Menderes Samancılar Explained

Menderes Samancılar
Birth Date:1 May 1954
Birth Place:Adana, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1974–present

Menderes Samancılar (born 1 May 1954) is a Turkish actor of Kurdish origin.

Life and career

Samancılar was born on 1 May 1954 in Adana and is of Kurdish descent.[1] He won the first prize in a photonovel competition organized by a newspaper in 1974. He starred in more than twenty photonovels within two years. He made his cinematic debut in 1975 with a role in Yılmaz Duru's movie İnce Memed Vuruldu. Until 1998 he appeared in more than 80 movie productions. In 1998, he was cast in Claude Lelouch's movie Hasards ou coïncidences. He subsequently continued his career in television. In 2005, he appeared on stage with Kerem Alışık and İpek Tuzcuoğlu in an adaptation of Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım at Sadri Alışık Cultural Center.[2] Samancılar ran for Adana's seat in the 1999 Turkish general election, representing the Freedom and Solidarity Party.[3]

Samancılar started writing poems at the age of 15, and has published two poetry books: Sonbaharın Sarısını Vurdular Gece in 2003; and Yanmış Orman Kokusu in 2016. He has also expressed his inetersting in screenwriting.[4]

Filmography

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Star değil, sinema emekçisiyim. Akşam. 5 July 2014. 6 September 2021.
  2. http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=169779 "'Selvi boylum' ve 'al yazmalım'"
  3. Web site: Menderes Samancılar kimdir?. Sabah. 26 May 2016. 6 September 2021.
  4. http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=95189 "Yazan ve oynayan Samancılar"