FILM DIRECTOR

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

1962 - 2025

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Sırrı Süreyya Önder (7 July 1962 – 3 May 2025) was a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, columnist and politician. Elected to parliament in 2011 as an independent backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), he later joined the party even though he was not of Kurdish descent. He competed in the 2014 municipal elections as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the sister party of the BDP, coming third with 412,875 votes (4.83%). In the general election of 7 June 2015 he was elected as MP for the 1st electoral district of Ankara Province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sırrı Süreyya Önder is the 1,583rd most popular film director (down from 1,539th in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,153rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 1,583 out of 2,041. Before him are H. Bruce Humberstone, Charles Barton, Bert I. Gordon, Rithy Panh, Sándor Sára, and David Silverman. After him are Gerardo Vera, Jessica Hausner, Mike van Diem, Tapan Sinha, Dominik Moll, and Alex Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 505. Before him are Naomi Wolf, Chris Botti, Yordanka Fandakova, Elizaveta Glinka, Brigitte Oertli, and Bela B.. After him are Dominik Moll, Nelson Gutiérrez, Charly Mottet, Marco Giovannetti, Doris Bures, and José Serrizuela. Among people deceased in 2025, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 128. Before him are Dick Button, Ferenc Mohácsi, Athol Fugard, Barbie Hsu, Johnny Tillotson, and Wings Hauser. After him are Greg Bell, David Johansen, Brian Murphy, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Giuseppe Moioli, and Cleopa Msuya.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 1,118 out of 1,347. Before him are Farah Zeynep Abdullah (1989), Ayşe Erzan (1949), Eren Keskin (1959), Selçuk Bayraktar (1979), Gülsün Sağlamer (1945), and Aytaç Yalman (1940). After him are Özgü Namal (1978), Birce Akalay (1984), Burak Deniz (1991), Tuncay Şanlı (1982), Kamil Tolon (1912), and Mustafa Şentop (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 8. Before him are Yılmaz Güney (1937), Henri Verneuil (1920), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), and Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963). After him are Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).

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