Engin Çağlar

Engin Çağlar 28 August 1940 1 November 2025 was a Turkish film actor His mother was born in Skopje His father came from a family that had migrated to Istanbul from a small town on the coast of the Sea of Azov His father owned a factory that manufactured industrial materials He attended Robert College for secondary school In 1958 he played football for a short time at Galatasaray He studied at university in Germany He was conscripted into the military in 1965 While serving as a sailor for two years he was even stationed in Cyprus After his discharge he entered a competition run by Ses magazine and came second after Uğur Güçlü That same year names such as Kadir İnanır Sümer Tilmaç Demir Karahan and Altan Bozkurt also participated in the competition He began his film career in 1968 with Bilge Olgaçs film Öksüz In 1969 he gained recognition by starring alongside Hülya Koçyiğit in the film Kınalı Yapıncak directed by Orhan Aksoy After signing with Hulki Saner she appeared in films directed by Metin Erksan and left cinema in 1974 She has appeared in a few films since then but has not fully returned to cinema In 2016 she was elected chair of the board of directors of the FİLMSAN Foundation