Kartal Tibet
Kartal Tibet was a Turkish actor, academic, director, screenwriter and producer. A prominent lead actor of classic films in the Turkish cinema, he played a wide range of characters in various genres, including drama, comedy in around 120 films and 30 theatre plays. He started acting and dubbing at the age of eleven. Between 1955 and 1960, he studied at theatre department and its advanced theatre studies program at Ankara State Conservatory. He appeared in many films based on novels like Senede Bir Gün, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu, Ölmeyen Aşk, Çalıkuşu, Hıçkırık. Also, he has film series Tarkan, Karaoğlan based on historical comic books, comedy film series Bitirim Kardeşler, child film series Yumurcak. He then worked as an actor alongside female stars such as Hülya Koçyiğit, Fatma Girik, Türkan Şoray, Filiz Akın.
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