Mehmet Aslan (1 May 1931, İzmir - 1 September 1987, Heybeliada ) is a Turkish actor , screenwriter and film director. Having completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Izmir, Aslan studied for a while in the electrical department of Yıldız Technical University, then left the university and started working as an electrical technician. In 1949, he became acquainted with cinema by working as an assistant and actor in the film Captain Tahsin, directed by Orhon Murat Arıburnu and in which he played the leading role. Continuing his career as an actor and assistant director, Aslan wrote his first script, "Ateş Gibi Kadın" (Woman Like Fire), in 1965. He began directing the film Bir Gönül Oyunu (A Heart Game) in the same year. He is known as the director of the Tarkan series of films. On the posters of films directed or written by Mehmet Aslan, his surname is sometimes written as Arslan.
Güneşe Giden Yol
Serseri Aşık
Muhteşem Serseri
The Stolen Love
Hop Dedik
Fatoş'un Bebekleri
The Bride's Murat
İki Kocalı Kadın
Remember, Darling
Dikenli Gül
Kara Gözlüm
Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı
Yarın Olmaz Şimdi
Sevimli Haydut
Zehir hafiye
(Resepsiyoncu Arif)
Vur Tatlım
Esir Kuş
(Musa)
Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz
Ölümden Beter
Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings
(Director)
Tarkan: The Golden Medallion
(Director)
Tarkan and the Silver Saddle
(Director)
Tarkan and the Armless Hero
(Screenplay)
Tarkan and the Armless Hero
(Director)
Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder
(Director)
Karaoğlan Geliyor: Cengizhan'ın Hazineleri
(Director)
Karaoğlan Geliyor: Cengizhan'ın Hazineleri
(Writer)
Aslan Yürekli Reşat
(Writer)
Aslan Yürekli Reşat
(Director)
Aybiçe Kurt Kız
(Screenplay)
Aybiçe Kurt Kız
(Director)
Lionman II: The Witchqueen
(Director)
Aşkın Saati Gelince
(Assistant Director)
Üç Kardeşe Bir Gelin
(Assistant Director)
The Stolen Love
(Assistant Director)
Hop Dedik
(Assistant Director)
Kocam Erkek mi?
(Director)
Babaların Günahı
(Director)
Kara Gözlüm
(Director)
Aklın Durur
(Writer)
Aklın Durur
(Director)
Yarın Olmaz Şimdi
(Director)
Yarın Olmaz Şimdi
(Writer)
Sevimli Haydut
(Director)
Sevimli Haydut
(Writer)
Zagor
(Director)
Zagor
(Writer)
Yaralı Kuş
(Director)
Çakal Avı
(Director)
Çakal Avı
(Writer)
Agora Meyhanesi
(Director)
Agora Meyhanesi
(Screenplay)
Dudaktan Silaha
(Director)
Dudaktan Silaha
(Writer)
Bozkırlar Şahini Targan
(Director)
Tolga
(Director)
Tolga
(Writer)
Vur Tatlım
(Director)
Akbulut Malkoçoğlu ve Karaoğlan'a Karşı
(Director)
Akbulut Malkoçoğlu ve Karaoğlan'a Karşı
(Writer)
Kanlı Aşk
(Director)
Kıskanırım Seni
(Director)
Kıskanırım Seni
(Writer)
Bir Şarkısın Sen
(Director)
Bir Şarkısın Sen
(Writer)
Kaderin Ağları
(Director)
Kaderin Ağları
(Writer)
Love, Desire and Weapons
(Director)
Siyah Eldivenli Adam
(Director)
Siyah Eldivenli Adam
(Writer)