Suvas
Location of Sivas within Turkey. Location of Sivas within Turkey.
Coordinates: 39°45′N 37°01′E / 39.75°N 37.017°E / 39.75; 37.017Coordinates: 39°45′N 37°01′E / 39.75°N 37.017°E / 39.75; 37.017
Country	Turkey
Region	Central Anatolia
Province	Suvas
Government
• Mayor	Doğan Ürgüp (BBP)
Elevation	1,285 m (4,216 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	300,795
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	58XXX
Area code(s)	(+90) 346
Licence plate	58 yiğido
Website	www.sivas.bel.tr

Sivas is a city in east-central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. According to the 2007 TURKSTAT estimate, its population was 300,795.

The city, which lies at an elevation of 4,193 feet (1,278 m) in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a moderately-sized trade center and industrial city, although the economy has traditionally been based on agriculture. Rail repair shops and a thriving manufacturing industry of rugs, bricks, cement, and cotton and woolen textiles form the mainstays of the city's economy. The surrounding region is a cereal-producing area with large deposits of iron ore which are worked at Divriği.

Sivas is also a communications hub for the north-south and east-west trade routes to Iraq and Iran, respectively. With the development of railways, the city gained new economic importance as junction of important rail lines linking the cities of Kayseri, Samsun, and Erzurum. The city is linked by air to Istanbul.

History[link]

Ancient and medieval[link]

Gök Medrese

Excavations at a mound known as Topraktepe indicate Hittite settlement in the area as early as 2600 BC, though little is known of Sivas' history prior to its emergence in the Roman period. In 64 B.C. as part of his reorganization of Asia Minor after the Third Mithridatic War, Pompey the Great founded a city on the site called "Megalopolis".^[1] Numismatic evidence suggests that Megalopolis changed its name in the last years of the 1st century B.C. to "Sebasteia" in honor of the emperor Augustus: Σεβάστεια is the feminine form of the usual Greek translation of Augustus. The name "Sivas" is the Turkish version deriving from the name Sebasteia. Sebasteia became the capital of the province of Armenia Minor under the emperor Diocletian, was a town of some importance in the early history of the Christian Church; in the 4th century it was the home of Saint Blaise and St. Peter of Sebaste, bishops of the town, and of Eustathius, one of the early founders of monasticism in Asia Minor. It was also the place of martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, also 4th century. Justinian I had a fortified wall around it rebuilt in the 6th century.

The city came under the domain of Turkmen Danishmend dynasty (1155–1192) after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. After the death of Danişmend Gazi, Sivas passed to Nizamettin Yağıbasan who won it after a struggle with Danişmend Gazi's successors. In 1174, the city was captured by Seljuk ruler Kilij Arslan II and periodically served as capital of the Seljuk empire along with Konya. Under Seljuk rule, Sivas was an important center of trade along the silk road and site of a citadel, along with mosques and madrasahs (Islamic educational institutions), four of which survive today and one of which houses the Sivas Museum. Then it passed to the Ilkhanids and Eretna

Governor's Mansion on Hükümet Meydanı

The city was acquired by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I (1389–1402). In 1398, Tamerlane swept into the area and his forces destroyed the city in 1400, after which it was recaptured by the Ottomans in 1408.^[2] Under the Ottomans, Sivas served as the administrative center of the province of Rum until about the late nineteenth century.

In 1913 a campaign boycotting Christian trade was initiated by vali Ahmed Muammer Bey.^[3] In April/May 1914 the bazaar of Sivas was set alight.^[3] 5 July 1915 the Armenian population of Sivas was deported.^[4] The Kemalist Sivas Congress (Heyet-i Temiliye) was held in this city 4–11 September 1919.^[5] With the arrival of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of the Turkish Republic, from Amasya, the Congress of Sivas is considered a turning point in the formation of the Turkish Republic. It was at this congress that Kemal's position as chair of the executive committee of the national resistance was confirmed (see Turkish War of Independence). Sivas was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknote of 1927-1939.^[6] On 2 July 1993, 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to the Madimak hotel in Sivas during a violent protest by some 15,000 members of various radical Islamist groups against the presence of Aziz Nesin. The deaths resulted in the Turkish government taking a harder stance against religious fanaticism, militant Islam, and antisecularism. In late 2006 there was a campaign by the Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Institute to convert the former hotel into a museum to commemorate the tragedy, now known as the Sivas massacre.

