This article is more than 5 years old. ISTANBUL – Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned accolades for the controversial 1982 film “Yol,” has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was ...

Akan -- the stage name of Tarik Uregul -- acted in his first film in 1970, at the age of 21. In the 1970s, Akin -- who measured 1.92 meters (6 feet, 3.5 inches) tall -- played the young male lead ...

Türkİye, Culture Turkish actor Tarik Akan passes away at 66 The tall romantic lead acted in more than 100 movies in the '70s and '80s Sibel Uğurlu | 16.09.2016 - Update : 17.09.2016 ...

ISTANBUL -- Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned accolades for the controversial 1982 film "Yol," has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. The Nazim Hikmet Culture and ...

Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned accolades for the controversial 1982 film “Yol,” has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 66.