Menderes Samancılar (born 1 May 1954) is a Turkish actor of Kurdish origin.
He made his cinematic debut in 1975 with a role in Yılmaz Duru's movie İnce Memed Vuruldu.
In 1998, he was cast in Claude Lelouch's movie Hasards ou coïncidences.
[2] Samancılar ran for Adana's seat in the 1999 Turkish general election, representing the Freedom and Solidarity Party.
[3] Samancılar started writing poems at the age of 15, and has published two poetry books: Sonbaharın Sarısını Vurdular Gece (ISBN 9756530464) in 2003; and Yanmış Orman Kokusu (ISBN 9786059670074) in 2016.