Climate[link]

Sivas has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa), with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters. The driest months are July and August and the wettest are April and May.

Sights[link]

Leaning minaret, Ulu Camii (Grand Mosque)

A cultural hub as well as an industrial one, Sivas contains many examples of 13th-century Seljuk architecture. The Mavi Medrese from 1271, the Şifaiye Medresesi from 1218 and the Çifte Minare Medresesi from 1271, with its intricately carved facade and minarets, are among the most noteworthy monuments. The oldest surviving mosque is the Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii) completed in 1196 is famous for its simplicity. The city is also famous for its Medreses (Islamic seminaries). Gök Medresesi (the Celestial Madrasa; depicted on the obverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknote of 1927-1939^[6]) and Mavi Medrese, Sifaiye Medresesi, on the other hand, was completed earlier, on the eve of the second wave of Turkic immigration to Anatolia, in 1218 and the with its intricately carved facade and minarets are among the most noteworthy edifices carries on the traditional Seljuk Medrese plan.

The city also contains some fine examples of the Ottoman architectural style. Kurşunlu Hamamı (Leaden Bath) which was completed in 1576, is the largest Turkish bath in the city and it contains many details from the classical Ottoman bath building. Behrampaşa Hanı (Caravansaray), was completed in 1573 and it is famous for the lion motifs around its windows.

Atatürk Congress and Ethnography Museum (Atatürk Kongre ve Etnografya Müzesi) is a museum with two sections. One is a dedicated to the Ottoman heritage of Sivas. The other is to the Sivas Congress, one of the pivotal moments in the Turkish national movement.

Street leading up to Hükümet Meydanı

The modern heart of the city is Hükümet Square (Hükümet Meydanı, also called Konak Meydanı) located just next to the Governor's mansion. This area is also home to many of the city's high end hotels and restaurants. The city's shoppers usually head to Atatürk Avenue.

Sivas is also famous for its thermal springs which have a respectable percentage in the city's income. People believe that the water of these thermal springs can cure many illnesses. The most famous thermal areas are, Sıcak Çermik, Soğuk Çermik and Kangal Balıklı Kaplıca.

Museums[link]

• Atatürk Congress and Ethnography Museum
• Sivas Arkeology Museum

Madrasahs[link]

• Buruciye Madrasah
• Çifte Minareli Madrasah (Double Minaret Madrasah)
• Gök Madrasah (Blue Madrasah)
• Şifaiye Madrasah

Cuisine[link]

Specialies of Sivas are Tarhana (a soup made using sour yogurt) and Kelecos (a sour potato soup made with yoghurt). One distinct feature of Sivas cooking is the use of Madimak which is a local herb similar to Spinach. Sivas Kebab is a variety of Kebab originating from Sivas.

Notable natives[link]

See List of people from Sivas

See also[link]

• Şifaiye Medrese
• Sivas Congress
• Kangal Dog
• Kangal Fish
• Divriği Great Mosque

References[link]

External links[link]

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Can Dündar (Born June 16, 1961, Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. He is one of the best known figures in Turkish media,^[1] described as possessing "impeccable republican credentials".^[2]

Biography[link]

He studied journalism at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science and graduated in 1982. He continued his education in London School of Journalism in 1986. Can Dündar received his master's degree in 1988 and earned 1996 his Ph.D. in politics from Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

He has produced many television programs for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and various private channels. He currently writes a column for Milliyet.

