Genco Erkal
Turkish actor (1938–2024)
Genco Erkal (28 March 1938 – 31 July 2024) was a Turkish drama actor. He starred in the 1983 film A Season in Hakkari, which won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.[1] In April 2021, he announced that due to tweets in which he criticized the Turkish Government he was being prosecuted for insulting the President.[2]
Erkal died of leukaemia on 31 July 2024, at the age of 86.[3]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Faize hücum | Kamil | |
1982 | A Season in Hakkari | Teacher | |
1982 | At | Hüseyin, the father | |
1990 | Camdan Kalp | Kirpi | |
2008 | The Market: A Tale of Trade | Fazil | |
2010 | Sleeping Princess | Kahraman | |
2016 | Nâzım Oratorio | Genco Erkal | |
2017 | 7yüz | Serhat | Episode: "Refakatçiler" |
References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ "Acclaimed Turkish actor sued for 'insulting president' with Twitter posts". Arab News. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Turkish theater legend Genco Erkal bids farewell at 86 years old
External links
- Genco Erkal at IMDb
- Genco Erkal discography at Discogs
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- İzzet Günay (1964)
- Fikret Hakan (1965)
- Ekrem Bora (1966)
- Yılmaz Güney (1967)
- Fikret Hakan (1968)
- Cüneyt Arkın (1969)
- Yılmaz Güney (1970)
- Fikret Hakan (1971)
- Murat Soydan (1972)
- Tarık Akan (1973)
- Hakan Balamir (1974)
- Erkan Yücel (1975)
- Cüneyt Arkın (1976)
- Kemal Sunal (1977)
- Tarık Akan (1978)
- Fikret Hakan (1979)
- Tarık Akan / Aytaç Arman (1980)
- İhsan Yüce (1981)
- Genco Erkal (1982)
- Genco Erkal (1983)
- Tarık Akan (1984)
- Hakan Balamir (1985)
- Kadir İnanır (1986)
- Şener Şen (1987)
- Aytaç Arman (1988)
- Tarık Akan (1989)
- Tarık Akan (1990)
- Ekrem Bora (1991)
- Mehmet Aslantuğ (1992)
- Mehmet Aslantuğ (1993)
- Sadri Alışık / Mehmet Aslantuğ (1994)
- Halil Ergün (1995)
- Ruhi Sarı (1996)
- Tanju Gürsu (1997)
- Erkan Can (1998)
- Uğur Polat (1999)
- Talat Bulut (2000)
- Altan Erkekli (2001)
- Fırat Tanış (2002)
- Tarık Akan (2003)
- Olgun Şimşek (2004)
- Şener Şen (2005)
- Erkan Can (2006)
- Murat Han (2007)
- Tayanç Ayaydın (2008)
- Öner Erkan (2009)
- Serkan Ercan (2010)
- Erdal Beşikçioğlu (2011)
- Abdulkadir Tuncer (2012)
- Hakan Yufkacıgil (2013)
- Feyyaz Duman / Serkan Keskin (2014)
- Nadir Sarıbacak (2015)
- Menderes Samancılar (2016)
- Reza Akhlaghirad (2017)
- Zain Al Rafeea (2018)
- Alican Yücesoy / Mücahit Koçak (2019)
- Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (2020)
- Tarhan Karagöz (2021)
- Selahattin Paşalı / Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu (2022)
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