Tunca Yönder
Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles
Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as Avukat Nazmi Kayhan
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The life of Afife Jale, the first Turkish female theater artist, is recounted. Since childhood, Afife has been a free-spirited girl who loves her freedom. However, she lives in a conservative family environment. When she turned twelve, she was forced to wear a veil despite her objections. With the support of her family elders, her father allowed her to study painting at the School of Fine Arts. However, Afife's heart was set on theater. Initially, she staged plays for her friends on a small stage she had set up inside her home, performing the plays of the Afife Company. Her greatest obstacle was her father. With the support of her grandfather, the Pasha, and her childhood friend and lover, Dr. Ziya, Afife stood up to her father. She could not suppress her desire for much longer.
Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Irini, a young Greek woman, comes to İstanbul to trace the roots of her family.
Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film tells the tale of a man who gets involved in smuggling. Hasan works as a steward on a ship. During their trip to Marseilles, he makes a deal with an Armenian man to smuggle goods into İstanbul. He brings the goods with his friend Yakup to İstanbul without being caught at customs. Several times, he calls furrier Nubar who is to receive the goods, yet he cannot reach him. This worries Hasan and Yakup who want to deliver the goods without being caught. Unable to contact Nubar, Hasan goes to the shop of the other partner, Leon. He learns that Nubar has been arrested after a tip off was made. Leon is also afraid and tells Hasan to take the goods back. Wanting to get the job done, Hasan will make the deal he wants with Leon. (Meltem İşler Sevindi)
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Dehler
The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sevda Erses is a singer who has devoted herself to Turkish classical music and strives to be principled in her work. She is careful not to go beyond professional relationships with her boss and listeners, which is why her career has stagnated. As part of her Anatolian tour with a company, Erses also gives concerts in a small town. The singer not only receives great interest from the local people but also unintentionally captivates the town's leader. However, her heart belongs to an engineer she met in the same town.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Leyla, a Turkish classical music soloist who is the envy of everyone, is shaken by the loss of her friend Cemal Bey, an udi from the instrumental ensemble. Leyla goes to Mr. Cemal's house, talks to his family, and begins to see the musician's feelings for her in a new light.
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Tunca
The film tells the story of Hayri's experiences after his release from prison following the September 12 coup. Hayri, who was imprisoned during the coup, is released after serving his sentence. However, he finds that many things have changed since his release. His old friends have lost the values they once fought for, and some have become famous businessmen. Hayri struggles to accept this change in his fellow activists. Unable to adapt to his surroundings, he will go to Konya to serve his exile sentence.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film, adapted from Ahmet Harndi Tanpınar's story of the same name, tells the story of a traveling theater troupe that travels from city to city. The story takes place on a train during World War II. The train windows are blacked out to avoid detection.
Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Biographical fiction of Sezen Aksu's life.