Ediz Hun

Ediz Hun, actor and former member of parliament, was born on 7 November 1940 in Cihangir, Istanbul. His father was a Circassian mechanical engineer and his mother was a Hungarian immigrant and philosophy teacher. He completed his secondary education at the Austrian High School in Istanbul. After graduating from Atatürk Boys’ High School, he continued his dental studies for four years at the University of Würzburg in Germany.

_{A frame from the 1971 film Yağmur}

While in his final year in 1963, during a summer break visiting his family, he entered a contest opened by Ses magazine and won first place. In the same year, he made his cinematic debut in the film ‘Genç Kızlar’, directed by Nevzat Pesen, alongside Türkan Şoray and Hülya Koçyiğit in leading roles.

Within a short time, he became one of Yeşilçam’s most sought-after actors, known as a ‘romantic youth’ figure.

Beginning in the 1970s, his Yeşilçam film career spanned 12 years and included 130 films before he left cinema.

On 3 January 1973, he married Berna Hanım, a flight attendant for Turkish Airlines. The marriage produced two children.

In 1976, he moved with his family to Norway, where he studied Biology and Environmental Sciences at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim and Oslo. He returned to Türkiye in 1981 and entered the business world by opening a printing house.

In 1985, he played the lead role in the TV series ‘Acımak’, directed by Orhan Aksoy on behalf of TRT.

Between 1991 and 1993, he served as Advisor to the Ministry of Environment and Director of the Istanbul Environmental Provincial Directorate. In 1996, he resigned from his position at the Ministry of Environment and began delivering lectures domestically and internationally on the topic of preserving natural balance.

In 1999, he was elected as a member of parliament for Istanbul from the Motherland Party. He held this position until 2002.

He has served as a faculty member at Marmara University and Istanbul Okan University.

In 2001, he received a Lifetime Honorary Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. In 2012, he received a Lifetime Honorary Award at the Altın Koza Film Festival. On 24 November 2011, he was honored with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Honorary’ awards at the 2nd International Malatya Film Festival. In 2012, he received the Cinema Honorary Award at the Sadi Alışık Theatre and Cinema Actor Awards, and in 2015, he received the Çayda Çıra Honorary Award at the International Çayda Çıra Film Festival.