Acting

Hayat Van Eck

Dutch origin Turkish actor. He played World Weightlifting Champion Naim Suleymanoglu as the leading actor in the movie Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu, where his life story is told. Born in Amsterdam to a Dutch father and a Turkish mother originally from Ankara, Van Eck lived in the Netherlands until the age of 6 and moved to Izmir with his family and grew up here. Van Eck played the role of Gaza in the movie Daha / More, written by Onur Saylak in 2017. Received the Promising Young Actor Award at the 24th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival.