İsmet Hürmüzlü (1938 – 19 January 2013)
was an
Iraqi Turkmen
The Iraqi Turkmen (, عراق تورکمنلری; Arabic: تركمان العراق), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, (, عراق توركلری; ) are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq. They make up to 10%–13% of the Iraqi population. I ...
actor, screenwriter and director. He lived most of his life in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
İsmet Hürmüzlü was born in
Kerkuk,
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
. In the 1950s, he joined the Kerkuk Turkmen Theatre as co-founder. Later he came to Turkey and admitted to
Ankara State Conservatory in 1961. After graduating from the Conservatory, he started to work in
State Theatres of Turkey. In the 1970s, Hürmüzlü founded the Çağlar Art Theatre and tried
experimental theatre
Experimental theatre (also known as avant-garde theatre), inspired largely by Richard Wagner, Wagner's concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, began in Western theatre in the late 19th century with Alfred Jarry and his Ubu Roi, Ubu plays as a rejection of bot ...
forms. He was assigned as deputy director-general of State Theatres in the 1980s.
Hürmüzlü was awarded with the Order of Respect by Almaty Uygur State Theatre,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. He received the "Honor Award" from the Sweden House of Culture.
He died in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey on 19 January 2013 and was buried at the
Karşıyaka Cemetery.
References
External links
SinemaTürk page*
1938 births
2013 deaths
People from Kirkuk
Iraqi Turkmen people
Date of birth unknown
Burials at Karşıyaka Cemetery, Ankara
Iraqi emigrants to Turkey
Ankara State Conservatory alumni
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