Yaman Okay (1951 – 19 February 1993) was a Turkish actor. He won the 1981 Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''

On Fertile Lands ''On Fertile Lands'' ( tr, Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde) is a 1980 in film, 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a group of day labourers looking for work in t ...

''. Okay was married since 1984 to actress and screenwriter

Meral Okay Meral Okay (, née Katı; September 20, 1959 – April 9, 2012) was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter. Early life Okay was born on September 20, 1959 in Ankara to military judge Ata Katı and Türkan as the second child. During h ...

. He died of

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...

in 1993 and was buried in the

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery __NOTOC__ The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery ( tr, Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı) is a modern burial ground residing on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of polit ...

Selected filmography

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* 1951 births 1993 deaths Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Turkish male stage actors Best Supporting Actor Golden Orange Award winners 20th-century Turkish male actors Deaths from cancer in Turkey Deaths from pancreatic cancer Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery {{Turkey-actor-stub