Kemal Kan

Directing

Istanbul, Turkey

Biography

Kemal Kan, whose real name is Nurhan Tüzünkan, was born in Istanbul in 1929. He graduated from Istanbul Erkek High School. He graduated from Istanbul Law Faculty and Istanbul Municipality Conservatory Theater Department. He took the stage in Sariyer and Eminönü Community Centers during his student years. In 1952, he moved to cinema as an assistant director in Nuri Akinci's Beyoglu Esrari. He started acting in 1955 with the movie Irz Enemies, also directed by Nuri Akinci. In 1960, he made the tra...