Director

Yaşar Kemal

Writing

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.2

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1383781

Known for: Writing

Born: October 6, 1923

Died: February 28, 2015

Age: 91

Place of birth: Hemite, Osmaniye, Türkiye

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1956 - 2017

Years active: 62

Also known as

Kemal Sadık Gökçeli

Frequent jobs

Story (5)Novel (3)Writer (3)Screenplay (1)Short Story (1)

TMDB TMDB

Biography

Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli;(6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of Memed, My Hawk. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the plight of the Kurdish people.He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for German magazine Der Spiegel accusing the Turkish army of destroying Kurdish villages. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for an article he wrote criticising racism against minorities in Turkey, especially the Kurds.

Movies