İlyas Salman (born 14 January 1949) is a Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician. He shared the

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's Best Actor Award in 2012 together with

Engin Günaydın Engin Günaydın (born 29 January 1972) is a Turkish actor and comedian. Biography Günaydın was born in Erbaa, Tokat Province. He began his university studies at Hacettepe University Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar S ...

Personal life

Salman was born on 14 January 1949 in

Arguvan Arguvan ( ku, Erxewan/Arxewan) is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Mehmet Kızıldaş ( CHP). Demographics The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in t ...

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. His family originate from the Asar neighborhood in Arguvan. He was accepted as a

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because of the Kurdish typologies he had played for many years. In 2007, in an article written by himself and later in a book he revealed that he was an

Alevi Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, w ...

Turkmen. He is a supporter of the left-wing. He participated at Communist Party of Turkey's rally in

Kartal Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated (total population of 541,209) (2008 ...

on 1 May 2006. He is one of the contributors to ''

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'' magazine.

''Karanfil Kokuyor Cıgaram''

As of 1 October 2009, he wanted to start performing a show called "Karanfil Kokuyor Cıgaram" where he would read the poems from the book "Hasretinden Prangalar Eskittim" by

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in Bakırköy Art Center. The visual director of the show would be his son Temmuz Salman. His daughter Devrim Salman would be the soloist on the show. However, due to some temporary health problems of İlyas Salman, the program was postponed for a while.Bakırköy Sanat Merkezi internet site
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Filmography

Actor

Films

TV shows

Director and screenwriter

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salman, Ilyas 1949 births Living people People from Istanbul Turkish male film actors Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners Turkish film directors Ankara State Conservatory alumni Turkish male television actors Turkish former Muslims Turkish atheists