Veteran Turkish actor Münir Özkul, one of the most beloved figures in Turkish theater and cinema, is being remembered on the eighth anniversary of his death.
Özkul, who was awarded the title of State Artist by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1998 and received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in 2015, died on Jan. 5, 2018, in Istanbul.
Born on Aug. 15, 1925, in Istanbul, Özkul began acting at a young age while studying at Istanbul Boys’ High School.
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