Aydemir Akbaş (25 February 1936 – 16 August 2024) was a Turkish screenwriter, director, actor, journalist and sports writer.
Akbaş was born in 1936 in Feriköy, Istanbul to an Albanian father and a mother from Sürmene.
After studying at Galatasaray High School, he worked as a journalist for a while.
[citation needed] Akbaş divorced his wife, theater actress Beyhan Benek, whom he married in 1964, twice and married three times.
[3] On 15 August 2024, Akbaş was hospitalised after being found unconscious at his home and kept in intensive care.