Ali Atay

Dursun Ali Atay (born 20 April 1976) is a Turkish actor, musician and director. He graduated theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known for as Mecnun in hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. He has appeared in more than fifteen films and theatre plays since 1999. In June 2014, the shooting of his new movie, Limonata, began. The movie marked his first experience as a director and scenarist, and actors such as Serkan Keskin and Ertan Saban were cast as the leading roles in it. Atay later got a major role on ATV's Mutlu Ol Yeter, alongside Aslı Enver, Öner Erkan and Ertan Saban. In 2017, he appeared portrayed the character of Commissioner Yusuf on BluTV's first online Turkish series Masum. He shared the leading role with Haluk Bilginer, Nur Sürer and Okan Yalabık. He later appeared as Ali Astubay on Turkey's entry for the 90th Academy Awards, Ayla. He directed the action-comedy movie Ölümlü Dünya, which was released in 2018. Atay then got a role in the movie Turkish'i Dondurma, which is inspired by a true story.

Works

Anonim

Release Date:2024-11-22

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:

Episode Count:[ 5 ]

Vote Count:3

Mortal World 2

Mortal World 2 tells the story of the Mermer family, who now continues their lives as outlaws, struggles with their own problems. Serhan has difficulty adjusting Begüm, who is pregnant, to their new life. While Serhat is now missing a woman in his life, Gazanfer struggles to keep his family together against the organization. However, Zafer's fall into the hands of the organization turns everyone's lives upside down. Looking for a way to reach Zafer, Gazanfer finds the solution by asking for help from an old friend. This time, the Mermer family will have to make one last heist to reunite with their children.

Release Date:2023-12-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:34

Ceylin

Ceylin is a fourteen-year-old seasonal agricultural worker living in a tent city. Ceylin, whose only dream is to go to school, knows that this is impossible. Her mother Meryem is bedridden. Her brother Adem has had a troubled life after his military service. Her father Cabbar, an agricultural worker, lives in the hope that one day he will get out of here. A documentary filmmaker named Bilge comes to the tent city. He meets Mehmet Emmi, who is in charge of the workers. As Bilge holds up a mirror to the tent city, one problem after another becomes visible. Everything is revealed with an event that affects Ceylin and the whole tent city.

Release Date:2023-11-27

Department:Sound

Job:Music

One Way

Osman was assigned to finish a blood feud by his family. As he hits the road, he spots a snail on the windshield and avoids using the wipers even when it's raining. On the way he picks up hitchhikers who end up guiding him to find his own way in life. Bartu and Günes are two youths who are trying to live in nature. Another hitchhiker Esin has quit her job as a singer at the nightclub because her boss wanted her to work as a hostess. She is the only person that Osman confesses his current task of murder. Muzo is the last hitchhiker Osman picks up and he is carrying a bag full of drugs. When the police stop them, Osman finds a way to live his life with a clear conscience.

Release Date:2022-10-08

Vote Count:1

Şeref Bey

Release Date:2021-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:3

Last Summer

Idealist Public Prosecutor Selim Kara receives an offer he cannot refuse from the organized crime leader Selçuk Taşkın, whom he sent to prison 8 years ago. Selçuk Taşkın wants to testify in one of Prosecutor Selim's cases and his testimony will destroy the whole criminal organization. However, there is only one condition for this; the personal protection of his son, Akgün Gökalp Taşkın.

Release Date:2021-01-01

Character:Savcı Selim Kara

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:24

You've Got Murder

Istanbul Police Department homicide detectives encounter a murder nothing like they’ve seen before.Commissioners Emin, Salih, Asuman and deputy Alaattin begin investigating.But strange murders keep happening. They don’t have any evidence or any clues. Day by day, tempers flare and the police chiefs grow annoyed.As the murders keep piling up, the public’s interest rises. The pressure on Emin and his colleagues get intense. At last, the chief of police assigns “crime expert” Dizdar Koşu, who has recently come back from the US, to the team.Overwhelmed with panic, pressure and disdain, Emin and his friends try to solve the strangest series of murders with the most unusual methods.This fast race against time immediately turns into a tragicomedy.

Release Date:2019-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:106

Noah Land

Suffering through a mid-life crisis, Omer has to face the angry villagers in order to realize his estranged father's dying wish to be buried under the enshrined Noah Tree which his father claims to have planted half a century ago.

Release Date:2019-09-29

Character:Ömer

Vote Count:35

Turkish Ice Cream

In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.

Release Date:2019-03-15

Character:Ice Cream Man Mehmet

Vote Count:37

Mortal World

Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called “Anatolian flavors” in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated situations. Moreover, this family has been keeping a secret for a long time and it just can’t come out at any cost..

Release Date:2018-01-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:172

Ayla: The Daughter of War

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

Release Date:2017-10-27

Character:Ali

Vote Count:366

Innocent

In a peaceful, rustic town, a retired officer and his family are mired in a murder mystery riddled with shocking, buried secrets.

Release Date:2017-01-27

Character:Yusuf

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:79

Lemonade

So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.

Release Date:2015-04-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:91

Just Be Happy

It's story of an unknown town named "station" in Istanbul including love, neighborhood.

Release Date:2015-04-12

Character:Can

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:18

Thou Gild'st the Even

In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father’s barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee.

Release Date:2013-11-01

Character:Cemal

Vote Count:54

Ben de Özledim

Release Date:2013-10-25

Character:Self

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:22

Leyla and Mecnun

Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.

Release Date:2011-02-09

Character:Mecnun Çınar

Episode Count:144

Vote Count:108

Vay Arkadaş

One of the three friends living in the slums of Istanbul Manik, Tik and Dildo's, many ordinary overflow out of the neighborhood, but the excitement continued in a lively way in themselves, the stories of adventure full of life and laughter.

Release Date:2010-11-05

Character:Manik

Vote Count:18

Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman

Centered around a personally troubled, officially discredited police chief and his inharmonious police team in Ankara Police Force. Even though the show usually focuses on murders and other crimes that happens on a weekly basis, the undertone of the story leads to an eventual duel between Behzat Ç. and the rotten department officials and bureaucrats.

Release Date:2010-09-19

Character:Mecnun Çınar

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:73

Kılıç Günü

Release Date:2010-09-17

Character:Cenk Kızıltan

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:1

Gönül Ferman Dinlemiyor

Release Date:2010-04-04

Character:Murat

Episode Count:3

40

A bag full of money lands in front of you. Is it luck? The answer to your prayers? Part of a predetermined plan? Or all of the above? Set in the chaotic streets of Istanbul, 40 is a story of three strangers making their way in a city of 12 million, all searching...for one bag. Shot entirely on location, '40' combines intense story telling with documentary style cinematography embarking on a synchronistic journey dealing with faith, love, luck, destiny, human trafficking...and a bag of cash that falls from the sky.

Release Date:2009-09-01

Character:Metin

Vote Count:25

Yapma Diyorum

Release Date:2009-04-10

Character:Aşık Mağlubi

Episode Count:3

Happy New Year London

What if the unexpected becomes your faith? Would you lay claim to it and stay or would you run away? International Performer Yasar Nur has arrived in London the night before her concert and a few days away from the New Year. A formidable destination for Yasar, and one that will resurface a history best left forgotten, on a night that can change it all. Pain, responsibility, decision and courage get Yasar through the night in her hotel room where communication becomes hope for everyone involved. What will happen when an old friend is forced to give Yasar a great responsibility she may be unable to handle, or when a disturbed and powerful fan decides to change his life by meeting his obsession face to face, or when a disheartened husband makes a drastic decision to end his pain and set his wife free? The actions of one young man will bring these characters together and force them to communicate firstly with themselves, and then with each other, and only some will survive

Release Date:2007-12-28

Character:Firuz

Vote Count:2

Esref saati

Release Date:2007-10-16

Character:Sebati

Episode Count:39

Vote Count:2

Hayat Kavgam

Release Date:2007-03-19

Character:Veysel

Episode Count:1

Cemile

Release Date:2006-03-29

Episode Count:4

Çeşm-i Bülbül

Release Date:2006-01-19

Character:Veli

Episode Count:1

He's Convict Now

Sequel of He's in Army Now. The film has received four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange.

Release Date:2005-04-14

Character:Yiğit Çiftgör

Vote Count:10

Çınaraltı

Release Date:2004-11-21

Character:Serhan

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:1

Şapkadan Babam Çıktı

Release Date:2002-09-16

Character:Maksut

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:1

Aşkım Aşkım

Release Date:2001-10-08

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

Yedi Numara

A couple with no kids, four city girls and three country boys, all under the same roof: arguing, fighting and sometimes understanding they are not that much different.

Release Date:2000-08-12

Character:Leo

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:27

Artık Çok Geç

Release Date:2000-07-05

Character:Kemal

Second Spring

Second Spring was a television series in Turkey broadcast between 1998-2001 by ATV. First 8 epidodes appeared between 29 October 1998-20 May 1999. The next 15 epidodes were between 17 February-25 May 2000 and the last 14 episodes were between 21 September 2000-11 January 2001. There were also reruns; in 2007 by Fox TV and in 2011-2012 by Star TV.

Release Date:1998-10-29

Character:Ersin

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:29