He is married to Dilek Dündar^[3] and the couple has one child. His father allegedly worked for the National Intelligence Organization.^[4]

Controversies[link]

He has been criticized for his work "Mustafa" which depicted the founder of Republic of Turkey as a regular man with his fears, passions and humanly expectations, rather than a life-size hero.^[5]

Documentaries[link]

• Demirkırat (1991),
• 12 Mart (March 12)(1994),
• Cumhuriyetin Kraliçeleri (The Queens of the Republic) (1992),
• Sarı Zeybek (The Yellow [Blond] Zeybek) (1993), Gölgedekiler (The ones in the shadow)(1994–1995),
• Yükselen Bir Deniz (The Rising Sea)(1998),
• İsmet Paşa (1999),
• Devlet Tiyatroları (Government theaters)(1999),
• Köy Enstitüleri (Village Institutes) (2000),
• Halef (The Successor) (2003),
• Nazım Hikmet (2002),
• Bir Yaşam İksiri (A life potion) (2003),
• Yüzyılın Aşkları (Loves of the century)(2004),
• Karaoğlan (Black boy)(2004),
• Mustafa (2008)

Books[link]

• Hayata ve Siyasete Dair (About Life and Politics)),
• Yağmurdan Sonra(After the Rain),
• Ergenekon. The first book on Ergenekon.
• Yarim Haziran(My Love June),
• Benım Gençliğim(My youth),
• Köy Enstitüleri(Village Institutions),
• Yaveri Atatürk'ü Anlatıyor (Atatürk's assistant talks about him),
• Nereye?(Where to?),
• Uzaklar(Far away places),
• Yükselen Deniz(Rising Sea),
• Savaşta Ne Yaptın Baba?(What have you done in the war, father?),
• Büyülü Fener(Magic Lantern),
• Bir Yaşam İksiri(A life potion),
• Mustafa Kemal Aramızda(Mustafa Kemal is Among Us),
• Yıldızlar(The stars),
• Demirkırat,
• Sarı Zeybek(Yellow zeybek),
• Gölgedekiler(The ones in the shadow)
• İlk Türk Hititologu: Sedat Alp, (First Turkish hittitologue: Sedat Alp)
• Kırmızı Bisiklet(Red bike),
• Nazım,
• Karaoğlan(Black boy),
• Vehbi Koç,
• İsmet Paşa,
• Yüzyılın Aşkları(The loves of the century),
• Yakamdaki Yüzler(The faces on my collar),
• Ben Böyle Veda Etmeliyim(I should say goodbye like that).

References[link]

1. ^ "Gölbaşı ammunition may shed light on unsolved murders". Today's Zaman. 2009-01-10. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=163649. Retrieved 2009-01-09. "Can Dündar, a prominent writer and documentarian..." 
2. ^ Villelabeitia, Ibon (2008-11-08). "Is Turkey reassessing Ataturk’s legacy?". Reuters. http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2008/11/10/is-turkey-reassessing-ataturks-legacy/. Retrieved 2008-12-25. 
3. ^ "Can Dündar teknede bir kızla öpüşürken yakalandı! Dilek Dündar bu öpücüğe ne diyecek?" (in Turkish). Hürriyetport. http://www.hurriyetport.com/magazin/can-dundar-teknede-bir-kizla-opusurken-yakalandi-dilek-dundar-bu-opucuge-ne-diyecek. Retrieved 2011-06-28. 
4. ^ Acar, Erkan (2008-02-11). "Nuri Gündeş: Can Dündar'ın babası MİT görevlisiydi". Zaman. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=650422. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
5. ^ ATEŞ, TOKTAMIŞ (2008-11-02). "Can Dündar and ‘Mustafa'". Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=158450. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 

External links[link]

• Official website with a complete archive his columns in Turkish

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Aziz Nesin (b. Mehmet Nusret Nesin,^¶ December 20, 1915 – July 6, 1995) was a famous Turkish writer and humorist of Crimean Tatar origin^[2][3] and author of more than 100 books.

Pseudonyms[link]

Generally going by the name "Aziz Nesin", this was originally his father's name, used by Nesin as the pseudonym under which he started publishing. He wrote under more than fifty noms de plume, such as the pseudonym "Vedia Nesin", his first wife's name, which he used for love poems published in the magazine Yedigün.^[4]

Biography[link]

Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code.^{[5] [6]}

Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.

