Engin Çağlar
Date of birth: 1940-08-28
Place of birth: İstanbul, Türkiye
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Engin Çağlar (28 August 1940 – 1 November 2025), was a Turkish film actor. His mother was born in Skopje. His father came from a family that had migrated to Istanbul from a small town on the coast of the Sea of Azov. His father owned a factory that manufactured industrial materials. He attended Robert College for secondary school. In 1958, he played football for a short time at Galatasaray. He studied at university in Germany. He was conscripted into the military in 1965. While serving as a sailor for two years, he was even stationed in Cyprus. After his discharge, he entered a competition run by Ses magazine and came second after Uğur Güçlü. That same year, names such as Kadir İnanır, Sümer Tilmaç, Demir Karahan, and Altan Bozkurt also participated in the competition. He began his film career in 1968 with Bilge Olgaç's film Öksüz. In 1969, he gained recognition by starring alongside Hülya Koçyiğit in the film Kınalı Yapıncak, directed by Orhan Aksoy. After signing with Hulki Saner, she appeared in films directed by Metin Erksan and left cinema in 1974. She has appeared in a few films since then but has not fully returned to cinema. In 2016, she was elected chair of the board of directors of the FİLMSAN Foundation.
Movie Credits
Longing
1974-03-01
The soft spot in her heart for her composer remains unfilled of a star performer, after she's given
Dağdan İnme
1973-01-02
The love of a poor girl living in a mountain house in the Taurus Mountains and a city man.
The Jail Bride
1968-01-02
Murat has to marry someone if he is to collect his inheritance. So his lawyer decides to marry him t
Afacan
1970-01-01
The film tells the story of Murat, who grew up without a mother or father. A young woman living in d
Bana Derler Fosforlu
1969-01-01
The abandoned Fosforlu sing and dance in the streets to survive. She run into the once famous singer
Öksüz
1968-01-01
Kezban and Ali, who are living a happy and peaceful life, will be thrown into an unexpected directio
Hicran Sokağı
2007-12-14
A neighborhood story with loves and fights.
Sad Love
1969-01-01
Sevgi is a singer who works in a bar. Her boss Vural fancies her. Sevgi meets Selim and they fall in
Afacan the Little Tramp
1971-01-02
A vagabond pickpocket befriends an unfortunate kid from the slums, whose mother has been forced to w
Bir Garip Yolcu
1973-03-01
The film tells the story of a poor young man who falls in love with a girl who dreams of becoming ri
Süreyya
1972-11-01
A poor girl condemned to darkness fights for her life against thugs who try to rape her. However, ju
Yaşamak Ne Güzel Şey
1969-01-01
The film tells the story of a man who is abandoned by his wife and tries to win her forgiveness. The
Makber
1971-04-25
The love story of a girl who won first place in a competition organized by Ses magazine and a journa
Talihsiz Yavrum
1974-04-01
The story tells of the experiences of a mother who gives her child up for adoption. Reşat and Zeynep
Yaban Gülü
1970-01-01
İntizar
1973-05-03
Beyaz Kelebekler
1971-01-01
Sen Alınyazımsın
1973-01-01
Çam Sakızı
1974-01-01
Adnan's father falls ill and wants to find his grandson, whom he has not seen for years. Adnan track
Rüyalar Gerçek Olsa
1972-11-15
Zeynep is the daughter of a poor laundress. She is in love with Orhan, who lives in a mansion. Orhan
Kınalı Yapıncak
1969-01-01
Having lost her entire family in a fire, Kınalı Yapıncak becomes deaf and mute due to the shock. Sin
Feride
1971-12-01
Is It My Fault?
1969-03-01
After returning home, Haluk, who has lived abroad for years, begins to tutor sixteen-year-old Ümran
İlişki
1983-01-01
Ipek is in Marmaris for a holiday. She falling in love with Murat, but everything goes wrong.
Almanya'da Bir Türk Kızı
1974-04-11
Zeynep cannot even receive letters from her husband Murat in Germany. She waits longingly for him to
Karmen
1972-05-10
It tells the story of Don Hose and the gypsy girl Karmen's love. Don Hose is a soldier. He wants to
Damdaki Kemancı
1972-10-01
Hippi Perihan
1970-01-01
The story of Turkish hippie queen Perihan.