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Cüneyt Arkın began his acting career in 1964 with Gurbet Kuşları, directed by Halit Refiğ. In his early years, the roles producers assigned him were mostly those of the handsome hero of romantic love films, with hair slicked back with brilliantine and a love-filled gaze. He would have to wait until 1966 for the film that would shape his cinematic career and carry him into the years that followed. That year, he took on the identity of “Malkoçoğlu” and swung a sword on horseback. There was no trace left of the romantic leading man. Later, he became the sought-after name in films packed with brawls, guns, and flying kicks. No one could apply this style better than he could. The movie theaters filled to overflowing thanks to him…
Throughout his career, he maintained the harsh, commanding persona he so skillfully portrayed in his films until love for a beautiful woman reduced it to ruins. That tough, macho side of him was destroyed by love. In the characters he played, every facet of being a man seemed to have been defeated by love. Whether on horseback, clinging to a car bumper, or hanging from a helicopter’s blade, audiences immediately accepted this change in him. They sought no explanation beyond what they saw on the screen. Dishonor or betrayal was always far from him. Because he stood for justice. He was concerned with showing his audience the right path. Cüneyt Arkın was an important star with his private life, loves, weaknesses, and all his victories and defeats… In short, everyone had their own Cüneyt Arkın. Someone in whom they found themselves, someone in whom they saw themselves… He was an irreplaceable hero who influenced Turkish people from seven to seventy. He once said, “I’ve shot two million meters of film to date. I spent one million of those meters flying around. Of course, I did land on the ground from time to time”…
The book on Cüneyt Arkın is a collective work that tells the story of his life, his films, his perspective on literature, and, in short, everything little-known or unknown about Cüneyt Arkın. It is a rare opportunity for those who want to witness a period of our cinema and get to know him closely…