Famous Turkish actor Cuneyt Arkin dies at age 85

By Sukru Gunduz and Emrah Gokmen

ISTANBUL (AA) - Famous Turkish actor Cuneyt Arkin died Tuesday at the age of 85, hospital sources said.

The actor, who gave the Turkish Yesilcam movie industry many blockbusters, died at a hospital in Istanbul where he was taken after he suffered a cardiac arrest at home.

The veteran actor, whose real name was Fahrettin Cureklibatur, was born in 1937 in the central Eskisehir province and acted in over 300 movies.

A graduate of Istanbul Medical School, Arkin left his job as a physician and became a leading figure of the Yesilcam.