Actor, poet and
writer (b. 1968, Hakkari). He spent his childhood in Ankara until he moved to
Istanbul along with his family. His family is of Kurdish origin. (mix Assyrian
people, Jewiishs people, Farsi, Armenian, Turkic people) In 1987, he dropped
out of his civil engineering studies at Istanbul Technical University and
joined the On Duty Theater Staff (Turkish: Nöbetçi Tiyatrosu) managed by Ferhan
Sensoy. He also became chief screenwriter at Levent Kirca's long-running
television sketch show, Olacak O Kadar. In 1988, he founded his own theatre company,
Güldüsündürü, and staged a successful production of his self-penned Suleiman
the Magnificent and Rambo (Turkish: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman and Rambo)
WORKS:
PLAY: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman ve Rambo (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman and Rambo, Kadınlık Bizde Kalsın (May Womanhood
Remain with Us), Otogargara (“Autogargle”), Cebimde Kelimeler (Words in my Pocket), Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü? (Have
You ever Seen a Firefly?).
POETRY: Kayıp Kentin Yakışıklısı (The Handsome of the Lost City, 1993), Anladım (I Understand, 2000).
SHORT-STORY: Hüzünbaz Sevişmeler (Sorrowful Lovemaking, 1993), Feriştah’ın Fentezileri (Fantasies of Feriştah, 2004).
ESSAY: Haybeden Gerçeküstü Konuşmalar (Nonsense Surrealist Conversation,
1999).
REFERENCE: Muzaffer Buyrukçu / Haybeden Gerçeküstü Konuşmalar (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 17.2.2000), Muhsin Kızılkaya / Yılmaz-Portre (2001), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Muzaffer Buyrukçu / Muhsin Kızılkaya “Yılmaz”da Bir Sanatçının Doğuşunu Anlatıyor Mükremin Abi’nin Yaşamöyküsü (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 29.11.2001), TBE Ansiklopedisi (s. 391-392, 2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Sanatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 5, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Yılmaz Erdoğan (tiyatrolar.com.tr, 07.04.2021), Yılmaz Erdoğan (imdb.com, 07.04.2021), Yılmaz Erdoğan (sinematurk.com, 07.04.2021), Yılmaz Erdoğan (diziler.com, 07.04.2021), Yılmaz Erdoğan (beyazperde.com, 07.04.2021).
