Tankut Öktem [SEP] manner of death
of various awards at home and abroad.
His workshop at Küçükkumla village in Gemlik, Bursa Province was burnt down in 2006.
Death.
Tankut Öktem died on 5 December 2007 in a traffic accident in Üsküdar, İstanbul, at which also his wife and daughter Pınar were injured. His corpse was transferred to Küçükkumlu, where he was laid to rest in the family grave. He was survived by his wife Semra Öktem and daughters Pınar Öktem Doğan and Oylum Öktem İşözen.
See also.
- Respect to
Tankut Öktem
Tankut Öktem (1941, Istanbul - 5 December 2007, İstanbul) was a Turkish sculptor well known especially for his monumental works.
Early years.
He was born 1941 in Istanbul and his childhood was spent moving from one location in Turkey to another following the successive assignments of his parents, who were veterinaries employed by the state. By his teens, he was already recognized as a child prodigy in sculpture and painting, and he concentrated on the former discipline after his enrollment in the ceramics branch of