Cem Akaş, a writer, editor and translator who was editor-in-chief of the Istanbul publishing house Can Yayınları, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Thursday, Demirören News Agency (DHA) and ANKA News Agency reported. He was 58, according to DHA.
Akaş died on Wednesday, 28 October, after a period of illness, ANKA reported.
Funeral in Üsküdar
His funeral prayer was held after the noon prayer at the mosque of Marmara University’s Faculty of Theology in Üsküdar, on Istanbul’s Asian side, according to DHA. He was buried at Hekimbaşı Cemetery in Ümraniye.
DHA said family members, friends and colleagues attended, among them the writer and musician Zülfü Livaneli and the writer Sunay Akın. Livaneli said the last book Akaş edited was one of his own, DHA reported. ANKA said many figures from the arts and literary world attended the ceremony.
A leading literary publisher
Milliyet described Akaş as a publisher who also wrote novels, short stories and essays, and said Can Yayınları had announced his death.
Sources
- Can Yayınları Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Cem Akaş son yolculuğuna uğurlandı (DHA)
- Cem Akaş hayatını kaybetti (ANKA via Son Dakika)
- Cem Akaş’ı kaybettik (Milliyet)
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