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Hakan Yılmaz

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This event will be held in Turkish

One of the leading thespians in Turkey, Hakan Yılmaz, is going to give a speech at a conference organized by Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Social and Cultural Activities Directorate Cinema Club. The event will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, the 7th of April 2017, at the Activity Hall.

Who is Hakan Yılmaz?

Yılmaz had his first stage experience in primary school (second grade) at the play “Cimri and Manav”. He performed folk dances under the supervision of Üstün Gürtuna during his school years. He received modern dance classes from Çetin Cengiz during his school years and gave dance classes for three years at the same hall. He performed in child plays with amateur theatre groups at schools and then went to complete his military duty. At the military, he was assigned to the photography and animation team for 15 months and completed a number of shows. After his military duty, he moved to Antalya and partcipated in black light theatre for two years taking part in a TV show titled “Çizgi Show”. He then returned to İstanbul and attended Teyfik Gelenbe’s theatre courses. He prepared a sketch program with his friend for Star TV, however on the night of the first broadcast, the Gulf War begun and the program is yet to be broadcasted. He took a break from acting and worked as a graphic designer. In 1994, he acted in his own sketches that he prepared for the quiz show titled “İner misin? Çıkar mısın?” In 1995, he acted in the television program titled “Televizyon Çocuğu” and also took part in commercials. In 1997, he acted in the series titled “Yangın Ayşe”. In 1998, he presented a kids game show titled “Büyük Küçük Demeden” for 120 episodes. He filmed commercials. In 1999, he began acting in the TV serial titled “Ayrılsak da Beraberiz” and acted for 500 episodes. In 2004, he acted in the TV serial titled “Uy Başuma Gelenler”. In 2004-2005, he acted in 75 plays with the theatre show titled “Sevgili Karım” in İstanbul and Anatolia. He is a father of one and divorced from his wife at the end of 2009. He portrayed the character Osman Koçarslanlı in the TV serial titled “Avrupa Yakası”. Later, he portrayed the character Kemal Kükreyen in the TV serial titled “Yahşi Cazibe”.