Selçuk Uluergüven (1 January 1941 – 8 January 2014) was a
Turkish
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actor.
Career
In 1962, Seçuk Uluergüven began his theatre career at Meydan Stage in
Ankara
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. In the following years, he acted on stage at Ankara Sanat Theatre,
Dormen Theatre, Theatre TÖS, Halk Oyuncuları Theatre and Sanatevi. He appeared also in many movies and television series. For his role as "Davut Usta" in the dramatic comedy TV series ''Bizimkiler'', he gained wide popularity. Uluergüven was also the art director of Bahariye Art Center in
Kadıköy
Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea of ...
district of Istanbul.
Between 1998 and 2002, he served as municipal
councillor
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in Kadıköy.
Death
Uluergüven died on 8 January 2014, aged 73, at the
Adnan Menderes University Hospital in
Aydın
Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of B ...
. He had been in the hospital for the three months leading up to his death to receive treatment for a dislocated femoral prosthesis. He was survived by his wife, Türkan Uluergüven (64), his son Emre and granddaughter Arya Sanat (5).
His corpse was transferred to Istanbul following his last will. After a memorial service at the
Caddebostan Cultural Center and the religious funeral at
Şakirin Mosque
Şakirin Mosque (pronounced Shakirin) is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building is located at one of the entrances of the historic Karacaahmet Cemetery in Üsküdar. It was built by the Semiha Şakir Foundation in memory of İbrahim Şakir and ...
on 10 January, he was laid to rest at the
Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
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next to the grave of his son Eren, who died at the age of 21 following an accident on theatre stage in 2004.
Acting
Theatre plays
Movies
* ''2 X 2 = 5'' - 1974
* ''Güllü Geliyor Güllü'' - 1973
Television series
References
External links
Selçuk Uluergüven at SinemaTürk website
1941 births
2014 deaths
Male actors from Istanbul
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male television actors
Turkish male stage actors
Local politicians in Turkey
Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
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