Sunal’s family later published his thesis under the title Kemal Sunal's Comedy in Television and Cinema. On July 3, 2000, while on a plane, the famed actor died suddenly of a heart attack, age 56.

ISTANBUL - Friends and family gathered Friday to celebrate the most famous underdog in Turkish cinema, Kemal Sunal. Here’s a look at Sunal and his larger than life screen persona Şaban, ...

Kemal Sunal died suddenly of a heart attack on July 3 at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. he had just boarded the plane for Trabzon, where he was to take part in the filming of director Ali Ozgenturk's ...