Stuntmen live with risk of death at any moment

Turning over a few times in a car, falling from a high place, being engulfed in flames and jumping to another vehicle from a moving motorcycle are among the most dangerous and exciting scenes of films and TV series, and just part of the job for stuntmen. They live with the risk of death while performing their duty. 

Action scenes, which can last only a few seconds, are shot under very difficult conditions after much preparation to draw viewers to a production. 

In order to act in very dangerous action scenes for internationally-renowned films, stuntmen take extensive education. But this is not enough, as the teams responsible for protecting the lives of the stuntmen must also do their best.  

Turkish stuntman Ayhan Y?kgeç, who has worked with acclaimed actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Jean Claude Van Damme in many Hollywood action films including "Terminator," "Die Hard," "The Transporter" and "Taxi," spoke about the action-packed life of stuntmen. 

Many stuntmen are wounded or die

Born in Germany to a family from ?zmir, Y?kgeç said he learned how to drive by driving damaged but working cars in a junkyard in Germany. When he realized his talent for driving cars and motorcycles, Y?kgeç decided to become a stuntman and attended a school in the United States. He said that actors did not take risks in dangerous scenes, adding, "It is our mission to shoot these scenes because we are trained." 

Y?kgeç said each scene in his 26-year professional life has been full of dangers. 

"I take my own measures to reduce the risk. Lots of stuntmen have been wounded or have died. I've preformed in 12-13 car accident scenes or I fell 25 meters from a helicopter. We are hit by cars going 80 kilometers...