Necmettin Çobanoğlu

The artist, who was born in Hanzar (Teknecik) village of Refahiye, is especially known for his role in Yılmaz Güney's movie Yol. Çobanoğlu, who entered the art world in 1967 as an assistant on filming sets, continued to work as a stuntman as well as a set worker at Yeşilçam after his military service. The artist, who started to deal with production work after a while, was tried during the September 12 Coup because he was the manager of Sine-sen. Necmettin Çobanoğlu, who was acquitted in 1992, became a parliamentary candidate from the ÖDP in the 1999 elections, but could not be elected because the party could not pass the threshold. The artist was given the "Effort in Cinema Award" at the 47th International Antalya Film Festival.