Turkish producer, director, and writer Türker İnanoğlu
died in Istanbul, Turkey on April 2nd he was 87. Born in Karabük, Turkey on May
18, 1936, İnanoğlu became interested in the cinema when he was a student at the
Istanbul Academy of Applied Fine Arts in 1957. After working as an assistant to
directors Ömer Lütfi Akat and Nişan Hançer in eleven movies, he directed his
first feature Senden Ayrı Yaşayamam in 1960. After directing nine movies he
founded his own film company Erler Film in 1960, which is today the oldest film
production company in Turkey still in business. Since then, he produced 126
black-and-white and color films, among them 21 co-productions with Greece,
Italy and Iran. He executed also the productions of American, Japanese, French
and German filmmakers’ documentary films shot in Turkey. He directed 82 movies.
He produced only Spaghetti western “Cowboy Kid” in 1973 directed by Guido Zurli
in which his son was İlker starred.
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