While chatting with his friends in a place in Cihangir the previous evening, Mahir İpek saw the members of the press waiting for him, got up from the table and came to them. The famous actress said, “Happy holiday friends. The weather is very cold, if you are waiting for me in this weather, I can’t help it, if there is any question you want to ask, “he said.
“THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HEAVY”
“Mahir Bey, are there any projects?” İpek answered the question, “Güldür Güldür continues. There is also a theater in Ankara, I go back and forth. Go to Ankara every week, play, come back, shoot Güldür Güldür… This year has been very heavy for me,” he replied.
The famous actress, “Demet Akbağ returned to the theater stage with the play ‘Aydınlıkevler’. What would you like to say?” answered the question.
“THATER AUDIENCE IS NOT LIKE A TV AUDIENCE”
İpek said, “I couldn’t watch it, it coincided with my play, so I couldn’t go. I have to watch it because Demet is one of Turkey’s most important actresses. It is very exciting to be back in the theater after such a long hiatus. The theater audience is not like the television audience. Going out of the house and watching a game is one thing and very little. Leaving the house, going to the cinema, theater, concert is completely different. I’m sure those who loved Demet were very happy that he was back. It’s a box office. Demet Akbağ and Yılmaz Erdoğan, these are great artists.”
“MY MOTHER DIED, I WAS IN QUARANTINE, I CAN’T GO”
The reporters said, “Mahir Bey, it is a very sad holiday for you, you lost your mother in the pandemic. Mahir İpek’s eyes filled with tears when he suddenly became silent on the sentence “Your pain is so great”.
The 50-year-old actress, whose mother Naciye İpek, who contracted the coronavirus a year ago, lost her life, made the following statement while holding herself back from crying:
“The Ministry of Health is explaining the numbers, you say, ‘Oh, so many people have died.’ Then you look at this statistics, there is also a part of you. ‘Will it find me among 80 million, my dear?’ you say and you will find it. I was positive in Istanbul, my mother was in Ankara, but we were in the same period. My mother passed away and I could not go because I was in quarantine. We had terrible days. Not only for me, the whole of Turkey went through these terrible days. 4-5 people from a family He lost his life. It is a very heavy thing. Actually, we should not forget these things very quickly, but unfortunately we are a society with a weak memory. When you say ‘it’s over’, everything is over. In this sense, Europeans are more cautious than us and learn from the past. We must not forget what happened. very, we must never forget.”
(Nationality)