Selahattin Yaman Tarcan is a theater and cinema actor who was born in Istanbul on January 1, 1959 and died in the same city on May 2, 2009. Tarcan, who started his artistic adventure on stage in 1979, gained experience by taking part in various theater companies and appeared in front of the camera in the TV series "Belene" in 1987.
After this first television experience, he took part in many TV series and cinema projects; He entered the memory of the masses, especially with his character "Yanaşma Haydar (Dicle's husband)" in the TV series "Asmalı Konak".
Tarcan's acting portfolio is full of numerous TV series and films he shot between 1987 and 2007. 1987 productions such as “Belene”, “The Woman Has No Name”, “Yasemin”; 1988 projects such as “Hand Doors”, “Shirt”, “Sparrows Don't Migrate”; 1989 works such as “Frosty Nights”, “Satan's Sacrifices”; He had an active year in 1990 with a series of films such as "My Cinemas", "In Pursuit of Trace", "Journey to Hope", "The Intersection Point of Love", "A Drink of Water" and "Four Seasons of Istanbul: Istanbul is a Fight". From 1991 to 1995, he took part in productions such as "Ah My Brother", "Köroğlu", "Last Night on the Island", "Headmen of the Neighborhood", "Şaban Askerde", "My Night and Day", "Regards From Us", "Yazlıkçılar" and "Haliç Rüzgârı"; In 1996, "Feride", "Işıklar Sönmesin", "Kurtuluş"; “Canısı”, “Şaban ile Şirin” in 1997; “Goodbye Tomorrow” in 1998; In 2000, "The Young Man", "Wolf Trap", "Defense"; “Asmalı Konak” and “Emanet” in 2002; In 2003, “Estağfurullah Yokuşu”, “Everything About Mustafa” and once again “Asmalı Konak”; “Delete” in 2004; In 2005, "Who Doesn't Love Naciye", "Fifth Dimension", "Canın Thank You", "Thief Police", "Grudge and Rose", "Apocalypse"; “Ahh Istanbul”, “Back Streets” (season 1, episode 18), “The Chinese Are Coming”, “The Bridge” (season 2) and “Fog and Night” in 2006; In 2007, he signed projects such as "İstiklal: Şahin Bey", "İstiklal: Şehit Kamil" and "Kader".
Unfortunately, Tarcan, who was struggling with unemployment in the last period of his career, ended his life with a gun in 2009. This decision of the artist, who spent a year unemployed before his death, was met with great sadness by his colleagues and relatives. Tarcan, a member of ÇASOD (Contemporary Cinema Actors Association), was buried in Kasımpaşa Kulaksız Cemetery.
At his funeral, Tarık Akan, who promised to find a job for his friend who had been unemployed for a long time and was struggling with suicidal thoughts, shared his feelings by saying, "Yaman had been unemployed for 11 months, he was constantly talking about suicide; I told him I would find a job, but he lost his faith." At the same time, his co-star İpek Tuzcuoğlu said, "He wouldn't talk to anyone on the sets; he was a very melancholy, introverted person, but he was a professional and talented actor.
His biggest wish was for the actors to unionize; he even said, 'It is unclear what our end will be.' His suicide due to debt is a bigger tragedy."
Yaman Tarcan was born in 1959 in Istanbul, Türkiye. He died on May 2, 2009.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 22 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Asmalı Konak (2002) — Haydar
- Destiny (2007) — Osman
- Feride (1996) — Ahmet
- Don't Let the Lights Go Out (1996)
- Best Regards From Us (1992) — Photographer
- Şaban and Şirin (1997)
- Şaban in the Military (1993) — Sevdalı
- Canisi (1997)
- All About Mustafa (2004) — Hademe
- My Cinemas (1990) — Salih
- Who Doesn't Love Naciye (2005)
- Deadfoot (1990)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.