Türker İnanoğlu

Türker İnanoğlu 18 May 1936 2 April 2024 was a Turkish screenwriter film director and producer İnanoğlu came in contact with the cinema when he was a student at the Istanbul Academy of Applied Fine Arts in 1957 After working as assistant to directors Ömer Lütfi Akat and Nişan Hançer in eleven movies he directed in 1960 his first feature Senden Ayrı Yaşayamam After directing nine movies in the studios of Yeşilçam the Turkish Hollywood İnanoğlu established in 1959 his own film company Erler Film which is today the oldest film production company in Turkey still in business Since then he produced 126 blackandwhite and color films among them 21 coproductions with Greece Italy and Iran He executed also the productions of American Japanese French and German filmmakers documentary films shot in Turkey Until now he directed 82 movies In 1979 İnanoğlu started the video business in Turkey by founding the first video company Ulusal Video His company distributed video copies of domestic movies to around 1500 video clubs in Turkey and abroad He contributed so five years long to the survival of Turkish cinema which found itself in a big economic crisis To produce news and entertainment programs for the television he established a studio in 1985 In this studio İnanoğlu produced very popular programs like Bir Başka Gece Another night Hodri Meydan Challenge Gecenin getirdikleri Things came by night for the then only TV channel in Turkey TRT Later following the opening of private TV channels he continued to produce TV programs for channels like Star TV Show TV Kanal 6 and ATV totaling to 10000 hours In 1994 İnanoğlu became president of the channel ATV and helped it became a leader in the sector Recently he established a cable TV channel Süper Kanal He cofounded sectoral associations and served as their chairman Recently he is the honorary president of the Turkish Association of Owners of Cinema Arts SESAM In 1997 he set up the Türker İnanoğlu Cinema Foundation and transferred all the copyrights on his productions to this charity institution with social and educational goals for the Turkish cinema He was died on April 2 2024 in İstanbul Turkey