# İlyas Salman

İlyas Salman (born 14 January 1949) is a Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician.
He shared the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival's Best Actor Award in 2012 together with Engin Günaydın.

## Personal life

Salman was born on 14 January 1949 in Arguvan, Malatya. His family originate from the Asar neighborhood in Arguvan. He was accepted as a Kurd because of the Kurdish typologies he had played for many years. In 2007, in an article written by himself and later in a book he revealed that he was an Alevi Turkmen.
He is a supporter of the left-wing. He participated at Communist Party of Turkey's rally in Kartal on 1 May 2006. He is one of the contributors to Turkish Left magazine.

## Karanfil Kokuyor Cıgaram

As of 1 October 2009, he wanted to start performing a show called "Karanfil Kokuyor Cıgaram" where he would read the poems from the book "Hasretinden Prangalar Eskittim" by Ahmed Arif in Bakırköy Art Center. The visual director of the show would be his son Temmuz Salman. His daughter Devrim Salman would be the soloist on the show. However, due to some temporary health problems of İlyas Salman, the program was postponed for a while.

## Filmography
### Actor
#### Films

| Year | Original title | Alt. English translation | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Çöpçüler Kralı | King of Waste Collectors | The Housekeeper | |
| 1977 | Baskın | The Raid | | |
| 1978 | Kibar Feyzo | Feyzo the Gentle | Bilo | |
| 1978 | Sultan | Sultan | Bekçi Kolombo ( Kolombo the Security Guard) | |
| 1978 | Hababam Sınıfı Dokuz Doğuruyor | | Bilo Ağa (Bilo the Agha) | |
| 1979 | Erkek Güzeli Sefil Bilo | Bilo the Miserable Beauty King | Bilo | |
| 1980 | Talihli Amele | The Lucky Worker | Mehmet Ali | |
| 1980 | Banker Bilo | Bilo the Banker | Bilo | |
| 1980 | İbişo | İbişo | İbişo | |
| 1980 | Beş Parasız Adam | The Broke Man | | |
| 1981 | Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle | Hababam Grade Good Bye | Mehmet Hoca (Mehmet the Teacher) | |
| 1981 | Çirkinler de Sever | The Ugly Ones May Love | Mazlum | |
| 1982 | Dolap Beygiri | The Wheel Horse | Ali | |
| 1982 | Çiçek Abbas | Abbas in Flower | Çiçek Abbas | |
| 1983 | Aptal Kahraman | The Dumb Hero | Şahan | |
| 1983 | Şaşkın Ördek | Silly Duck | Halil İbrahim | |
| 1983 | Şekerpare | Sweetheart | Cumali | |
| 1984 | Kızlar Sınıfı | Class of Girls | İlyas Hoca | |
| 1985 | Ya Ya Ya Şa Şa Şa | Hurray Hurray | | |
| 1985 | Uyanıklar Dünyası | World of Shifties | İlyas | |
| 1985 | Ekmek Elden Su Gölden | | | |
| 1985 | Para Babası | Tycoon Business | | |
| 1985 | Fakir Milyoner | The Poor Millionaire | | |
| 1985 | Sarı Öküz Parası | Money for The Yellow Ox | | |
| 1985 | The Sandwich Holding | | | |
| 1985 | Deliye Hergün Bayram | Everyday (is a) Feast for the Dementeds | | |
| 1986 | Sen Neymişsin Be Abi | | | |
| 1986 | Karaman'ın Koyunu | Karaman Type Sheep | | |
| 1986 | Ben Milyoner Değilim | I'm Not A Millionaire | | |
| 1986 | Ava Giden Avlanır | The Bitter Bit | | |
| 1987 | Aşk Peşinde | Chasing the Love | İlyas | |
| 1987 | Gönlü Bol | Generous Hearted | | |
| 1988 | Keklik Ali | Ali the Partrdge | Ali | |
| 1988 | Aptal Aşık | Stupid Lover | | |
| 1989 | Afacan | The Impish | | |
| 1989 | Kınalı Hanzo | | İlyas | |
| 1990 | Aile Bağları | Family Ties | Deli Fişek (The Crazy Crack) | Also director |
| 1990 | Zavallı | The Miserable | Ali | Also director |
| 1992 | Sarı Mercedes | Yellow Mercedes | Bayram the Expatriate | |
| 1994 | Sarhoş | Drunken | | |
| 1994 | Talihsiz Bilo | Bilo the Unlucky | İlyas/Talat | |
| 1994 | Yoksa Yaşlandım Mı? | Did I Get Older? | | |
| 1995 | Naylon Karı | Nylon Dame | | |
| 1995 | Antika Kabadayı | Hidebound Bully | Deli Eşref (Eşref the Crazy) | |
| 1995 | Karımı Aldatamam | I Can't Cheat on My Wife | Recai | |
| 1995 | Tek Ayaklı Kuşlar | One Legged Birds | Lokman | |
| 1995 | Rambo Ramiz | Ramiz the Rambo | Rambo Ramiz | |
| 1997 | Tatil Belası | The Vacancy Trouble | Dr. Mustafa Özsoy | |
| 2000 | Şam Fıstık | Pistacchio | | |
| 2003 | Çığlığın Dağlarda Yükselir | Your Scream Would Raise on the Mountains | | |
| 2003 | Sen Hiç Güneşte Üşüdün Mü? | Have You Ever Get Cold Under the Sun? | | |
| 2003 | Güneş De Karanlığa Düşer | Sun Falls in Dark, Too | | |
| 2006 | Sis ve Gece | Fog and Night | Cuma | |
| 2006 | Adressiz Sorgular | Unaddressed Queries | | |
| 2008 | Sevgili Babam | Dear Father | | |
| 2008 | Şeytanın Pabucu | | Halil | |
| 2009 | Çıngıraklı Top | Rattled Ball | Muzo | |
| 2014 | სიმინდის კუნძული / Simindis Kundzuli | Corn Island | Old man | |

#### TV shows

| Year | Original title | Alt. English translation | Role |
| 1980 | Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz | Hürmüz with Seven Husbands | Bıçkın Rüstem (Rüstem the Roughneck) |
| 1994 | Kızlar Sınıfı | Class of Girls | |
| 1997 | Yasemince | | Credited Special Guest |
| 1998 | Gülerken Ağladık | We Cried When We Were Laughing | Mehmet Yabancı |
| 2001 | Fakiro | | |
| 2008 | Ölüm Çiçekleri – Saraybosna | Flowers of Death – Sarajevo | Eyüp Sabri |
| 2010 | Akasya Durağı | Akasya Station | Maho Ağa (Maho Agha) |

### Director and screenwriter

| Year | Original title | Alt. English translation | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Zavallı | Miserable | Ali | Also acted |
| 1990 | Aile Bağları | Family Ties | Deli Fişek (The Crazy Crack) | Also acted |