RIP Cüneyt Arkın. World famous Turkish actor Cüneyt Arkın has died in Istanbul at the age of 85 from a
cardiac arrest on June 28. He died in a private hospital after he was taken
there for emergency treatment and treated at a private hospital in the Ulus
neighborhood in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. Cüneyt Arkın, whose real
name was Fahrettin Cüreklibatır was born on September 8, 1937, in the Alpu
district of Eskişehir province. He graduated from Istanbul Medical School in
1961. After he completed his military service, he worked as a physician in and
around the Adana province. In 1963, with the offer from Halit Refiğ, he started
working as an actor and acted in at least 30 films over the next two years. Arkin left his mark on many
blockbusters of Turkish cinema and starred in hundreds of films and won many
awards. Arkin appeared in one Euro-western: 1972’s “Cowboy Kid” as
Keskin. He also appeared as the Ringo Kid in the Turkish western Kanunzuz kahraman – Ringo Kid in 1967 and as Kartal in 1987's "Asilacak adam".
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