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Yılmaz Güney and Nebahat Çehre in Beyoglu canavari (1968)

Hasan Ceylan, Ali Ekdal, Renan Fosforoğlu, Hüseyin Güler, Nezihe Güler, Yılmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Erdogan Seren, Yusuf Sezer, Zeki Tüney, Mustafa Yavuz, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Hüseyin Zan, Nebahat Çehre, Sadettin Düzgün, and Zuhal Yildiz in Beyoglu canavari (1968)

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