Yılmaz Güney, (born Yılmaz Pütün, 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.
Yılmaz Güney was born in 1937 in the Yenice county of Adana. His father was a Zaza from Siverek, and his mother was a Kurmanci-Kurd from Varto, Turkey. His parents migrated to Adana to work as cotton field laborers. As a r...
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Yılmaz Güney, (born Yılmaz Pütün, 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.
Yılmaz Güney was born in 1937 in the Yenice county of Adana. His father was a Zaza from Siverek, and his mother was a Kurmanci-Kurd from Varto, Turkey. His parents migrated to Adana to work as cotton field laborers. As a result of his family background young Yılmaz grew among the working class poor, which formed a strong background for his future works which generally focused on a realistic portrayal of down and out people in Turkey. Güney studied law and economics at the universities in Ankara and Istanbul, but by the age of 21 he found himself actively involved in film-making. As Yeşilçam, the Turkish studio system, grew in strength, a handful of directors, including Atıf Yılmaz, began to use the cinema as a means of addressing the problems of the people....
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