Recep Yener

Recep Yener — Biography

Recep Yener was an actor and screenwriter who worked for many years in Turkish theatre and cinema and also appeared in television series. In film he is best remembered as Hoca in Dondurmam Gaymak and as Adem in Entelköy Efeköy'e Karşı. Born in Kütahya, he died in Istanbul in 2014.

On television he acted in series such as Deli Yürek, Yeni Hayat, Yaralı Yürek, Benden Baba Olmaz, Zoraki Başkan, Tatar Ramazan and Yasak, and in 2011 he took part in the series Leyla ile Mecnun. He wrote as well: he is credited among the screenwriters of Deli Yürek and Yeni Hayat. In cinema he appeared in Düttürü Dünya, Bir Düğün Günü, Bir Ses Böler Geceyi and Dondurmam Gaymak, and in 2011 he played Adem in Entelköy Efeköy'e Karşı. He also appeared in the short films Z and Batan Güneş'in O Hikayesi... and in the television film Yanlış Saksının Çiçeği.

In his last years he was in the films Neden Tarkovski Olamıyorum? and Üç, İki, Bir... Kestik!, the latter described as the last cinema film he acted in. After his death the press remembered him as a master of the stage. The funeral ceremony was held at Ses Tiyatrosu, and he was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.