Yılmaz Zafer

Yılmaz Zafer 24 September 1956 9 November 1995 Turkish theater and cinema actor Yılmaz Zafer started acting in the theater at the Fatih Halkevi due to his admiration for Perihan Savaş and later transferred to the City Theaters He played roles in various theater companies such as Gülriz Sururi Engin Cezzar Theater In 1976 he started working in cinema and directed more than 40 films In the movie İskilipli Atıf Hoca he impressed the audience with his role as Ferit the lawyer of İskilipli Atıf Hoca who was sentenced to death for siding with the occupation forces during the War of Independence and the National Struggle inciting the people against the Kuvayi Milliye forces and causing serious damage to this struggle In 1987 he married Perihan Savaş whom he had admired for a long time and had a child from this marriage He and his wife founded the Yönetim Film and Advertising Company After suffering two heart attacks the first of which occurred in April 1994 the artist lived in need of care for a long time and died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage