Nejat Saydam (15 September 1929 – 25 October 2000) was a Turkish

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. He began as a theater actor in 1946 and became an assistant in movies four years later. In 1957, he began directing films. Saydam starred in two Turkish films and wrote 85 film scripts.

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1929 births 2000 deaths Turkish male stage actors Turkish film directors Turkish male screenwriters Turkish male film actors 20th-century Turkish male actors 20th-century screenwriters Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery {{Turkey-film-director-stub