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- Feri Cansel was born on 7 June 1944 in Nicosia, Cyprus. She was an actress, known for Son Söz Benim (1970), Jilet Kazim (1971) and Püsküllü Bela (1970). She was married to ???. She died on 2 September 1983 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Neset Ertas was born in 1938 in Kirsehir, Turkey. He was a composer and actor, known for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) and Behzat Ç: An Ankara Detective Story (2010). He died on 25 September 2012 in Izmir, Turkey.- Yildirim Önal was born on 20 October 1931 in Izmir, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Dinmeyen Sizi (1972), Foto Finis - Yaris Bitti (1977) and Düsmanlarim Çatlasin (1974). He died on 10 October 1982 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Hüseyin Kutman was born on 20 August 1930 in Bursa, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Tarkan (1969), Sugar Pie Lady (1983) and Zübük (1980). He was married to Perran Kutman. He died on 16 December 1988 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Zeki Müren (6 December 1931 - 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha" he was one of the prominent figures of the Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State Artist" in 1991. He was the first singer to receive a golden certification in Turkey and throughout his career recorded and released hundreds of songs on cassettes and phonograph records.
Müren was born in the Hisar district of Bursa, at the wooden house number 30 on Ortapazar Road as the only child of Kaya and Hayriye Müren. His family were originially from Skopje. His father was a timber merchant. He was a small and impatient boy. At the age of 11 he was circumcised in Bursa.
Müren went to the Bursa Osmangazi School (later Tophane School and Alkinci School). When he was at school his musical ability was discovered by his teachers and he started to have a prominent role at school musicals. His first ever role, was the character of a shepherd in one of these musicals.
He finished his secondary school in Bursa and then asked his father to let him got to Istanbul. There he attended the Istanbul Bogaziçi High School. He finished the school and ended up as the number-one student. After passing his exams he was enrolled at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts (now Mimar Sinan University).
In 1950, while he was a university student, he took part at TRT Istanbul Radio's music competition and ranked number-one out of 186 contestants. On 1 January 1951, he had his first live performance on Istanbul Radio which was praised by critics. During theis performance he was accompanied by musicians Hakki Derman, Serif Içli, Sükrü Tunar, Refik Fersan and Necdet Gezen. Hamiyet Yüceses subsequently called them program and congratulated him on his performance. In those years, TRT Ankara Radio was the most listened radio in Anatolia, and Istanbul Radio could not be heard clearly from all parts of Anatolia. At the same week, the clarinet artist Sükrü Tunar, took Müren to his own recording studio in Yesilköy and he recorded his song "Muhabbet Kusu" on phonograph record. Thanks to this record, Müren became known all over Anatolia.
After the success of his first live performance and his first record, Müren began to perform different songs on Turkish radios. His radio programs went on air for 15 years, most of which included live performances. Müren subsequently focused on giving concerts and recording new songs. He had his first live concert on 26 May 1955. He would usually wear his self-designed cloths on stage. He brought various innovations such as dressing uniforms and using T podium.
Together with Behiye Aksoy, he performed at Maksim Casino for 11 years. In 1976, he became the first Turkish artists to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Throughout his career, Müren recorded 600 cassettes and phonograph records. His first song recorded on a phonograph was "Bir Muhabbet Kusu" by Sükrü Tunar. With his song "Manolyam" in 1955, Müren became the first Turkish artist to receive a golden certificate. In 1991, he was chosen as a State Artist.
In 1965, he published a poetry book called "Bildircin Yagmuru", which contains nearly 100 poems. Among the poems featured on this book are Pembe Yamurlar, Bursa Sokagi, Ikinci Sadik Dost, Çim Makasi, Son Kavga, Bu Bestecikler Sana, Alinyazim, Kazanci Yokusu and Kendimi Ariyorum'dur.
Zeki Müren never married. In 1950s, with his special patterns of behavior, dressing and his performance on stage, he managed to keep people's interest constantly on top. In the early years of his career, he chose to wear ordinary clothes and hair styles, but later showed a favor for feminine-styled clothes, and performed with new hair styles and make-up. He never commented on his sexual orientation and occasionally his name appeared alongside that of women. The general opinion was that he was homosexual.
