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Cem Hakko

Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman

Born
June 17, 1955
Age in 2026
71
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1955

About Cem Hakko

Cem Hakko is a Turkish fashion designer and businessman. He is the son of Vitali Hakko (1913–2007). In the book, Hakko analyzed the emergence of fashion, its development phases and the social and economic factors which have created fashion from a scientific point of view. Cem Hakko started to work with his father Vitali Hakko who created to the "Vakko" brand, during his summer vacations and returned to Istanbul at the beginning of the 80s. Vitali Hakko started an art collection in the 1960s and founded Turkey's first corporate art gallery in Ankara in 1978. However, he did not consider Vakkorama just as a fashion brand; he created a lifestyle that integrates fashion, art, sports and music, thus achieving another first in Turkey.

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Cem Hakko timeline

  1. He is the son of Vitali Hakko (1913–2007).
  2. Vitali Hakko started an art collection in the 1960s and founded Turkey's first corporate art gallery in Ankara in 1978.

The world when Cem Hakko was born

Cem Hakko was born in 1955. 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 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

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

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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