--- title: Öztürk Serengil slug: ozturk-serengil-ba238 url: /detay/ozturk-serengil-ba238 type: biography language: English entity: primary: Öztürk Serengil type: biography categories: - name: General Knowledge slug: genel-kultur url: /kategori/genel-kultur - name: Cinema And Television slug: sinema-ve-televizyon url: /kategori/sinema-ve-televizyon - name: Biography And Autobiography slug: biyografi-ve-otobiyografi url: /kategori/biyografi-ve-otobiyografi tags: - TurkArgosu - OzturkSerengil - GulumsetenHatiralar - AbidikGubidik - TacsizKral - AdanaliTayfur - Gelenekselkültür - TürkSineması - sahnesanatları - Yeşilçam - Öztürk Serengil - sinematarihi - Biyografi author: Nursena Şahin created_at: 2026-07-06T18:27:39.941917+03:00 updated_at: 2026-07-06T18:27:39.941917+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/11/29/ltPufmvy4s7XjyucQYbjG7xKnzionCRY.jpg --- # Öztürk Serengil > Öztürk Serengil is a theater, film actor and producer. ## KURE Information Cards ![thumbs_b_c_af96ede312924a4383106e227b5013a3.jpg](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/11/29/XyONAK6mf1x2xqQGbtmr5HWa1UrRDxGA.jpg) *Öztürk Serengil* | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Birth | 2 May 1930, Artvin | | Death | 11 January 1999, Istanbul | | Profession | Comedian,Theater and Film Actor,Producer,Showman | | Active Years | Approximately 1950–1999 (Cinema: from 1954) | | Nickname | The eccentric comedian of Yeşilçam,King of Twist | | Popular Expressions | Yeşşe, Abidik gubidik, Kelaj, Şepkemin altında, Bilekis | ## Article Content Öztürk Serengil was born on 2 May 1930 in Artvin as the first child of Turgut Bey, a history teacher, and Sudiye Hanım, a primary school teacher. Due to his family’s postings, his childhood and early youth were spent moving continuously between different cities in Anatolia. He began his primary education in Antakya and completed middle school in Giresun. Inspired by the summer cinema screenings he watched as a child, he developed an ambition to become an actor. Pursuing this passion, he left Giresun High School before graduation and moved to Istanbul in 1949. Although he briefly attended Haydarpaşa High School and Trabzon High School after arriving in Istanbul, he was unable to complete his education for various reasons. According to the statements of his childhood friend, the engraving artist Cemal Akyıldız, even at that early stage Serengil stood out among his peers for his remarkable ability to imitate actors in films, particularly those in Westerns.[^1]  ![Image](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/11/29/cBaA286yCLRRq2SdbRdfmqtQksk4mFrm.jpg) *Öztürk Serengil (Anadolu Ajansı)* ### **Entry into the Art World and Theater Career** After arriving in Istanbul, he entered the art world in the early 1950s by drawing cinema posters and advertisement covers in the workshop of his friend Cemal Akyıldız in Babıali. During this period, he began appearing in films with small roles. His professional theater career began with a role in the 1953 play **"Oğlum Edvard"**. The artist applied for an advertisement seeking a stage assistant at Ses Tiyatrosu, where he worked briefly as a stage assistant and dancer. While employed as a coatroom attendant at Oda Tiyatrosu in 1956, a minor role he received in a play staged in 1958 became one of the turning points in his life. Through this role, he came to the attention of theater master **Muhsin Ertuğrul** and joined the cast of **İstanbul Şehir Tiyatroları** in 1959.[^2]  After Şehir Tiyatroları, he gained stage experience with the companies of Lale Oraloğlu, Saat 6 Oyunları, and Mücap Ofluoğlu. [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeec8LTTOaU) *Öztürk Serengil | TRT Arşiv (TRT Arşiv)* ### **Cinema and the "Twist King" Era** Following his military service, he began his professional acting career in cinema with the 1954 film **"Üçüncü Kat Cinayeti"**, which marked the beginning of a career that would occupy the next thirty-five years of his life.