Salih Kalyon
(Casim)

Was born in Agri in 1946. Started in the theatre during his secondary schoolyears at Adapazari Halkevi. Became professional after Cahit Atay's play "Sultan Gelini" at the Ankara Theatre of Art. Afterwards he played in many plays at AST and in 1976 he founded the AGT-Ankara Children's Theatre. The artist, who presented here 20 Chilren's plays, put due to the World Children's Year in 1979 at the Ankara and Istanbul State Opera Houses Britten's opera "Bir Opera Yapalim" for young people on stage. After a 4-years-break he re-started with Yilmaz Erdogan's "Bana Bir Seyhler Oluyor". In addition to many TV series he played in the theatre play "Bana Bir Seyhler Oluyor", in the cinema films "Gunesli Bataklik", "Gizli Yuz", "Talihli Amele" and lastly in Yilmaz Erdogan's "Vizontele".