On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.^[7]

In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.

Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).

He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he began a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamic organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas, a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels.^{[citation needed]} After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.

He devoted his last years to combating religious fundamentalism. Aziz Nesin died on July 6, 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried at an unknown location in land belonging to the Nesin Foundation, without any ceremony, as requested in his will.

English language bibliography[link]

Several of Nesin's works have been published in English language translation.

Istanbul Boy[link]

Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin (Turkish title: Böyle Gelmiş Böyle Gitmez) is a multi-volume autobiography by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin published by University of Texas Press and Southmoor Studios, in English language translation by Joseph S. Jacobson.^[8][9]

Editions

• Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part I. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1977. ISBN 0-292-73809-9. 
• Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part II. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1979. ISBN 0-292-73820-X. 
• Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part III. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1990. ISBN 0-292-73864-1. 
• Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part IV. Utah: Southmoor Studios. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9673703-5-4. 

Turkish Stories from Four Decades[link]

Turkish Stories from Four Decades is a 1991 short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin published by Three Continents Press, in English language translation by Louis Mitler.

Editions

• Turkish Stories from Four Decades. trans. Louis Mitler. Washington D.C.: Three Continents Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-89410-687-3. 

Dog Tails[link]

Dog Tails is a short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin republished in 2000 by Southmoor Studios, in English language translation by Joseph S. Jacobson.

Editions

• Dog Tails. trans. Joseph S. Jacobson. Utah: Southmoor Studios. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9673703-4-7. 

Memoirs Of An Exile[link]

Memoirs Of An Exile (Turkish title: Bir Sürgünün Hatıraları) is an autobiographical memoir by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin about his exile to Bursa, republished in 2001 by Southmoor Studios, in English language translation by Joseph S. Jacobson.

Editions

• Memoirs Of An Exile. trans. Joseph S. Jacobson. Utah: Southmoor Studios. 2001. ISBN 978-0-9673703-8-5. 

Hayri the Barber Surnâmé[link]

Hayri the Barber Surnâmé (Turkish title: Surnâme) is a novel by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin republished in 2001 by Southmoor Studios, in English language translation by Joseph S. Jacobson.

Editions

• Hayri the Barber Surnâmé. trans. Joseph S. Jacobson. Utah: Southmoor Studios. 2001. ISBN 978-0-9673703-9-2. 

Out of the Way! Socialism's Coming![link]

Out of the Way! Socialism's Coming! (Turkish title: Sosyalizm Geliyor Savulun!) is a 2001 selection of three stories from a short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, published by Milet Books, in a dual of the original Turkish and an English language translation by Damian Croft, as part of its series of Turkish-English Short Story Collections.

The publisher states that, “In these hilarious and entertaining stories, the legendary Aziz Nesin turns his uniquely incisive, satirical wit on shifting ideologies, bureaucracy and the question of who’s really (in)sane: the ones locked up or the ones outside.”^[10]

A review in Write Away states that, “These are thought provoking parables of our time,” that, “take the mickey out of bureaucracy and political ideology and hypocrisy,” and “should leave readers laughing and thinking.”^[10]

The volume consists of the stories;

• Out of the Way! Socialism's Coming!
• The Inspector's Coming
• The Lunatics Break Loose

For an English-only edition of the full collection, see below under Socialism Is Coming: Stand Aside.

Editions

• Out of the Way! Socialism's Coming!. trans. Damian Croft. London: Milet Books. 2001. ISBN 978-1-84059-297-9. 

The Dance of the Eagle and the Fish[link]

The Dance of the Eagle and the Fish is a children's book adapted from the short story of the same name by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin and published in 2001 by Milet Books, in English language translation by Ruth Christie.

Editions

• The Dance of the Eagle and the Fish. trans. Ruth Christie. London: Milet Books. 2001. ISBN 978-1-84059-316-7. 

