İsmail Köksal Engür (5 March 1946 – 26 March 2023) was a Turkish actor and voice actor, whose career spanned over six decades.

Life and career

Born in

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, Engür started his career as a child actor in 1956, and got his first personal success starring in the children TV show ''Oyun Treni''. Graduated from the Department of Theatre of the

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, he was active on stage, films, radio and television, and among his best known roles were Ak Sakallı Dede in the series ''

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'', and Ali Osman in the film ' and in its sequel. Also a dubber, among the actors he lent his voice were

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. Engür died of kidney failure on 26 March 2023, at the age of 77.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engur, Koksal 1946 births 2023 deaths People from Kars 20th-century Turkish male actors Turkish male television actors Turkish male film actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish male voice actors