Ali Ecder Akışık

Ali Ecder Aşık was born in Ankara on April 23, 1938 and died in the same city on September 28, 2010, at the age of 72. The artist, who has performed in theatre, cinema and voice-over fields for many years, completed his education at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Theater Department and later served as a performing arts faculty member at the same university and Bilkent University.

He also served as the director of Ankara State Theaters for a period, and his body was buried in Cebeci Asri Cemetery.

In his directing career, he staged Aleksei Arbuzov's play "I Promise" at the Ankara State Theater in 1978; The following year, he directed Emmanuel Robles's "For a Hope (Montserrat)" on the same stage. He performed "The Bald Singer" by Eugène Ionesco in 1981, "The Emperor's Two Sons" by Nezihe Aaraz in 1982, "Through the Silence" by Mark Medoff in 1984, "At the Police Station" by Sidney Kingsley in 1985, and "Seed and Soil" by Orhan Asena in 1986 at the Ankara State Theatre. directed.

In 1989, at the Istanbul State Theatre, Sabahattin Kudret Aksal's "Kıral Cold", in 1990 Ergun Sav's "Another One", in 1993 Orhan Asena's "Candan Çparmak", in 1995 Aleksei Arbuzov's "A Love Story", in 1997 Federico Garcia Lorca's "Bloody" He created a wide repertoire by performing the plays "The Wedding", Ayn Rand's "The King Died on the Night of January 16" in 1999, and Frio Bordon's "Last Months" in 2000, in the same theaters.

Aşık, who has carried his actor identity to many stages since 1957, stepped onto the stage with plays such as Haldun Taner's "Dışardakiler" and Eduardo de Filippo's "Kiralık Bina". In 1958, he took part in Arthur Miller's "Witch Cauldron", Halim Ünsal's "Letter of the Sea", Orhan Asena's "Hürrem Sultan" and Shakespeare's "King Lear".

In 1959, he took the stage in Redik Erduran's "Karayar Bridge", Dino Buzzati's "Klinik Bir Case" and Jean Anouilh's "Toreadors", while in 1960 he performed in productions such as Suat Taşer's "Love and Peace", Ahmet Kutsi Tecer's "Köroğlu", İlhan Tarus' "Suavi Efendi". In 1961, Refik Erduran's "Cengizhan's Bicycle" and Çetin Altan's "Purple Notebook", in 1962, Haldun Taner's "Turkish Impasse", in 1963, Turgut Özakman's "Shattered" and Hidayet Sayın's "Topuzlu", in 1964, Yıldırım Keskin's "Investigation". and Recep Bilginer's "Rebels", Maurice Maeterlinck's "He Who Came Without Calling" in 1965, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Meteorite" in 1966 and Cahit's "Swallows".