Luran Ahmeti (31 July 1974 – 25 March 2021) was an Albanian

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, cinema and

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Early years and his career

Luran Ahmeti was born on 31 July 1974, in

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, to a family of

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descent. He stated that his father was a

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and anti-communist, and that he had been discriminated against as a child. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. After graduation, he studied drama. He started his acting career by first appearing in several productions in Skopje. Ahmeti, who can speak Turkish well because his childhood was spent in

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towns in Macedonia, first started acting in Turkey by portraying the character of Dimitri in the TV series Elveda Rumeli. He played Ottoman statesman Divane Hüsrev Pasha in the 2013 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

Personal life and opinions

Ahmeti, who started living in

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, where came to shoot the series Elveda Rumeli, got married with an Albanian girl. In an interview in 2016, Ahmeti described the wars as "the worst thing in the world" and stated that he was still afraid of the

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because of his life of exile in the past and living with the

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in his childhood, he did not trust them and would not be friends with the Russians all his life.

Dead

He died on March 25, 2021, in

, the capital of

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, due to

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at the age of 46.

Filmography

Cinema

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'' (1998) * ''Stories about Love'' (2001) * '' Bal-Can-Can'' (2004) * ''10'' (2007) * ''Izstop'' (2007) * '' Hayde Bre'' (2010) * ''Güzel Günler Göreceğiz'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''Acı Kiraz'' (2020)

TV series

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Pusu'' (2015-2016) * ''Mutlu Ol Yeter'' (2015) * '' Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (2013) * ''Son Yaz-Balkanlar 1912'' (2012) * ''Elveda Rumeli'' (2007-2009) * ''Balkan Düğünü'' (2009) * ''Bahar Dalları'' (2009) * ''Tek Başımıza'' (2011) * ''Reis'' (2011) * ''Karakol - Herkes Adalet İster'' (2011) * ''Büyük Sürgün Kafkasya'' (2015-2016)

References

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