Savaş Akova

Savaş Akova — Biography

Savaş Akova worked in Turkish cinema and television from the early 1980s until 2010, both as a character actor and as an assistant director. He was mostly seen in supporting parts, appearing in the films Çoğunluk, Karanlıktakiler and 11'e 10 Kala and in the series Gülbeyaz and Sessiz Fırtına. He was a member of the Çağdaş Sinema Oyuncuları Derneği, an association of film actors.

In his early years he also worked behind the camera, serving as assistant director on films such as Tutku, Kurtar Beni, Yarınsız Adam and Gömlek; in Tutku he also played the character Halil İbrahim. During the same period he took parts in the films Alişan, Dağınık Yatak, Kuyucaklı Yusuf and Dul Bir Kadın, and in the series Yaprak Dökümü. From the 1990s his work shifted toward television, with Ayşecik, Küçük Besleme, Fırat, Delikanlı and Yabancı Damat among his credits.

In the 2000s he returned to the cinema, playing Salim in 2 Genç Kız, Metin in Sis ve Gece, a lawyer in Hayatımın Kadınısın, Ruhi in 11'e 10 Kala Ergin in Karanlıktakiler and a service mechanic in Çoğunluk, among his last films. He died on 23 January 2013, and was buried in Ankara's Karşıyaka Cemetery.