Tarkan is a fictional comic character created in 1967 by Turkish cartoonist Sezgin Burak.
The first of five movies in the Tarkan franchise.
As depicted in the Tarkan comic books his loyal companions are a white horse and his trusted Wolf/Kurt. In the Turkish Pazar/Sunday Magazine published in 1969(edition 662). They announced a competition for the dog that would portray Tarkans trusted companion Kurt(Wolf). The criteria's for participating in the competition were: 1- Must be 1-1;5 years old 2- Excluding the head, waist height should be between 70-75 cm 3-He must be of noble birth and have documents to prove this. 4-He must have gone through a certain training. 5-Will need to be of male gender, or dog 6-Grey wolves will be preferred as color..... The selected K9 would then perform some exercises together with TARKAN and be taught the important behaviors required for the role. The German Shepherd dog, Can, would later on go on to win the competition and star in the film next to Kartal Tibet.