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Veteran Yeşilçam actress Fatma Girik dies at 79
Well-known Turkish actress Fatma Girik died within the intensive care unit of a non-public hospital the place she was handled this morning. She was 79.
Girik, who was dwelling within the Bodrum district of southwestern Muğla province, got here to Istanbul for therapy about six months in the past. Nonetheless, the veteran actress couldn’t win the battle for her life on the hospital. The medical doctors haven’t but revealed the reason for dying.
Şişli District Mayor Muammer Keskin introduced the dying of Girik on his social media account. Keskin stated about Girik, who was the previous district mayor of Şişli, “The good worth of Yeşilçam and our Şişli … I’m deeply saddened by the lack of pricey Fatma Girik, our former District Mayor of Şişli, with whom I used to be honored to work with once I was the district chairperson.”
Girik was born in Istanbul on Dec. 12, 1942, within the Cankurtaran neighborhood in previous Istanbul. She graduated from Cağaloğlu Women’ Excessive Faculty. Girik was solely 13 when she took her first function in a film. She performed a minor function in “Günahkar Baba” (“The Sinner Father”) in 1955.
Her first main function in a film was in 1957 with “Leke” (“Spot”), directed by Seyfi Havaeri. After “Leke,” she appeared in just a few extra unpretentious productions by which she didn’t make a reputation for herself as an actress. The film that Girik attracted essentially the most consideration for along with her efficiency and which grew to become well-known was the 1960 manufacturing of “Ölüm Peşimizde” (“Loss of life is Chasing Us”), directed by Memduh Ün.
Girik acted in additional than 180 movies. She additionally entered politics within the later years of her profession and was the district mayor of Şişli from the Social Democratic Populist Celebration (SHP) between 1989 and 1994.
Supply: Each day Sabah
