Savaş Ay

Savaş Ay (26 March 1954 – 9 November 2013) was a Turkish newspaper and television journalist, director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, and actor best known for his panel discussion television series A Takımı (The A-Team).

Biography Savaş Ay was born on March 26, 1954 in Gaziantep, the son of actor Turan Ay and his actress wife Şükran. After graduating from Marmara Academy of Commerce, he began a journalism career in 1974 at the business and economics daily Dünya. He later was with the newspapers Tercüman, Vatan, Milliyet, Sabah and the news agency Akajans. Ay's very popular panel discussion television series A Takımı, which debuted in 1993, aired on channels like ATV, TGRT, Kanal D, Kanal 6, Show TV, Flash TV, Star TV and Kanal 1.

Savaş Ay interviewed as one of the last two journalists and took the last photo of the 17-year-old Erdal Eren in the prison before his execution. Eren was arrested after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état due to an alleged murder, tortured in the prison, and hanged despite being underage. He was survived by his singer son Ulaş Can Ay and daughter Sanem Dolun Ay.