Celal Şahin (22 May 1925 – 23 February 2018) was a Turkish musician playing the accordion, humorist, television talk show host and actor. Celal Şahin was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 May 1925.IMDB page
/ref> He graduated from Kabataş High School, and then studied

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at the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University.Text by Abdullah Işık
/ref> He played briefly in the Beşiktaş Basketball team.Milliyet newspaper
/ref> A relative of

Süleyman Seba Süleyman Seba (; 5 April 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding Chairman of the Istanbul based multisports club Beşiktaş J.K. He was also an intelligence officer for National ...

(1926–2014), the renowned chairman of the sports club Beşiktaş J.K., he was a registered member of that club since 1944. Şahin chose a humorist career. Both in radio and television of the

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(TRT), he sang satirical poems accompanied by his accordion. In his poems, he frequently criticized the authorities. Although he earned reputation as an accordionist, he also played a number of other musical instruments as well. He made a number of records and played in two films, namely; ''Vur Patlasın Çal Oynasın'' in 1952 and ''Seher Yıldızları'' in 1956. Şahin died at the age of 92 in Istanbul on 23 February 2018. He was laid to rest at

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, following the religious funeral held at Zincirlikuyu Mosque on 26 February. He was married to late Yurdagül, and was survived by his son Onur Şahin, a

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, daughter Zümrüt and a grandson.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahin, Celal 1925 births 2018 deaths Musicians from Istanbul Kabataş Erkek Lisesi alumni Istanbul University alumni Beşiktaş men's basketball players Turkish accordionists Turkish humorists Turkish comedians Turkish male stage actors Turkish television talk show hosts Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery