Süleyman Turan

Born

20 November 1936

Place of birth

Istanbul

Died

10 September 2019 (aged 82)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Süleyman Turan was born in 1936 in Istanbul. He began acting in theater; in 1963 he won the competition organized by Ses magazine and moved into cinema with the film Sayın Bayan.

In the Yeşilçam era he stood out mostly in supporting roles. With his role in Yılmaz Güney's film Yarın Son Gündür he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 9th Antalya Film Festival; he was also deemed worthy of the same award in Antalya for the role of Faruk in the film Güllü. Beş Milyoncuk Borç Verir misin and Sosyete Şaban are among the films in which he acted. Besides acting, he wrote the screenplays of three films.

On television, he played Kumral Abdal in Kuruluş Osmancık and Chief Inspector Kemal in Yılan Hikayesi; he also appeared in the series Acımak and Yıldızlar Gece Büyür. Among his later works in cinema is the role of Sheriff Murphy in Yahşi Batı. He died in Istanbul on 10 September 2019.

Turan played Jön Süleyman in Avşar Film's 2009 film Sonsuz.