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Beloved Turkish actor Turkey supports Finland

Cüneyt Arkın dies

Cüneyt Arkın, whose real name and Sweden Nato bid
was Fahrettin Cüreklibatır was born
on September 8, 1937, in the Alpu NATO’S
district of Eskişehir province. Secretary-General
When he was doing his military Jens Stoltenberg said he expects
service in Eskişehir as a reserve of- ratification of Sweden and Fin-
ficer, he caught the attention of Halit land’s membership of the mili-
Refiğ, the director of Şafak Bekçileri tary alliance to be passed in re-
(1963). cord time, after the two countries
FAMOUS Turkish actor Cüneyt overcame Turkish objections to
Arkın has died at the age of 85 from After he completed his military join.
a cardiac arrest on June 28. service, he worked as a physician in A last minute agreement was
After he fell ill last night, he was and around the Adana province. reached between the three coun-
taken and treated at a private hospi- In 1963, with the offer from Halit tries on Tuesday night, on the eve
tal in the Ulus neighborhood in the Refiğ, he started working as an actor of the Nato Summit in Madrid.
Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. and acted in at least 30 films over “We will make a decision at the
Cüneyt Arkın, who left his mark on the next two years. The fight scene
and gave many blockbusters to Turk- in his film Gurbet Kuşları in 1964 summit to invite Sweden and Fin- of Ukraine. ment as a triumph, saying the
ish cinema and starred in hundreds was a turning point in Arkın’s ca- land to become members, that’s Finland shares a 800-mile long Nordic nations had agreed to
of films, had won many awards. reer. He started focusing on action unprecedented, quick,” he told border with Russia. The Krem- crack down on groups that An-
“Cüneyt Arkın, a valuable actor of films at the suggestion of Halit Refiğ, reporters. lin said it would take retaliatory kara deems national security
Turkish cinema, died in Liv Hospital, after playing emotional and roman- “After invitation, we need a “military-technical” steps after threats.
where he came by ambulance due to tic characters. In the meantime, he ratification process in 30 parlia- Finland’s leaders came out in fa- All 30 countries in Nato have
a cardiac arrest, despite all efforts to started receiving training for acro- ments,” he added. “That always vour of applying to join the alli- to formally approve the member-
revive him,” said the hospital, where batics at the Medrano Circus in Is- takes some time but I expect also ance. ship applications which can usu-
he passed, in a statement. tanbul province. By passing on what that to go rather quickly because Turkey’s president Tayyip Er- ally take up to 18 months. How-
“As the Liv Hospital family, we are he had learned in the Medrano Circus allies are ready to try to make dogan had previously threatened ever, Nato officials are keen to
saddened by the loss of the great ac- to the silver screen, he introduced that ratification process happen to block both countries join- fast-track the process.
tor of Turkish cinema,” they said. an unprecedented style to Turkish as quickly as possible.” ing Nato, but in a breakthrough Swedish Prime Minister Mag-
“Our condolences to Cüneyt cinema. Arkın soon became the top Finland and Sweden only ap- move, has lifted his opposition dalena Andersson said the agree-
Arkın’s family and all his fans,” they choice when it came to high-profile plied for membership last month on Tuesday at the summit. ment was “good for Finland and
added. action movies in Türkiye. in the wake of Russia’s invasion Turkey hailed Tuesday’s agree- Sweden. And it’s good for Nato”.