Discover Memorial Pages

State Artist

honorary title granted by the Turkish Government to prominent artists for their contributions to art

Memorial Pages

33 memorial pages

Memorial

Haldun Dormen

04/05/1928 – 01/21/2026

97 years

Turkish actor and director

Istanbul

Memorial

Muazzez Abacı

11/12/1947 – 11/12/2025

78 years

University of Rochester Medical Center

—

İU

Memorial

İlhan Usmanbaş

10/23/1921 – 01/30/2025

103 years

Istanbul

—

Sİ

Memorial

Selim İleri

04/30/1949 – 01/08/2025

75 years

Turkey

Memorial

Ayla Erduran

09/22/1934 – 01/07/2025

90 years

Turkish violinist

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Emin Yağcı

01/01/1965 – 05/30/2023

58 years

Turkey

Memorial

Alâeddin Yavaşca

03/01/1926 – 12/23/2021

95 years

Turkey

Memorial

Muammer Sun

10/15/1932 – 01/16/2021

88 years

Ankara

—

Memorial

Ruşen Güneş

05/17/1940 – 05/30/2020

80 years

London

Memorial

Gülriz Sururi

07/24/1929 – 12/31/2018

89 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Sadi Diren

08/20/1927 – 02/03/2018

90 years

Istanbul

—

MÖ

Memorial

Münir Özkul

08/15/1925 – 01/05/2018

92 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Behiye Aksoy

09/19/1933 – 05/31/2015

81 years

Istanbul

Çİ

Memorial

Çolpan İlhan

08/08/1936 – 07/25/2014

77 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Verda Erman

12/19/1944 – 07/21/2014

69 years

15th arrondissement of Paris

—

Memorial

Nejat Uygur

08/09/1927 – 11/18/2013

86 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Tekin Akmansoy

01/20/1924 – 02/12/2013

89 years

Şişli

—

Memorial

Kamil Sönmez

03/04/1947 – 12/20/2012

65 years

Şişli

Memorial

Müşfik Kenter

09/08/1932 – 08/15/2012

79 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Nevit Kodallı

12/12/1924 – 09/01/2009

84 years

Mersin

—

GÖ

Memorial

Gazanfer Özcan

01/27/1931 – 02/17/2009

78 years

Istanbul

—

Memorial

Avni Anıl

04/23/1928 – 06/14/2008

80 years

İzmir

Memorial

Leyla Gencer

10/10/1928 – 05/10/2008

79 years

Turkish opera singer

Milan

—

TÖ

Memorial

Tankut Öktem

09/27/1940 – 12/05/2007

67 years

Istanbul

—

1–24 of 33 shown