Marmara radyo televizyon sinema1/21/2024 Time Does Not Heal ( Zaman Tedavi Etmez, BirGün, 17 August 2014) RIP Cüneyt Cebenoyan, born in Ankara on 16 September 1960, died in Konya on 3 August 2020. ÖTEKİLERİN GÜNDEMİ GÜNDEM YARATMAYA DEVAM EDİYOR. Trafik Kazasında Vefat Eden Birgün Gazetesi Yazarı Cüneyt Cebenoyan,Son Yolculuğuna UğurlandıĦ Ağustos 2019 /plDymsmz7w In an eloquent piece for BirGün titled Zaman Tedavi Etmez(Time Does Not Heal), published on the fifteenth anniversary of the earthquake, Cüneyt reflected on the tragic cards life had dealt him. Tragedy struck Cüneyt’s world again five years after the death of his sister, when he lost his mother Tuncay, father Hikmet and son Ali in a powerful earthquake that devastated İzmit and surrounding areas on 17 August 1999. He also regularly called out Turkey’s left-wing ‘progressives’ for empathising with the violent actions of the PKK and other Turkish paramilitary groups. His views evolved after his older sister Yasemin was killed in December 1994 by a bomb planted by the PKK, a Kurdish terror group, at a patisserie in Taksim, Istanbul.Ĭüneyt demanded the PKK apologise for Yasemin’s murder. He dabbled with acting, appearing in films such as Gözümün Nuru / Eye Am (2013) and Hayatboyu / Lifelong (2013).Ī lifelong left-wing activist, Cüneyt spent 14 months in jail following the military coup of 1980. Yesim Guzelpinar & Cüneyt Cebenoyan at the Golden Island International Film Festival, North Cyprus, Nov. He served on the juries of multiple national and international film festivals, including those in Canada, Cuba, India, Iran, France, Kazakhstan, North Cyprus, Norway, Russia and Tanzania. A graduate in economics from Boğaziçi University, his knowledge of and passion for film was phenomenal.Ĭüneyt was a member of SİYAD (Sinema Yazarları Derneği / Turkish Film Critics Association) and its international equivalent FIPRESCI. In 2014, he became the host of a new radio film review programme, Erguvani İstimbot, on Açık Radyo, examining a notable film in detail each week with guests. Cüneyt was a columnist for left wing daily BirGün, penning his views about the world around him. He was also a critic for broadcaster CNN Turk. He wrote for Antrakt, Sinema, Empire, Altyazı, Milliyet Sanat, Sinerama, Express and Roll Magazines. His will keep his memory alive by remembering his exemplary life.”īorn in Ankara in 1960, Cüneyt was a left-wing intellectual who had made his name reviewing films. He was one of our friends who knew how to exist with courage, and continued his life’s journey with great determination. Everyone will talk about all that happened to him. He was a very good cinema critic, a strict intellectual, a solid friend. His funeral was attended by people from the worlds of film, media and politics still in shock at the untimely loss of the renowned film critic and writer.Īward-winning actor Ercan Kesal said, “We were children from the same family. His wife was taken to Seydişehir State Hospital, where she was treated for her non-life-threatening injuries.Īged just 58, Cüneyt Cebenoyan was laid to rest two days later at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul. The pair were travelling on a dual carriageway in Seydişehir, Konya, around 9am in the morning when Cebenoyan lost control of the car he was driving, hitting the vehicle in front before crashing into the central reservation barrier.ĭespite the best efforts of the emergency services, Cüneyt could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at the scene. On 3 August 2020, the family and friends of Cüneyt Cebenoyan received the news that he and his wife Ayşegül had been involved in a fatal road traffic accident.
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