Türkiye bids farewell to screen legend Kadir İnanır
A profound sense of grief has swept across Türkiye with the loss of Kadir İnanır, a revered actor whose magnetic screen presence and enduring career shaped the very fabric of the nation’s golden cinematic era.
The acclaimed actor died at the age of 77 after weeks in intensive care.
A public memorial ceremony was held on June 28 at 1 p.m. at the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage in Istanbul. Following the ceremony, funeral prayers were performed at the Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Mosque before İnanır was laid to rest at Ulus Cemetery.
The veteran actor had been hospitalized on May 14 after developing pneumonia. Shortly afterwards, he was transferred to intensive care as a lung infection worsened. His doctors initially sought to avoid intubation but ultimately placed him on mechanical ventilation on May 22 after his condition deteriorated.
