Halit Akçatepe (1 January 1938 – 31 March 2017) was a Turkish actor.Halit Akçatepe hayatını kaybetti

Life and career

Akçatepe 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; ...

in 1938, the son of

Sitki Akçatepe Sitki may refer to: People ''Sitki'' is a spelling of the name ''Sidqi''. Places * Sitki, Masovian Voivodeship, Polish village * Sitki, Silesian Voivodeship, Polish village {{disambig, geo ...

. In 1943, he made his debut in the film ''Dertli Pınar'' at the age of 5 and made more appearances in other films in some child roles. Akçatepe completed his studies in Saint Benoit French High School. In 1956 he joined the army and stayed there for 1,5 years before returning to acting. In 1975, he acted in ''Hababam Sınıfı'' and then later its sequels '' Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı'', ''Hababam Sınıfı Dokuz Doğuruyor'' and ''Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde''. He died of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma ...

caused by

respiratory failure Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide, or both cannot be kept at normal levels. A drop in the oxygen carried in the blood is known as hypoxemia; a rise ...

in 2017.

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* 1938 births 2017 deaths Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male child actors Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners People from Üsküdar Respiratory disease deaths in Turkey Deaths from respiratory failure Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery {{Turkey-actor-stub