Rıfat Ilgaz

Turkish actors have launched a donation platform to help unemployed theater workers as the sector is now one of the hardest hit because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.     
Actors including Ali Düşenkalkar, Çağlar Çorumlu and Tilbe Saran organized the campaign for stage workers.     

Turkey remembered prolific writer and poet Rıfat Ilgaz on July 7, 26 years since he passed away. 

Muzaffer İzgü, a leading writer of children's books and works of humor, died at the age of 84 on Aug. 26 after a battle with cancer.

İzgü was diagnosed with cancer after being taken to the Atatürk Training and Research Hospital due to extreme weight loss. The father of three rejected cancer treatment and returned to his home in Istanbul, where he died on Aug. 26.

Veteran Turkish actor Halit Akçatepe, who had been under treatment after suffering a stroke last year, died on March 31 in Istanbul. He was 79.

Born in 1938, Akçatepe made his debut in the film "Dertli Pınar" at the age of five in 1943 and appeared in many other films as a child artist.