He was known to speak Turkish with a viscous accent. Referred to as the "Pasha of Music", in 1969, after his Aspendos concert, for the first time, he started being favored by the people of Antalya. He explained that although he was delighted because of their support, he still did not know why he was that much favored. He served as an assistant officer in Ankara Infantry School (6 months), Istanbul Harbiye Representative Office (6 months) and Çankiri (3 months) in 1957-1958. Onur Akay's suggestion on TRT Music, Müren's date of birth 6 December, has been celebrated as the Turkish Art Music Day since 2012.
During the last 6 years of his life, Müren was away from the scenes and the media due to heart disease and diabetes. He was retired in his house in Bodrum. He described this period as a time for "listening to oneself". On 24 September 1996, during the ceremony held for him at TRT Izmir Television, he had a heart attack and died. His funeral ceremony was attended by a large number of people. His body was taken to his birth place, Bursa, and buried in Emirsultan Cemetery.
He left all his assets in his will to the Turkish Education Foundation and Mehmetçik Foundation. TEV and Mehmetçik Foundation built Zeki Müren Fine Arts Anatolian High School in Bursa in 2002. In a statement on 24 September 2016, TEV Bursa Branch President Mehmet Caliskan said that the Foundation had helped 2,631 students with the Zeki Müren Scholarship Fund over tha last 20 years.
After his death, the house in which the artist lived in Bodrum for the last years of his life was transformed into Zeki Müren Art Museum by the order of the Ministry of Culture and was opened to the public on 8 June 2000.[- Pervin Par was born on 23 March 1939 in Bursa, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Kilink uçan adama karsi (1967), Violet Eyes (1969) and Balikçinin kizi Gülnaz (1959). She was married to Mahir Özerdem. She died on 30 July 2015 in Izmir, Turkey(undisclosed).
- Hüseyin Baradan was born on 15 June 1932 in Izmir, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Disi örümcek (1963), Ölüm saçan dudaklar (1965) and Doruk (1985). He died on 30 June 2004 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Ayla Karaca was born on 20 May 1933 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Happy Days (1978), Ayse'nin duasi (1949) and Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Yeniçeri Hasan (1951). She was married to Ercüment Hakki Alacakaptan, Ozan Sermet and Tevhit Bilge. She died on 17 March 2021 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Atilla Pekdemir was born on 10 February 1943 in Giresun, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Otisabi (2013), For Love and Honor (2007) and Cars of the Revolution (2008). He died on 31 January 2021 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Actor
- Art Department
- Art Director
Nizam Ergüden was born on 17 September 1918 in Afyon, Turkey. He was an actor and art director, known for The Man Who Saved the World (1982), Canli Hedef (1970) and The Chaos Class Is Fretting Over (1978). He died on 21 April 1991 in Izmir, Turkey.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Kemal Inci was born on 15 May 1933 in Elazig, Turkey. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Bandit (1996), Aman dünya ne dar imis (1965) and Bitmeyen kavga (1965). He died on 30 September 2018 in Izmir, Turkey.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Muhsin Ertugrul also known as Ertugrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director.
Muhsin Ertugrul, who had important contributions to both Turkish theatre and Turkish cinema, was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892. His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of "Bob" in Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914.
He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir (née Münire Eyüp), one of the first ever Turkish actresses, who debuted in the 1923 movie Atesten Gömlek, directed by himself. The marriage lasted until Neyyire's death in 1943. Ertugrul then married Handan Uran (born 1927) in 1950. A stage actress, she starred in her only movie, the 1953 Halici Kiz, once again directed by Ertugrul himself. She survived her husband's death in 1979.
During his stay in Izmir following the honorary doctor ceremony, Ertugrul died of a heart attack at the age of 87 on 29 April 1979. He was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul.
Muhsin Ertugrul was bestowed the title Honorary Doctor by Ege University on 23 April 1979 in recognition for his contribution to the theatre and cinema of Turkey.
