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Türker İnanoğlu

Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Born
May 18, 1936
Died
April 2, 2024
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1936

About Türker İnanoğlu

Türker İnanoğlu (18 May 1936 – 2 April 2024) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. == Personal life and death == İnanoğlu married first the film actress Filiz Akın, and after his divorce Gülşen Bubikoğlu, another former Turkish movie star. He had two children, a son, İlker, from his former marriage and a daughter, Zeynep, from his last marriage. İnanoğlu died in Istanbul on 2 April 2024, at the age of 87. On 4 April 2024, he was interred at Kanlıca Cemetery following the religious service at Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque in Levent. == Career == İnanoğlu came in contact with the cinema when he was a student at the Istanbul Academy of Applied Fine Arts in 1957. After working as assistant to directors Ömer Lütfi Akat and Nişan Hançer in eleven movies, he directed in 1960 his first feature Senden Ayrı Yaşayamam. After directing nine movies in the studios of Yeşilçam, the Turkish Hollywood, İnanoğlu established in 1959 his own film company Erler Film, which is today the oldest film production company in Turkey still in business. Since then, he produced 126 black-and-white and color films, among them 21 co-productions with Greece, Italy and Iran. He executed also the productions of American, Japanese, French and German filmmakers’ documentary films shot in Turkey.

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Career and life highlights

Türker İnanoğlu timeline

  1. After directing nine movies in the studios of Yeşilçam, the Turkish Hollywood, İnanoğlu established in 1959 his own film company Erler Film, which is today the oldest film production company in Turkey still in business.
  2. After working as assistant to directors Ömer Lütfi Akat and Nişan Hançer in eleven movies, he directed in 1960 his first feature Senden Ayrı Yaşayamam.
  3. In 1979, İnanoğlu started the video business in Turkey by founding the first video company, Ulusal Video.
  4. In 1994, İnanoğlu became president of the channel ATV and helped it become a leader in the sector.

The world when Türker İnanoğlu was born

Türker İnanoğlu was born in 1936. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1936

  • #1 song"The Way You Look Tonight" – Fred Astaire
  • Top movieModern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Top TV showBBC Television Service launches
  • Best-selling bookGone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at Berlin Olympics
  • Top headlineJesse Owens dominates the Berlin Olympics
  • Technology milestoneBBC launches the world's first regular television service
  • Defining fadSwing dancing
  • Notable inventionSun glasses (mass-produced)
  • World population2.26 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population128.1M

1936 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Türker İnanoğlu's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19362026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,100$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population128.1M341 million

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