Thousands bid farewell to Akan

Thousands of people bid farewell to Tarık Akan, a renowned Turkish actor who died of lung cancer at the age of 66 in Istanbul on Sept. 16, following a ceremony at the Muhsin Ertuğrul Theater on Sept 18. 

Fans, colleagues, celebrities and a number of political figures, including main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaorğlu and former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, were at the ceremony to share the Akan family's grief. 

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