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Aydemir Akbaş (b. 25 February 1936, Istanbul), is a Turkish screenwriter, director, actor, journalist and sports writer of Albanian descent.

Early Years and Education
Born in Istanbul as the son of an Albanian father and a Turkish mother in 1936, Akbaş worked as a journalist for a while after studying at Galatasaray High School.

Career
After journalism, he started acting in theater and worked with famous theater names such as Gülriz Sururi, Ayfer Feray, Nisa Serezli and Ali Poyrazoğlu. He acted in plays such as Kesanli Ali Destani, Direkler Arasi, Zilli Zarife, Ferhat ile Sirin.

Aydemir Akbaş moved on to cinema in 1964 with the movie "Kesanli Ali Destani" directed by Atıf Yılmaz. He acted in the films of Yılmaz Güney for a while. In 1974, he took part in many erotic-comedy films in the Yeşilçam. Later, he studied screenwriting with İbrahim Tatlıses.

In 1968, he took part in the play 7 kocali Hurmuz at the Ayfer Feray – Nisa Serezli Theater. In 1969, he became one of the partners of Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theater and Partners Theater. Here he took part in the plays Nikah Kagidi, Dusenin Dostu. He directed many theater plays.

"Avrupali" (which means "The European") which he translated with Cem Davran in 2007, was released in October 2007 with a record number of copies. While Aydemir Akbaş worked in 125 films as an actor, he sat in the director's chair 7 times.

His last movie is Kolpacino 3. Devre, which became famous with Şafak Sezer. He acted in 127 films, 40 of which were comedies, directed 8 films and acted in 30 theater plays. He also acted in many TV series. He wrote the scripts of 33 films.

He is one of the oldest living sports writers in Turkey. He is also a supporter of Galatasaray and a congress member of Galatasaray S.K.

Private Life
Akbaş got divorced twice and married three times with his wife, theater actor Beyhan Benek, whom he married in 1964. His brother Erdinç Akbaş also acted for a while.