Genco Erkal
Genco Erkal (28 March 1938 – 31 July 2024) was a Turkish drama actor. He starred in the 1983 film A Season in Hakkari, which won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. In April 2021, he announced that due to tweets in which he criticized the Turkish Government he was being prosecuted for insulting the President.
Genco Erkal
35milimetre · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Genco Erkal
- Born
- 28 March 1938
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Died
- 31 July 2024
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Education
- Istanbul University Faculty of Letters · Robert College
- Honours
- Golden Orange Award Best actor
- Languages
- Turkish
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Genco Erkal. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5530907 · wikipedia · Genco Erkal
In this article
Biography
Biography
Erkal died of leukaemia on 31 July 2024, at the age of 86.
Genco Erkal and other cast of his Dostlar Tiyatrosu at Cyprus Theatre Festival, with his play "Göçmenleeer"
Nicosia Turkish Municipality
Genco Erkal receiving an award from mayor Mehmet Harmancı at Nicosia Theatre Festival
Nicosia Turkish Municipality
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Genco Erkal • Born — 28 March 1938 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Turkey • Died — 31 July 2024 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1959–2024 • Children — 1 • Illustration — Genco Erkal in 2023
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1982 — Faize hücum — Kamil • 1982 — A Season in Hakkari — Teacher • 1982 — At — Hüseyin, the father • 1990 — Camdan Kalp — Kirpi • 2008 — The Market: A Tale of Trade — Fazil • 2010 — Sleeping Princess — Kahraman • 2016 — Nâzım Oratorio — Genco Erkal • 2017 — 7yüz — Serhat — Episode: "Refakatçiler"
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1938
Genco Erkal born at Istanbul.
2024
Genco Erkal died at Istanbul.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Genco Erkal, revision 1356942426 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Citizenship
1- TurkeyPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Genco Erkal is recorded as having received Golden Orange Award Best actor.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 27 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Gemma WhelanPerson
- Gen SekiguchiPerson
- Gena Lee NolinPerson
- Gena RowlandsPerson
- Gene Anthony RayPerson
- Gene BervoetsPerson
- Gene EvansPerson
- Gene GauntierPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Genco Erkal?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.