Three theaters in Turkey are named in his honor: the Harbiye Muhsin Ertugrul Stage and Bahcesehir Muhsin Ertugrul Theatre in Istanbul and the Muhsin Ertugrul Stage in Ankara.- Aziz Nesin was born on 20 December 1915 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Zübük (1980), Gol Krali (1981) and Yasar Ne Yasar Ne Yasamaz (1975). He was married to Meral Çelen and Vedia. He died on 6 July 1995 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Erkan Yücel was born on 13 March 1944 in Ankara, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Endise (1974), A Season in Hakkari (1983) and Çekiç ve Titresim (1979). He died on 9 September 1985 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Gürdal Tosun was born on 14 March 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Gün Dogmadan (1986), Otogargara (1995) and Sen Hiç Atesböcegi Gördün Mü? (1999). He died on 30 August 2000 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Hasim Hekimoglu was born in 1917. He was an actor, known for Kaynanalar (1975), Kaynanalar (1974) and Bir yolculuk (1987). He died in October 1996 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hikmet Eldek was born in 1944 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor and writer, known for Serefsiz Seref (1979), Hedefte Vurusanlar (1978) and Tatli Sevgilim Kaymakli Lokum (1978). He died on 8 March 2007 in Izmir, Turkey.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Muzeyyen Senar is a Turkish singer of Ottoman classical music.
Born in Bursa, she moved to Istanbul when she was ten years old, growing up in uskudar. She stuttered as a child, but found refuge in singing.
When she was six years old, she already knew all the popular Turkish folk songs by heart. When she moved with her mother to Istanbul she entered the Anatolia (uskudar) Musical Society in 1931, which was later followed by further training at the Society of Oriental Music. Senar also found an opportunity to make the acquaintance of the most prominent composers of the period: Mustafa Nâfiz Irmak, Osman Nihat Akin, Selahattin Pinar, Yesari Asim Arsoy, and many others.
In 1932 she appeared on state radio. Senar, who could only reach the microphone if she stood on a box, quickly gained popularity, learning all the major works of the art music repertoire as she did so, and further developing her skills by what she gleaned from such major artists as Safiye Ayla, Selma Hanim, Lale Belkis, Nimet Hanim, Hikmet Riza, and Feriha Hanim.
Before long she became a subject of widespread curiosity, and nightclub owners began vying with each other to present her. She appeared in public for the first time at Ibrahim Derviszade's Belvu, an Istanbul music hall. She was only fifteen years old and had to inflate her age to get permission to appear on stage.- Tuncay Gürel was born on 7 August 1939 in Yalova, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Tosun Pasha (1976), Bizimkiler (1989) and Çilgin Dudu (1987). He died on 29 August 2014 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Türker Tekin was born in 1940 in Turgutlu, Manisa, Turkey. He was an actor, known for The King of the Street Cleaners (1977), The Foster Brothers (1976) and Akrep Yuvasi (1977). He died on 17 March 2008 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Actor
- Sound Department
Esen Günay was born in 1943 in Izmir, Turkey. He was an actor, known for The Message (1976), Metres (1983) and Bir Baska Yerde Bir Baska Hayat (1992). He died on 29 August 2018 in Izmir, Turkey.- Zeki Yurtbasi was born on 1 January 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Akilli Deliler (1980), Esek Sakasi (1980) and Isler Tikirinda (1985). He died on 13 June 1998 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Bozkurt Kuruç was born on 5 December 1935 in Ankara, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007), Fareler ve Insanlar (1975) and Woyzeck (1976). He died on 16 January 2022 in Izmir, Turkey.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tanju Okan was born on 27 August 1938 in Izmir, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Love Likes Coincidences (2011), Persona (2018) and Içimdeki Alev (1966). He died on 22 May 1996 in Urla, Izmir, Turkey.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Ugurtan Sayiner was born on 16 September 1944 in Samsun, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Küçük Esnaf (2016), Is This Love? (2018) and Biri ve Digerleri (1988). He died on 27 June 2021 in Izmir, Turkey.