Tarık Akan

A local artist in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir has been painting the prominent actors of Yeşilçam, also known as Turkey's Hollywood, and unforgettable names of Turkish music on the walls of workplaces across the city.

Even after decades, Yeşilçam, also known as Turkey's "Hollywood," continues to draw people to watch its unforgettable old Turkish films, reminding an array of Turkish audiences of the legendary characters and scenes. 

The wax figure of famous legendary Turkish actor Tarık Akan, who died of cancer on Sept. 16, 2016, is now on display at Madame Tussauds Istanbul. Officials said they had his measures in 2000-2001.

UNIQ Istanbul and Başka Sinema (Another Cinema) are jointly organizing a new festival this summer, the UNIQ Open-air Film Festival. 

The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival opened on Oct. 16 at the EXPO 2016 Antalya Congress Center with the presentation of awards to a number of important Turkish actors and guests of honor.

The 23rd Adana International Film Festival ended on Sept. 25 with the Best Film Award, presented to Reha Erdem's "Koca Dünya" (Big, Big World). 
 
A total of 18 awards were presented during the festival. Kıvanç Sezer's "Babamın Kanatları" (My Father's Wings) took home seven awards. 

The 23rd International Adana Film Festival has opened in the southern province of Adana. 

The festival will see total of 250 films shown in 636 screenings, and will commemorate the late actor Tarık Akan, who died of cancer on Sept. 9. 

Your first films stay with you forever. The first comedic moments, the first scenes of dramatic buildup, and the first kiss on screen stay untouched in our memories, free from cynicism and free from a taste shaped up later with life. For a majority of Turkish people, somewhere in those memories buried deep down is Tarık Akan, the legendary actor who passed away on Sept. 16.

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. 

One of the most notable names of the "Yeşilçam" era of modern Turkish cinema, actor Tarık Akan died on Sept. 16 in a private hospital where he was receiving cancer treatment. He was 66.  

Akan's death was announced by the Nazım Hikmet Culture and Arts Foundation in a statement.