Turgut Özatay(1926-2002)
- Actor
Turgut Ozatay, who had a renowned 'tough & bad' guy image in the recent
history of Turkish Cinema, was born in Alasehir,Izmir in 1927. After
working in a transportation company for a short time, he started his
career in Turkish cinema with the movie Kahraman Denizciler (1953). In the first years of
his career, he played mainly in leading roles, but later, he played
mostly in supporting roles. Throughout his career, Ozatay played in 350
films in most of which he performed a 'tough bad guy' character. This
number could be considered as a record for Turkish Cinema. He died in
June, 2002, of lung cancer.
