Kanal (1979)

Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.

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Tarık Akan

Kaymakam

Meral Orhonsay

Doktor Zeynep

Kamran Usluer

Haşim Ağa

Tuncel Kurtiz

Abuzer Dayı

Ali Demir

Katip Tahsin

Menderes Samancılar

Ahmet

Yılmaz Kurt

K

Kaplan Tarsuslu

Yusuf Çetin

Necmettin Çobanoğlu

A

Ahmet Gün

R

Rauf Ozangil

A

Ahmet Aslan

M

Mehmet Coşkun

O

Orhan Özcan

C

Cahit Saher

Tarık Akan (voice)

Ayşin Atav

Meral Orhonsay (voice)

Yaman Okay

Tuncel Kurtiz (voice)

Saltuk Kaplangı

Yılmaz Kurt (voice)

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