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Tarzan of Manisa (film)

1994 film by Orhan Oğuz

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ21647089 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tarzan of Manisa (Turkish: Manisa Tarzanı) is a 1994 Turkish biographical drama film about Ahmet bin Carlak, also known as the "Tarzan of Manisa" 1899–1963, directed by Orhan Oğuz. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Editorial summary

“Tarzan of Manisa (film)” enters the record as 1994 film by Orhan Oğuz. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tarzan, Manisa and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 1899, 1963—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tarzan, Manisa and film.
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“Tarzan of Manisa (film)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tarzan, Manisa and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21647089. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 1899 and 1963.

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Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tarzan of Manisa (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.