[^3]  Although he initially portrayed **'villain'** characters, he gradually won the admiration of audiences through his unique interpretations of these archetypes. Throughout his career, he appeared in approximately three hundred films, bringing a new dimension to Yeşilçam. He gained fame with his role in the 1963 film **"Adanalı Tayfur"**. He introduced distinctive phrases such as **"yeşşe"**, along with **"kelaj"**, **"abidik gubidik"**, **"şepkemin altında"**, and **"bilekis"** into Turkish slang through his films, becoming a widely recognized artist. In most of his films, Serengil’s voice was dubbed by Mücap Ofluoğlu. During a trip to Germany with Ekrem Bora and Fikret Hakan, he learned the twist dance and adapted it to his own style, introducing it to Turkey and earning the title **"Twist Kralı"**.[^4] [^5]  #### **Filmography** ##### **1954** - Üçüncü Kat Cinayeti (Cinema Film) ##### **1955** - Yetim Yavrular (Fedai) (Cinema Film) ##### **1958** - İstanbul Macerası (Cinema Film) - Ölümden De Acı (Cinema Film) - Son Nefes (Sihirbaz) (Cinema Film) - Karasu (Cinema Film) - Elveda (Cinema Film) ##### **1959** - Şeytan Mayası (Cinema Film) - Ömrüm Böyle Geçti (Cinema Film) - Sokak Şarkıcısı (Cinema Film) - Poyraz Osman (Şikeci) (Cinema Film) - Kıbrıs Şehitleri (Yorgi) (Cinema Film) - Hasret Şarkısı (Cinema Film) - Allah Büyüktür (Cinema Film) ##### **1960** - Sığıntı (Cinema Film) - Osman Çavuş (Cinema Film) ##### **1961** - İnleyen Dağlar (Cinema Film) - İki Aşk Arasında (Cinema Film) - Yaman Gazeteci (Rıfkı) (Cinema Film) - Siyah Melek / Zincirler Kırılı... (Cafer) (Cinema Film) - Silahlar Konuşuyor (Cinema Film) - Sabır Taşı (Cinema Film) - Melekler Şahidimdir (Max) (Cinema Film) - Kara Dut (Cinema Film) - Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez (Cinema Film) - Kader Yolcusu (Cinema Film) - Cehennemde Buluşalım (Fazıl) (Cinema Film) - Boş Yuva (Cinema Film) - Biz İnsan Değil Miyiz (Cinema Film) ##### **1962** - Şeytan Bunun Neresinde (Cinema Film) - Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir (Hayri) (Cinema Film) - Ölmek İstiyorum (Cinema Film) - Çöpçatan (Turgut) (Cinema Film) - Ver Elini İstanbul (Hınzır) (Cinema Film) - Sokak Kızı (Tarık) (Cinema Film) - Ne Şeker Şey (Tayfur) (Cinema Film) - Meteliksiz Aşıklar (Cinema Film) - Mağrur Kadın (Cinema Film) - Kiralık Koca (Osman) (Cinema Film) - Kanun Kanundur (Cinema Film) - Günahsız Aşıklar (Cinema Film) - Genç Osman (Cinema Film) - Fatoş'un Bebekleri (Hafiye Sami) (Cinema Film) - Cengiz Han'ın Hazineleri (Hülagü) (Cinema Film) - Can Evimden Vurdular (Cinema Film) - Boşver Doktor (Sadri) (Cinema Film) - Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? (Namık Yüksel) (Cinema Film) - Bardaktaki Adam (Cinema Film) - Barbut Süleyman (Cinema Film) - Aşk Güzeldir (Cinema Film) ##### **1963** - Üç Çapkın Gelin (Cinema Film) - Zoraki Milyoner (Ahmet Usta) (Cinema Film) - Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz (Cinema Film) - Yaralı Aslan (Tayfur) (Cinema Film) - Varan Bir (Hamdi) (Cinema Film) - Temem Bilakis (Hüsnü) (Cinema Film) - Sayın Bayan (Tayfur) (Cinema Film) - Sabahsız Geceler (Cinema Film) - Kötü Tohum (Memo) (Cinema Film) - Katır Tırnağı (Cinema Film) - Gizli Sevda (Cinema Film) - Geçim Dünyası (Cinema Film) - Cici Can (Azrail) (Cinema Film) - Bir Öpücük Ver Bana (Cinema Film) - Beni Osman Öldürdü (Tayfur) (Cinema Film) - Baş Belası (İrfan) (Cinema Film) - Bazıları Dayak Sever (Öztürk) (Cinema Film) - Bana Annemi Anlat (Cinema Film) - Bahriyeli Ahmet (Hasan) (Cinema Film) - Badem Şekeri (Pisbıyık/Tayfur Pirinçeken) (Cinema Film) - Aşk Hırsızı (Zeki) (Cinema Film) - Avare Şoför (Cinema Film) - Ali Derler Adıma (Cinema Film) - Adanalı Tayfur (Cinema Film) ##### **1964** - İçimizdeki Şeytan - Öpüşmek Yasak (Naci Keramet) - Ve Allah Gençleri Yarattı (Ali) - Var Mı Bana Yan Bakan - Son Karar - On Güzel Bacak - Manyaklar Köşkü (Sadık) - Koçum Benim - Kimse Fatma Gibi Öpemez (Tayfur) - Keşanlı Ali - Kadın Berberi (Tayfur) - Hızır Dede (Tayfur) - Fatoş'un Fendi Tayfur'u Yendi (Tayfur) - Cımbız Ali (Cımbız Ali) - Cüppeli Gelin (Öztürk) - Avare Yavru ve Filinta Kovboy - Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler (Necmi/Tayfur) - Adalardan Bir Yar Gelir Bizler... - Abidik Gubidik (Hüsnü Deveci/Kamil İnceses) ##### **1965** - Cezmi Band 007.5 (Producer + Actor) - Bir Garip Adam - 65 Hüsnü - Cımbız Ali (Producer) - Şepkemin Altındayım (Selim/Kerim) - İstanbul Kazan Ben Kepçe (Ali) - Yalancının Mumu - Sevgili Öğretmenim (Guest Actor) - Nasreddin Hoca - Lafını Balla Kestim - Keloğlan (Keloğlan/Eşkiya Ateşkerim) - Helal Adanalı Celal - Fakir Gencin Romanı (Patron) - Dokunma Bozulurum (Öztürk) - Biz De Vatandaşız - Bilen Kazanıyor (Fıstık) - Babasına Bak Oğlunu Al (Yakup) ##### **1966** - Şarlatan (İbrahim) - Suçsuz Firari (Turgut) - Milyonerin Kızı / İntikam Hırsı - Beyoğlu Esrarı (Rıfat) ##### **1967** - Çifte Tabancalı Damat (Red Kit Ahmet) - Trafik Belma (Berkant’s Brother-in-Law) - Karım Beni Aldatırsa (Dursun Ali) - Cici Gelin (Tayfur) ##### **1968** - İstanbul'da Cümbüş Var (Himself) ##### **1969** - Yaşamak Ne Güzel Şey (Şükrü Güler) ##### **1973** - Çulsuz Ali (Ali/Beyefendi) - Kolsuz Kahramanın Kolu (Hamsi Nuri/Wang Yu) - Kaynanam Kudurdu (Ali) - Hamsi Nuri (Hamsi Nuri) ##### **1974** - Şiribim Şiribom (Öztürk) - İmparator (İmparator Nuri) - Parasızlar (Boyacı Ali) - Kısmet (Guest Actor) - Hamama Giren Terler (Commissioner) - Erkek Dediğin Böyle Olur ##### **1976** - Şoför Mehmet (Meyhaneci – listed twice) - Adana Urfa Bankası (Tayfur/Ökkeş) ##### **1977** - Sarhoş (Ekrem) - Gülünüz Güldürünüz - Bizim Kız (Tayfur) - Babanın Evlatları (Cafer) ##### **1981** - Uyanık Aptallar ##### **1984** - Şaşkın Gelin (Naciye’s Brother) - Çalsın Sazlar - Yuvasızlar (Video) - Gırgıriyede Büyük Seçim (Tayfur) - Geçim Otobüsü (Guest Actor) - Berduşlar Sosyetede (Şatır) - Ayrılık (Osman) ##### **1985** - Cilalı İbo Beni Anneme Götür ##### **1986** - Keko Aptallar Çetesi (Video) - Kahkaha Marketi (Katır Osman) - Güldürme Beni (Takatukasa) - Akrep (Temel) ##### **1988** - Kerizler ##### **1990** - Koltuk Belası ##### **1991** - Her şey Kocam İçin (Ekrem Gülgün) ##### **1993** - Öp Babanın Elini (Tayfun) - Bul Karayı Al Parayı ##### **1994** - Kılıbıklar - Baba - Aptallık Rekoru - Alnı Açık İki Kişi (Haluk) ##### **1995** - Süper Yıldız (Abbas Şahin) (TV Series) ##### **1997** - Ana Kuzusu (Bakkal) (TV Series) ### **Production, Stage Shows, and Personal Life** In addition to his cinema career, he began performing as a showman in 1966. On television, his hosting of the competition program **"Gülünüz Güldürünüz"** provided a platform for many new talents to enter cinema and theater.[^6]  He also launched his own production company and became a producer. He enabled the first record releases for actors of the era Fatma Girik and Sadri Alışık. He also played a role in the release of Ajda Pekkan’s first record, which featured one of his own songs on one side and one of hers on the other. [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7oE-x0PIxc) *Öztürk Serengil's Hosted Program Gülünüz Güldürünüz (TRT Arşiv)* The artist also released several 45 rpm records in the genre of political satire. One of these was a parody of Timur Selçuk’s popular song titled **"İsmail'in Meyhanesi"**, which caused tensions among artists and ultimately led to a court order for the records to be confiscated.[^7]  In 1961, Serengil also opened **Abidik Gubidik**, Türkiye’s second-largest night club. Despite being the highest-earning cinema actor after Ayhan Işık for a time, he began losing his fortune due to his gambling addiction and infatuation with women. In his personal life, Serengil married four times. While still in a relationship with his first wife, Mevhibe Beyat, his attraction to a young university student opened the door to his second marriage; however, this marriage lasted only three days, and Serengil divorced his second wife. He married Nevin Teoman, the mother of his first child Seren Serengil, twice. Later, Serengil married Finnish woman Seija Mirja and formed a new family. From this marriage, he had two sons, Cengiz and Timur, and a daughter named Seray.[^8]  Among his close friends during his youth were Fikret Hakan and Suphi Kaner. His business ventures included a casino he opened in Libya, but the establishment closed twelve days later after Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi banned tourism, resulting in economic losses for Serengil. **Accused of espionage** in Libya, the artist spent a large sum of money to escape and returned to Türkiye, leaving all his assets behind in Libya.