Tekin Akmansoy

Tekin Akmansoy was born on January 20, 1924 in Sarayköy district of Denizli. The artist, one of the important representatives of the meddah tradition, spent his childhood and youth in Ankara. Moving to the capital with his family in 1939 because his father was a civil servant was a turning point in his life.

Akmansoy, who attended theater courses at Ankara Community Center at the age of seventeen, had her first professional stage experience in Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's play "Para". After graduating from Ankara Atatürk High School in 1942, he graduated from Ankara State Conservatory in 1947 and joined the Ankara State Theater in the same year.

The artist was sent to Cyprus in 1969 by the decision of the Council of Ministers and was assigned to establish the theater called "İlk Sahne".

He became widely known for his character Nuri Kantar, a businessman from Kayseri, in the TV series Kaynanalar, which started broadcasting on TRT in 1974 and remained on the screens for many years. He repeated this unforgettable character both during the series and in the movie Mother-in-laws and Nöri Gantar Family, which was shot in 1979.

The artist, who also took part in the new episodes of Kaynanalar, which was screened again in the 1990s under the direction of his daughter Arzu Akmansoy, was awarded the title of State Artist in 1998.

Akmansoy, who had his last television experience playing the character of Tahir Pamukçuoğlu in the TV series Iki Aile, passed away on February 12, 2013, while being treated for pneumonia at Şişli Memorial Hospital. After the prayer performed at Teşvikiye Mosque on February 14, 2013, his funeral was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery next to his wife Meral Akmansoy, who passed away in 2002.

Productions in which he took part

• Two Families (2006) — Tahir Pamukçuoğlu
• Upstarts (1994) — Nuh Partal
• Mother-in-Laws (1974) — Nuri Kantar
• Bloody Wail (1951)
• Northern Star (1954)
• Bloody Sea (1974)
• Nöri Kantar Family (1975) — Nuri Kantar
• Play My Grave of Stone (1951)
• I Descended from the Village to the City (1974) — Ali Rıza Akçakayalı

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.