Ferhan Şensoy


Osman Ferhan Şensoy was a Turkish actor, playwright and director.
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Private life

Şensoy was born in the Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951.
In 1988, he married stage and film actress Derya Baykal. From this marriage, two daughters, Müjgan Ferhan and Derya, were born. The couple divorced in 2004. He made his second marriage secretly in 2014 with stage actress Elif Durdu, who acted with Şensoy in the play “Beni Ben mi Delirttim? in 2003.

Career

He experienced his first professional acting with "Grup Oyuncuları" in 1971. Between 1972 and 1975, he studied Theatre in education in France and Canada. He worked under Jérôme Savary and Andre-Louis Périnetti. He was awarded the title "Best Foreigner Playwright" in Montreal, Canada in 1975 for his play Ce Fou de Gogol. He directed and played in the musical Harem qui rit at Théâtre des Quatre Sous in Montreal.
In 1975, Şensoy returned Turkey, and joined the "Nisa Serezli-Tolga Aşkıner Theatre" as an actor. He wrote several Sketch comedies for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation and the "Cabaret Theatre Devekuşu" in 1976. He staged his cabaret Dedikodu Şov at night club "Stardust" that was played by Adile Naşit, Perran Kutman, Pakize Suda, Sevda Karaca and with music by İstanbul Gelişim Orchestra. At the same night club, he played in the cabaret Kukla ve Kuklacı, written by Arda Uskan and music composed by Fuat Güner.
In 1978, his first novel Kazancı Yokuşu was published. He authored his first screenplay for the film Kızını Dövmeyen Dizini Döver. In the same year, he founded the theatre company "Anyamanya" with Mete İnselel. He directed and played in his own play İdi Amin Avantadan Lavanta.

Theatre fire

On 9 February 1987, the theatre building, in which Ferhan Şensoy staged the musical play Muzır Müzikal, burnt down completely caused "officially" by short circuit fault. The play featured ironic criticisms of the fundamentalist segment in Turkey.
The structure next to the Surp Agop Armenian Hospital at Elmadağ, Şişli in Istanbul was constructed mid 1950 upon the initiative of film producer Turgut Demirağ and owned by the Hospital Foundation. Named "Theatre Şan", it had a large foyer, a hall with magnificent acoustic, luxurious lodges and a big stage measuring. The venue was used as a movie theatre and a music hall for concerts in the past.
In a television show in 2001, Şensoy alleged that the fire was set by religious fanatic police officers, who were assigned to protect him.

Master of comedy

Kel Hasan Efendi, a master actor of comedy in the Turkish theatre during the final years of the Ottoman era, was nicknamed "Hasan the Bald", and wore a headgear, a quilted turban, on the stage. He played a character similar to "Kavuklu" of the theatre in the round at the end of the 1800s. After retirement, he handed over his "kavuk" to İsmail Hakkı Dümbüllü as a symbol of the mastery of the traditional improvisational theatre and theatre in the round. The "kavuk" was handed over to Münir Özkul in 1968, a master of comedy in the cinema of Turkey. Ferhan Şensoy received the "kavuk" in 1989, and wore it 27 years long until March 2016, when he passed it over to Rasim Öztekin.
In the words of Münir Özkul, the "kavuk" is a symbol of 600 years of a culture, an art of performance called "tuluat".

Health issues and death

On 2 July 2021, Ferhan Şensoy was hospitalized due to internal bleeding. Some time ago, he had undergone an angioplasty surgery due to health problems. He was taken to hospital due to the complication that developed due following the surgery. After his treatment there, he was transferred to a private hospital for precautionary purposes.
Şensoy died in the Medical Faculty Hospital of Istanbul University on 31 August 2021. He was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery after the memorial ceremonies held at Galatasaray High School and the Theatre Ses in Beyoğlu as well as the religious service at Teşvikiye Mosque on 2 September.

Works

Plays

Source:Aşkımızın Son Durağı, premiered on 11 March 2006Kiralık Oyun, premiered in 2005Uzun Donlu Kişot, premiered on 31 March 2004, staged also in 2005Beni Ben Mi Delirttim, premiered on 24 October 2003Fişne Pahçesu, a parody-adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play.Felek Bir Gün Salakken Ferhangi Şeyler Güle Güle Godot Şahları da Vururlar İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı Seyircili Seyir Defteri Kahraman Bakkal Süpermarkete Karşı Soyut Padişah Üç Kurşunluk Opera, a pardody-adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play.İstanbul'u Satıyorum 40AMbar Gece Tiyatrosu Aptallara Güzel Gelen Televizyon Dizileri Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma Yorgun Matador
  • ''Köhne Bizans Operası ''

Films

Muhalif Başkan, actorSon Ders: Aşk ve Üniversite, actorPardon, screenplay and actorŞans Kapıyı Kırınca, actorBüyük Yalnızlık, actorBir Bilen, actorParasız Yaşamak Pahalı, actorKöşedönücü, actorKızını Dövmeyen Dizini Döver, actorAşk Dediğin Laf Değildir, actor

Television

Varsayalım İsmail
  • ''Boşgezen ve Kalfası''

Published works

Başkaldıran KurşunkalemSeçme Sapan ŞeylerKaragöz ile BoşverinbeniElveda SSKHacı KomünistEşeğin FikriRum MemetFerhAntolojiKalemimin Sapını Gülle DonattımFalınızda Ronesans VarOteller KitabıDenememelerİngilizce Bilmeden Hepinizi I Love YouGüle Güle GodotDüş BüküAyna MerdivenKazancı YokuşuGündesteAfitap'ın kocası İstanbul
  • ''Şahları da Vururlar''

Projects

  • ''Nuh2''