[^9]  He published a book titled **"Yeşilçam'ı Benden Sorun"**, in which he offered a personal reflection on his life. In his autobiographical work "Yeşilçam'ı Benden Sorun," he noted that he lost twenty-seven apartments due to this passion and lost a substantial amount of money in a single night in Germany.[^10]  A period of stagnation following his cinematic rise, caused by unpaid bills and bankruptcies, led the artist to leave cinema. He later returned to the stage as a showman, helping many cinema stars transition into singing careers. ### **Death** In the final years of his life, Öztürk Serengil underwent two surgeries due to a brain aneurysm. After suffering a stroke, he spent his last year unable to walk. **Öztürk Serengil** passed away on 11 January 1999 at the age of sixty-nine in his home in Kozyatağı, Istanbul. His grave is located in Çengelköy Cemetery in Istanbul. ## Academic Sources and References 1. Anadolu Ajansı. "Sıra dışı rollerin sevimli kahramanı: Öztürk Serengil." Anadolu Ajansı. Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/sira-disi-rollerin-sevimli-kahramani-ozturk-serengil/3446405 2. Anadolu Ajansı. "Yeşilçam'ın aykırı komedyeni Öztürk Serengil." Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur-sanat/yesilcamin-aykiri-komedyeni-ozturk-serengil/1360859 3. Anadolu Ajansı. "Yeşilçam'ın en komik kötü adamı: Öztürk Serengil." Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/yesilcamin-en-komik-kotu-adami-ozturk-serengil/2783008 4. Anadolu Ajansı. "Yeşilçam'ın sevimli ve aykırı adamı: Öztürk Serengil." Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/portre/yesilcamin-sevimli-ve-aykiri-adami-ozturk-serengil/3104775 5. Biyografiler. "Öztürk Serengil." Biyografiler.com. Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.biyografiler.com/kimdir/ozturk-serengil 6. TRT Archive. "Yetenek Siz Misiniz? (1977) | TRT Arşiv." YouTube, Video. Date Published: August 26, 2018. Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7oE-x0PIxc 7. TRT Archive. "Öztürk Serengil | TRT Arşiv." YouTube, Video. Date Published: January 11, 2019. Accessed November 29, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeec8LTTOaU ## Citations [^1]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Yeşilçam'ın en komik kötü adamı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/yesilcamin-en-komik-kotu-adami-ozturk-serengil/2783008 [^2]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Sıra dışı rollerin sevimli kahramanı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/sira-disi-rollerin-sevimli-kahramani-ozturk-serengil/3446405 [^3]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Yeşilçam'ın sevimli ve aykırı adamı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/portre/yesilcamin-sevimli-ve-aykiri-adami-ozturk-serengil/3104775 [^4]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Yeşilçam'ın sevimli ve aykırı adamı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/portre/yesilcamin-sevimli-ve-aykiri-adami-ozturk-serengil/3104775 [^5]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Yeşilçam'ın en komik kötü adamı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/yesilcamin-en-komik-kotu-adami-ozturk-serengil/2783008 [^6]: Anadolu Ajansı, "Yeşilçam'ın sevimli ve aykırı adamı: Öztürk Serengil," Anadolu Ajansı, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/portre/yesilcamin-sevimli-ve-aykiri-adami-ozturk-serengil/3104775 [^7]: Biyografiler, "Öztürk Serengil," Biyografiler.com, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.biyografiler.com/kimdir/ozturk-serengil [^8]: Biyografiler, "Öztürk Serengil," Biyografiler.com, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.biyografiler.com/kimdir/ozturk-serengil [^9]: Biyografiler, "Öztürk Serengil," Biyografiler.com, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.biyografiler.com/kimdir/ozturk-serengil [^10]: Biyografiler, "Öztürk Serengil," Biyografiler.com, erişim 29 Kasım 2025, https://www.biyografiler.com/kimdir/ozturk-serengil