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Turkish artist Süleyman Saim Tekcan dies aged 86
Süleyman Saim Tekcan has died aged 86, his family announced on social media.
He was a painter, printmaker and educator, and was also known as an actor.
He helped develop original printmaking in Turkey through his art, teaching and work training other artists.
Born in Trabzon in 1940, he graduated from Ankara’s Gazi Education Institute in 1961 and later studied printmaking in Germany.
In 2004, he founded Istanbul’s IMOGA museum, which brings together printmaking, archiving and exhibitions.
Tekcan received Turkey’s Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in 2022, and his family said his work and students would leave a lasting legacy.
Turkish artist Süleyman Saim Tekcan has died at the age of 86, according to reports published on October 18, 2026.
His family announced his death in a social media post.
Tekcan was a painter, printmaker, educator and actor, and a leading figure in Turkish original printmaking.
He founded the Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts, known as IMOGA, in 2004.
He received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in 2022.
- Who
- Süleyman Saim Tekcan, a Turkish artist, educator and actor.
- What
- He died at the age of 86.
- When
- Reported on October 18, 2026; the exact date of death is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Tekcan was born in Trabzon.
He graduated from the Painting and Crafts Department of Ankara Gazi Education Institute.
He founded the Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts (IMOGA).
He received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award.
News outlets reported that Tekcan had died at the age of 86.
- Age
- 86
- Birthplace
- Trabzon
- Graduation
- Ankara Gazi Education Institute, 1961
- Museum founded
- IMOGA, 2004
- Award
- Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award, 2022
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What people are saying
We share with deep sadness the passing into eternity of our beloved father, the great master of Turkish art, Süleyman Saim Tekcan
We bid farewell with love and respect to the great master who devoted his life to serving art and humanity. May God envelop him in mercy; may his resting place be paradise and his rank be exalted