Socialism Is Coming: Stand Aside[link]

Socialism Is Coming: Stand Aside (Turkish title: Sosyalizm Geliyor Savulun!) is a short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin republished in 2002 by Southmoor Studios, in English language translation by Joseph S. Jacobson.

Editions

• Socialism Is Coming: Stand Aside. trans. Joseph S. Jacobson. Utah: Southmoor Studios. 2002. ISBN 978-0-9711846-2-6. 

The Tales of Nasrettin Hoca[link]

The Tales of Nasrettin Hoca (Turkish title: Nasrettin Hoca Hikayeleri) is a short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin based on the folk tales of Nasrettin Hoca republished in 2002 by Dost Yayınları, in English language translation by Talât Sait Halman.

Editions

• The Tales of Nasrettin Hoca. trans. Talât Sait Halman. Dost Yayınları. 2002. ISBN 978-975-95481-0-0. 

Laugh or Lament[link]

Laugh or Lament: Selected Short Stories is a 2002 short story collection by Turkish writer Aziz Nesin published by Turkish Ministry of Culture, in English language translation by Masud Akhtar Shaikh, with an introduction by the translator.

The volume consists of the stories;

Editions

• Laugh or Lament: Selected Short Stories. trans. Masud Akhtar Shaikh. Ankara: Turkish Ministry of Culture. 2002. 
• Laugh or Lament: Selected Short Stories. trans. Masud Akhtar Shaikh. Istanbul: Nesin Books. 2006. ISBN 978-975-9038-83-0. 

On-line translations[link]

• Istanbul Boy: The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part I at University of Texas.
• A Patriotic Duty at Boğaziçi University.

Notes[link]

^¶ According to Nesin's autobiography Memoirs of an Exile: "They named me Nusret. In Turkish, this Arabic word means 'God's Help.' It was a name entirely fitting to us because my family, destitute of any other hope, placed all their hope in God."^[11]

References[link]

1. ^ Aziz Nesin of Turkey Dies at 80; Writer Escaped Militants' Arson
2. ^ International Committee for Crimea, http://www.iccrimea.org/scholarly/aydin.html#_ftn6
3. ^ Allworth, Edward. The Tatars of Crimea: return to the homeland : studies and documents. Pg 328. ISBN 978-0-8223-1994-8.
4. ^ "Aziz Nesin’in Takmaadlarından Bazıları" ("Some of Aziz Nesin's Pseudonyms"). Nesin Foundation.
5. ^ Asku, Fatma (2005-08-28). "Milli İstihbarat’ın Aziz Nesin’lik işleri" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?viewid=623419. Retrieved 2008-10-16. 
6. ^ . http://arsiv.sol.org.tr/?yazino=13666. 
7. ^ "MİT Aziz Nesin'in sevgilisinin peşinde" (in Turkish). Sabah. 2007-07-17. http://www.sabah.com.tr/2007/07/17/haber,FBB344E23A0C48A3BEEA295D9B8AF04E.html. Retrieved 2008-12-18. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ "Out of Print Books: N". University of Texas Press. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/findabook/oplists/opn.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
9. ^ Istanbul Boy. http://books.google.com/books?id=LxMjxriQB8IC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=Joseph+S.+Jacobson&source=bl&ots=3ojF6LUe26&sig=HaQCCPaYRvZ3VpuhX5xgbVIIwyw&hl=en&ei=V674Sqj5MIvymQOys7izCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20S.%20Jacobson&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Out of the Way! Socialism's Coming!". Milet Books. http://www.milet.com/detail_english.asp?ProductID=70. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
11. ^ Memoirs Of An Exile, Lightmillennium.org

Sources[link]

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• Nesin, Aziz. Istanbul Boy – The autobiography of Aziz Nesin, translated by Joseph S. Jacobson
• Turkishculture.org – Aziz Nesin (1916-1995)^{[unreliable source?]}
• Biyografi.info – Biography of Aziz Nesin (Turkish)^{[unreliable source?]}
• Biyografi.net – Biography of Aziz Nesin (Turkish)^{[unreliable source?]}
• Allword, Edward. The Tatars of Crimea: Return to the Homeland : Studies and Documents. North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8223-1994-2.

External links[link]

• Nesin Foundation (Turkish)
• About Aziz Nesin & The Nesin Foundation (English)
• Poems of Aziz Nesin Poetry of Aziz Nesin, translated into English
• Online edition of Istanbul Boy, Part I
• Aziz Nesin: A Black-comedy Defiant Turkish Satirist

Haluk Bilginer (born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s. He has also starred in Hollywood movies as a minor actor. He played a villainous guerrilla leader in the 1987 comedy film Ishtar (one of the most notorious flops in movie history) and a Turkish Mafioso in the 2001 dark comedy film Buffalo Soldiers.

Life and career[link]

Bilginer was born in İzmir, Turkey. He started his career after graduating from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He landed his first role at EastEnders. During the course of the show, he came to Turkey to star in the 1987 TV series Gecenin Öteki Yüzü (The Other Side of the Night), where he met his eventual first wife Zuhal Olcay, famous Turkish actress and singer. After dividing his time in London and Istanbul for six years, he left the show to stay in Turkey permanently and married Zuhal Olcay in 1992. He guest starred in an episode of Young Indiana Jones as Ismet Inönü, and went on to star in the Yavuz Özkan film "İki Kadın" (Two Women). He then starred in various movies including the controversial Istanbul Kanatlarımın Altında (Istanbul Under My Wings) and the famous Usta Beni Öldürsene (Master, Kill Me). After critical acclaim for these roles, he earned his first award as a supporting actor in Masumiyet (Innocence).

After deciding he wants to pursue career on stage, he founded "Tiyatro Stüdyosu" (Theatre Studio) with his wife Zuhal Olcay and Ahmet Levendoğlu in 1990. After starring in various plays for six years, he had to return to screen in 1996 because of a fire that has destroyed the theater. He and his wife starred in television and movies to raise money to found another theater. During this era, he starred in Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü (Oh My, My Daughter Has Grown), starting his second era in television. After years of work, he and his wife managed to start a second theater, called "Oyun Atölyesi" (Play Workshop).

His most famous role however came after he started his second theater. He landed a role in Tatlı Hayat, a remake of The Jeffersons. He played the role of İhsan Yıldırım, an angry, racist and foul-mouthed, yet lovable dry cleaner. He was accompanied by legendary actress Türkan Şoray, who played his wife, Asuman Dabak playing the witty cleaner, Neco playing the Greek neighbor (The enmity between Greeks and Turks were put instead of the Black-White one in the original) and Çolpan İlhan playing Neco's wife. He and the show's breakthrough character İrfan (played by Celal Kadri Kınoğlu) are regarded as the best characters in Turkish TV history. He divorced Zuhal Olcay in 2004 and began a relationship with Aşkın Nur Yengi, a famous Turkish singer. They married in 2006 and had a girl.

After Tatlı Hayat, he starred in Neredesin Firuze (Where Are You Firuze?), Hırsız Var (Thief!) and Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? (Why Were Hacivat&Karagöz Murdered?). His most recent role in Polis (Police) however, is his most critically acclaimed role after Tatlı Hayat. His portrayal of the troubled police legend Musa Rami has gained critical acclaim from both critics and viewers, who thought the movie was too experimental. Bilginer, however, has said that he will work in all of Onur Ünlü's (screenwriter and director of Polis) movies, even as an extra if required.

Bilginer played the role of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in an İş Bank commercial, which first aired on 10 November 2007 during the 69th commemorations of Atatürk's death.

Bilginer co-starred in the 2009 American thriller The International as Ahmet Sunay, a Turkish high-tech missile guidance system dealer. He was accompanied by Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in this movie.

External links[link]

• Biyografi.info – Biography of Haluk Bilginer
• Sinematurk.com – Filmography of Haluk Bilginer
• Haluk Bilginer at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.halukbilginer.org