Kamil Sönmez (4 March 1947 – 20 December 2012) was a Turkish

folk singer Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

and actor. He is best known for his folk songs from the Black Sea Region of Turkey. In 1998, he received the title of "

state artist State Artist (, also sometimes translated as "National Artist") is an honorary title granted to prominent artists by the government of Turkey for their contributions to the Turkish culture. It was established in 1971 by the President of Turkey ( Ce ...

". He suffered a

cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...

on 4 December 2012 and died on 20 December 2012 in Başkent University Istanbul Medical Practice and Research Center.

Filmography

Movies

* 1979 Düşman * 1980 Eşek Şakası * 1981 Deli Kan * 1981 Bizim Sokak * 1984 Sev Ölesiye * 1985 Cilalı İbo Beni Anneme Götür * 1987 Islak Sokak * 1991 Bir Kadın Düşmanı * 2006

Amerikalılar Karadeniz'de 2 ''Americans at the Black Sea'' () is a 2007 Turkish comedy film, directed by Kartal Tibet, about a U.S. military recovery operation on Turkey's Black Sea coast. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on . Plot A rock ...

* 2009

Güneşi Gördüm ''I Saw the Sun'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , w ...

TV series

* 1993 Bizim Mahalle, ''Kamil'' * 2000 Tirvana * 2002 Kumsaldaki İzler, ''Hüseyin'' * 2002 Kınalı Kar, ''Kamil'' * 2003 Ölümsüz Aşk, ''Naci'' * 2005 Sensiz Olmuyor, ''Osman Reis'' * 2006 Karagümrük Yanıyor, ''Kurban'' * 2006 Sev Kardeşim, ''Ahmet Kalabık'' * 2007 Komedi Dükkanı * 2008 Aşkım Aşkım, ''Osman'' * 2008 Küçük Kadınlar * 2009 Hırçın Kız Kadife

References

External links

* 1947 births 2012 deaths People from Ordu State Artists of Turkey 20th-century Turkish male singers Turkish folk singers 20th-century Turkish male actors Turkish male television actors Turkish male film actors {{Turkey-actor-stub