Cinema historian and journalist author Agah Özgüç passed away at the age of 90. The news of Özgüç’s death was announced on the social media account of the Cinema Authors Association (SİYAD).
SİYAD (Cinema Authors Association), announcing the death of Agah Özgüç, used the following terms in its Twitter account:
“Member of our association, We are deeply saddened by the loss of Agah Özgüç, who is a veteran cinema researcher, author, always productive, and left countless works and archives to Turkish cinema. May your path be filled with lights, Agah Bey…
Master artist Hülya Koçyiğit also published a condolence message for Agah Özgüç. Sharing his shot with Agah Özgüç, Koçyiğit used the following words:
WHO IS AGAH ÖZGUC?
Born in Istanbul in 1932, Özgüç studied at Yeşilköy Pension Elementary School and Haydarpaşa High School.
In the 1950s, Özgüç wrote poems and essays for many literary magazines such as “Sail”, “Honeycomb”, “Poets Yaprağı”, “Turkish Art” and “Pank”. In 1961, he started professional journalism.
Özgüç worked as an editor in the cinema magazines of the period such as “Artist”, “Cinema”, “Sound” and “Perde”, and in the field of cinema “7 Days”, “Video News”, “Development Cinema”, ” He wrote for magazines such as “White Screen”, “Cumhuriyet Magazine”, “Antrakt”, “Cinema”, “Album” and “Öküz”.
Agah Özgüç, who contributed visual materials from his private archives to many broadcasting organizations, also acted as a consultant in cinema documentaries and directed the 12 issues of “Sinema 65” magazine.
Özgüç, the first cinema writer who was given the “Golden Artemis Award” by Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1992 for his contributions to Turkish cinema, received the cinema award from Ankara Art Institute in 1992-1993.
Özgüç was awarded the “Aziz Nesin Labor Award” at the 2nd Ankara International Film Festival in 1999. In 2000, the Work Award was presented by the Cinema Authors Association.
Some of the books of Agah Özgüç, who also wrote many works in the field of cinema, are as follows:
- “Dictionary of Turkish Cinemas”
- “Turkish Cinema Censorship File”
- “My Friend Yılmaz Güney”
- “Memories on Napkin Papers”
- “Ten Women in Turkish Cinema”
- “Yılmaz Güney with All Her Cinemas”
- ” Firsts in Turkish Cinema”
- “Contrasting Notes from a Cinema Diary”
- “Turkish Cinema in its 80th Anniversary”
- “The Case of Murders and Suicides in Turkish Cinema”
- “Dictionary of Turkish Cinema Directors”
- “100 Turkish Cinema from Its Beginning to the Present in Cinema”
- “Dictionary of Turkish Cinema Producers”
