24.10.2026 15:20
Actor Sermiyan Midyat, recounting that İbrahim Tatlıses, who was receiving treatment in hospital after the armed attack on him, watched the film 'Ay Lav Yu' every day for 40 days and was cheered up, said, "When I entered his room, he was even reciting the extra's line by heart; we hugged and cried together."
Actor and director Sermiyan Midyat shared an unforgettable memory regarding the period when master artist İbrahim Tatlıses was being treated in the hospital after the armed attack on him. Midyat said that during Tatlıses's difficult treatment process, he watched the film 'Ay Lav Yu' nonstop for 40 days to keep his spirits up.
"AYDEMİR AKBAŞ CALLED WHILE I WAS IN AMERICA"
Stating that he was in the US at the time of the incident, Sermiyan Midyat recounted that the process began with a surprise phone call from the late actor Aydemir Akbaş: "At that time I was in America. Aydemir Akbaş called me; I didn't know him at all. It was 5 in the morning there... 'I am Aydemir Akbaş. İbrahim Tatlıses has just been shot, he is receiving treatment. When you come to Turkey, would you visit İbrahim? He really wants to meet you,' he said. So as soon as I returned to Turkey, I went to Maltepe Hospital."
"EVERYONE HAD MEMORIZED THE LINES"
Expressing that he experienced great surprise at the welcome at the hospital, Midyat described the atmosphere in the room with these words: "As I entered, all the assistants, drivers, the 40 people at the door were saying lines from the film 'Ay Lav Yu'. I entered Mr. İbrahim's room; he was getting a massage inside, he was lying face down. On the television, 'Ay Lav Yu' was on. İbrahim Abi was even reciting the extra's line by heart before the extra said it!"
"WE HUGGED AND CRIED TOGETHER"
Stating that emotional moments were experienced during the visit, the famous actor used the following expressions: "He said to me, 'Brother, I have been in the hospital for 40 days. For 40 days, every day I watched your film and it kept my spirits up. May God be pleased with you a thousand times.' Then we hugged and cried together. It was a very strange thing, it affected me very deeply."