah
*Arseven Gm - Khaan
*Sheyl Eriboz - Kim-Yu
*Mehmet Uur - inli
*Necdet Kke - akr
*Cemal Konca - en-Kin
*Muzaffer Cvan - Mool
*Arap Celal - Hanc
*Niyazi Er - Tama Beyi
*Ylmaz Kurt - inli
*Kadir Kk - inli/Kara Sadi
*Hakk Kvan - Sheikh Malik
*Ahmet Sert - Boa Usta
*Doan Tamer
*Hamit Haskabal - Khan's henchman
*Asm Par - inli
*Yadigar Ejder - Cellat
*Oktar Durukan - Yantar
See also
*Cinema of Turkey
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