Aykut Oray (13 October 1942 – 11 August 2009) was a Turkish

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

active between 1963 and 2009. He was, perhaps, best known for his work on the Turkish dramatic comedy series, ''

Bizimkiler ''Bizimkiler'' ''(Ours, Our People)'' was a Turkish drama, represented the lives of the people who shared the same neighborhood. It is also the name of musical project run by ANS TV. The show is development of the movie Kapıcılar Kralı for w ...

''. Oray also had a brief career in

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during his later life, becoming a member of the

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

. Oray was born in

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy; w ...

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, Turkey, on 13 October 1942. He had been a professional actor since 1963, appearing in both

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and

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roles. Oray was found dead in his

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room in

Köyceğiz Köyceğiz is a town and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name (Köyceğiz Lake) which is joined to the Mediterranean Sea by a natural channel call ...

Muğla Province Muğla Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are ...

, Turkey, on the

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, on 11 August 2009. An

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carried out in Istanbul revealed that he had died of a

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. Oray had been staying in Köyceğiz while attending a local

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. He was survived by his wife and two children.

Turkish Prime Minister The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Turkish Parliament and presided over the cabi ...

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sent condolences to Oray's family and the acting community saying, ''"I am deeply saddened by actor Aykut Oray’s death."'' The leader of Turkey's

(CHP)

Deniz Baykal Deniz Baykal (born 20 July 1938) is a Turkish politician at the Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP) who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Having served in ...

also gave tribute to Oray, a member of the CHP, ''"Aykut Oray has shown his faith in an organized society and resolution in taking responsibility by joining the CHP. His death is a big loss for both the

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community and the democratic political community."''

Filmography

* Mezuniyet - 2009 * Hayal ve Gerçek - 2007 * Şarkılar Susmasın - 2006 *

Janjan ''JANJAN'' (), short for ''Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures'' (), was a Japanese online newspaper started by Ken Takeuchi, journalist and former mayor of Kamakura, Kanagawa. Launched in February 2003, the newspaper is credited ...

- 2006 * Eve Giden Yol 1914 - 2006 * Eksik Etek Şehmuz 2006 * Davetsiz Misafir - 2005 * Halk Düşmanı - 2004 * Uy Başuma Gelenler - 2004 * Ömerçip - 2002 * Koltuk Sevdası - 2001 * The Waterfall (Şellale) - 2001 * Şarkıcı - 2000 * Gurbetçiler - 1996 *

Çiçek Taksi Çiçek (means "flower") is a Turkish name (female) and surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cemil Çiçek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey * Ilhami Çiçek Ilhami Çiçek (1954 in Oltu / Erzurum – June 14, 1983 in Erzincan) ...

- 1995 * Zzzzt FM - 1994 * Rumuz Sev Beni - 1993 * Sevgili Ortak - 1993 * Yazlıkçılar - 1993 * Ana....Şehmuz - 1991 * Bir Milyara Bir Çocuk - 1990 * Bizimkiler - 1989 * Bir Garip Yolcu - 1972

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oray, Aykut 1942 births 2009 deaths Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Male actors from Istanbul Marmara University alumni