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Halit Kıvanç

Halit Kıvanç
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Born (1925-02-18) February 18, 1925 (age 91)
Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Education Law
Alma mater Istanbul University
Occupation Television presenter, radio presenter, humorist, sports commentator, sports journalist and writer
Spouse(s) Bülbin (m. 1955)
Children son Ümit Kıvanç (b. 1956)
Parent(s) İsmail (father), Leman (mother)

Halit Kıvanç (born February 18, 1925) is a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist and writer. He is best known as a sports commentator.

He was born in the Fatih district of Istanbul to trader İsmail and his wife Leman, the youngest of five siblings. His precise birthday is not known, as at that time Turkey was still using the Rumi calendar and would not transition to the Gregorian calendar for another few months. However, official documents give his birthday as February 18, 1925

He completed his secondary education at Pertevniyal High School in Aksaray, Istanbul. At the last grade just before the graduation, he lost his father. His brother Kemal did not allow him to earn money for the family, instead he wished that Halit go to the university. Halit studied then law at Istanbul University. Following his graduation, he attended military service for duty.

In 1950, Halit Kıvanç entered civil service to become a judge. Following a brief period of apprenticeship, he was appointed judge in Kozluk, a small town in southeastern Turkey that became shortly before a district of then Siirt Province. He served at this post in a region of deprivation only for couple of months. Kıvanç resigned and returned to Istanbul to pursue a career as a journalist that offered him much more income.

Already during his university years, Halit Kıvanç was interested in journalism. His articles were published in the Law Faculty's periodical Guguk ("Cuckoo" for English). His vested interest in football, led him to write in the sports weekly Şut ("Shoot"). Later, his writings on humor got ahead. His professional journalism career began as he was discovered by Yusuf Ziya Ortaç, the publisher of the that time's notable illustrated satire and humor magazine Akbaba ("Volture"), after his first joke was printed.


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