Yavuz Turgul

Photograph by Muammer Yanmaz

Born in 1946 in İstanbul, Yavuz Turgul graduated from İstanbul University Institute of Journalism. After a six-year career in journalism, he began writing screenplays and directed his first feature film in 1984. Turgul won the Best Screenplay Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with Çiçek Abbas in 1982. Muhsin Bey brought Turgul the Best Screenplay Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 1987, the Special Prize of the Jury in the International Competition Section of the International İstanbul Film Festival and Prize San Sebastian at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 1988. His 1996 feature, Eşkiya (The Bandit) was a great commercial success in Turkey.

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