This article was automatically translated from the original Turkish version.
Actor and former member of parliament Ediz Hun was born on 22 November 1940 in Cihangir, Istanbul. His father was a Circassian mechanical engineer and his mother was a teacher and immigrant from Hungary. He completed his middle school at Austria High School. After graduating from Atatürk Boys’ High School, he continued his medical studies for four years at the University of Würzburg in Germany Tooth.
Still from the 1971 film Yağmur
In 1963, while still in his final year, he returned home for summer holiday and entered a competition opened by Ses magazine, winning first place. In the same year, he entered the cinema world with the film Genç Kızlar, directed by Nevzat Pesen, in which he starred alongside Türkan Şoray and Hülya Koçyiğit step.
Within Short duration, he became one of Yeşilçam’s sought-after actors known as the “romantic youth.”
Beginning in the 1970s, his Yeşilçam film journey led him to appear in 130 films over 12 years before he left cinema.
On 3 January 1973, he married Berna Hanım, a flight attendant for Turkish Airlines. They had two children together.
In 1976, he moved with his family to Norway, where he studied Biology and Environment Sciences at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim and Oslo. He returned to Türkiye in 1981 and opened printing press, dedicating himself to trade.
In 1985, he played the lead role in the TV series Acımak, directed by Orhan Aksoy on behalf of TRT.
Between 1991 and 1993, he served as Advisor to the Ministry of Environment and Director of the Istanbul Environment Provincial Directorate place. In 1996, he resigned from his position at the Ministry of Environment and began delivering lectures both domestically and internationally on the topic of “Preservation of Natural Balance.”
In 1999, he was elected as a member of parliament for Istanbul from the Motherland Party. He held this position until 2002.
He has been a member of the faculty at Marmara University and Istanbul Okan University instruction.
In 2001, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Altın Orange Film Festival. In 2012, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Altın Koza Film Festival. On 24 November 2011, he was honored with the “Lifetime Achievement” and “Honor” awards at the 2nd International Malatya Film Festival. In 2012, he received the Cinema Honor Award at the Sadi Alışık Theater and Cinema Actor Awards. In 2015, he received the Çayda Çıra Honor Award at the International Çayda Çıra Film Festival.
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