Was Conan the Barbarian Inspired by a Turkish Actor?

From time to time various popular fictional characters with different societies or individuals it gets associated.

Of course, these characters are not related to Turkish people or societies. It happens a lot that it is associated with Turkish societies. This situation also causes controversy on social media from time to time.

One of the most recent of these debates is the claim that Conan was inspired by Turkish actor Yavuz Selekman.

As stated in this post, Selekman’s Inspired by Conan has been laid out. Although there was no such thing when the character was created, after the sharing of the artist Rob De La Torre, it suddenly became clear. “When you think of a barbarian, did you think of a Turk?” There were those who said that Conan was inspired by the Turks. So how true are these claims?

We sought answers to these questions with Mahmud Asrar, who was also Conan’s illustrator.

The character of Conan was first Robert E Howard A warrior unearthed in 1932 by Rob De La Torre, well before Rob De La Torre. In fact, Selekman has not been born yet, he is five years away from his birth. Rob De La Torre is the current illustrator of the Conan stories and uses some references like any illustrator. Although Selekman is one of them, it is not possible to say that he was the original inspiration of the character.

Canadian cartoonist Den Beauvais, who signed the statement that started the discussions, “Since the great John Buscema, I learned something quite impressive from an article by Rob De La Torre, who in my opinion is the best Conan illustrator of our time. It seems that the iconic Conan face was inspired by Turkish actor Yavuz Selekman.

So I did a Google search and saved a few reference images in case I draw my version of Conan someday… I’ll definitely refer to Yavuz Selekman’s looks and Rob De La Torre’s work for inspiration. Thanks Rob!” used the phrases.

In order to receive their views on the subject, Batman & Robin who worked on the series and previously illustrated Conan for a long time. Mahmud AsrarWe reached . While the successful illustrator clarifies the subject, “Author of the upcoming Conan series Rob DeLa Torre recently shared this message. It is true that he was inspired by Selekman.

But one has to consider this: De La Torre’s clearest and greatest source of inspiration is the ancients. one of the greatest Conan illustrators is John Buscema.

a few years ago by John Buscema I saw a message that the Conan interpretation is very similar to Yavuz Selekman. I think the source of this is that someone from Turkey noticed this similarity and prepared a video on YouTube.

In summary, a coincidental resemblance partly inspired we can say.” used the phrases.

So what tribe is Conan from?

One of the easiest things to do when building a community in fictional universes is to draw inspiration from the real world. While some authors do this like name changes on unlicensed products, it’s a technique that works well when done well. Asrar on the subject “Robert E. Howard is clearly influenced by the real world and history in his stories. This is why certain communities and civilizations in the Conan world are similar to ours. similarity shows. Yet it would be unrealistic to publicly claim that any civilization is a real one because it is an imaginary world.” says.

In reality, there is a Cimmerian society, but this society is estimated to be from Indo-European tribes. who also partially ruled in Anatolian lands. CimmeriansA community that disappeared centuries before the arrival of the Turks in Anatolia. Today they are considered the ancestors of the Circassians.

There is also the never-ending issue of “They see Turks as Barbarians”.

It is often claimed that Turks are called barbarians or that evil races are inspired by Turkic tribes or Turks. Of course Conan he is not a character that is kept apart from these claims. On the other hand, there may be another Turkish-inspired community in the Conan universe. As Asrar puts it “Although the barbarians (Cimmerians) in this universe are inspired by different sources, they are a northern community and are descended from Atlantis. I would like to underline that I am not an expert on these issues, but as far as I know, Turks are mostly related to the Turans in this world. In fact, these people live near an inland sea called Vilayet. We can say that they were influenced by Proto-Turkic cultures. Therefore, it is true that they are likened to the old Turkish communities when depicted visually.” When we look at it, even if there is a community influenced by the Turks in the Conan universe, it is this community. Not the Cimmerian barbarians.

In other words, the Cimmerians, who were the inspiration of Conan and the barbarian people, It’s not about the Turks – or any race as far as we know. Only the current illustrator has chosen to use Selekman as a reference. Let us remind you that Selekman, who is also a national wrestler, has appeared in comic book adaptations before.