Well-known Turkish theater and cinema actor Metin Çekmez, who had been battling cancer for years, has died at the age of 76.

His death caused many Turkish artists to mourn and express their condolences on social media.

Metin Cekmez, started his career in 1962, while years later he participated in many movies and TV series.

The actor, with the title of master, was especially known for his films like Super Baba, Binbir Gece, I Named Feriha.

For the Albanian public he became known from the series 'A Thousand and One Nights' and 'A Part of Me', which was broadcast 5 years ago.