Tekin Temel

Tekin Temel — Biography

Tekin Temel was an actor with decades of experience in theater and television. Viewers remember him chiefly as Fuat in the ATV series Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, and he also appeared in Acı Hayat, Ezel and Kuruluş Osman. He died in Istanbul on October 23, 2024, at the age of 56; his manager announced the news and the death was widely covered by the national press.

His career began on the stage: in 2004 he played Simon Efendi in Cimri, and later he took part in the plays Zaptiye, Para and 12 Öfkeli Adam. On screen he appeared from the mid-1990s, and in the 2000s he gained visibility with Metro Palas, Şükrü Ahıskalı in Acı Hayat and İsmail in Ezel. The 2010s were his busiest stretch in television: Sevdaluk, Güneşi Beklerken, Kaçak Gelinler, Aşk ve Günah, Meryem, Masum Değiliz and, in 2018-2019, Fuat in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz. He then played Yekta Veziroğlu in Afili Aşk and Simon in Kuruluş Osman, and in his final years was seen in Elli Kelimelik Mektuplar, Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs, Serhat and Bir Yemin Ettim.

He was born in Akhisar and trained in a university theater department. The press reported that he was preparing to go to a set when he died, and he was buried at Ihlamurkuyu Cemetery.