THE ��LL�LER FAMILY & THEIR TRACED, B&W ASTERIX COMICS
The �illiler family is notable for introducing Asterix to Turkey in unlicensed traced, b&w versions in late 1960s.
In the early 1960s, Ya�ar �illiler was a distributor for
Burhan Yay�nevi, a low budget publisher of unlicensed comics, including the Turkish edition of Tintin. I 1965, his family themselves apparently went into comics publication business with the obscure Acar which would become an umbrella title for technical-legal reasons for their separate comics magazines, beginning with Aster the same year.
In 1967, the �illilers began publishing weekly
B�c�r, which initially ran (unlicensed, traced, b&w, as always with the �illiler family) Vieux Nick comics from Spirou and then Iznogoud from Tintin.  With no. 13 (20.2.1968), B�c�r began to run Asterix. For several years, B�c�r alternately ran Asterix and other French-Belgian comics.
Sometime in the early 1970s, the ownership of the comics passed from �arika �illiler to Ya�ar & Co�ar �illiler (later, Ya�ar �illiler would assume the ownership solely himself).
The last panel of each comics in
B�c�r is signed by Ayten �illiler-Oflaz whom it can be assumed to have been responsible for the tracing job. The cover illustrations are signed by either her or Co�ar [Co�ar �illiler] or Co�ar & Serap [?]; only the first three issues were by veteran illustrator Hayri �nder.
The �illilers took over
Fato� (Blondie) from Nihat �zcan in 1970 (published initially as Yeni Fato� [New Blondie]  and then simply as Fato�)  and Red Kit (Lucky Luke) from Bilge �akrak in 1974; both magazines, as well as S�per Tarzan (1971 [Akim]),  continued well into the late 1980s with endless reprints in several series,  Short-lived titles put out by the �illilers are Nik (1965), Tom Roks (1971), K���k Prens (1972 [Johan & Pirlout]), Yuki (1973 [original Turkish juvenile adventure]), Alt�nkanat (1976 [Dago]),  and Sipru (1977 [Spirou]).
Asterix adventures published by the �illilers:

Aster 1st series (1965-66)
no.    1-3  Gotlara Kar��
no.    4-6  Alt�n Han�er
no.    7-9  Gladyat�r
no. 10-12  Galya Turu


B�c�r 1st series (1967-68):
(no. 1 thru 12 are non-Asterix)
no. 13-15  Romal�lara Kar��
no. 16-18  �efler Sava��
no. 19-21  Normanlar
no. 22-24  Britonlar Aras�nda

B�c�r 2nd series (1968-?):
(no. 1-3 & 10-12 are confirmed non-Asterix, no. 4 thru 9 unknown)
no. 13-15  Kleopatra
no. 16-18  Lejyoner
(no. 19 thru 24 are non-Asterix)

Aster 2nd series (1969):
no. 1?-3? Gladyat�r
no. 4?-6? Alt�n Tap�nak
no. 7-9    Galya Turu
no. 10-12 Gotlara Kar��

B�c�r 3rd series (1970-?)
no. 1-3     Olimpiyatlarda
no. 4-6     Avern Kalkan�
no. 7-9     Para Kazan�
no. 10-12  Romal�lara Kar��
no. 13-15  �efler Sava��
no. 16-18  Normanlar
no. 19-21  Britonlar Aras�nda
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