Menderes Samancılar

Born in Adana on May 1, 1954, Samancılar is of Kurdish origin. In 1974, he won first place in the photo novel king competition held by a newspaper. He starred in more than twenty photo novels in two years. In 1975, he stepped into the cinema with the movie İnce Memed Vuruldu, directed by Yılmaz Duru. Until 1998, he played various roles in approximately eighty films, including four leading roles. In 1998, he starred in the film Hasards ou coïncidences (Chance or Coincidence), directed by French director Claude Lelouche. In 2005, she shared the leading roles in the play titled Selvi Boylum Al Yazılım, which was exhibited at Sadri Alışık Cultural Center, with Kerem Alışık and İpek Tuzcuoğlu. Samancılar, who has been writing poetry since the age of 15, published The Night They Shot the Yellow of Autumn in September 2003; In 2016, he published his poetry books called Burnt Forest Smell.