Sevim Tanürek

Sevim Tanürek (1934(?) – 16 May 1998) was a Turkish classical music artist.

Early life She performed in TRT's Radio Ankara between 1950 and 1959. Afterwards, she started her stage performances in Istanbul. She released some 45 rpm singles, sang together with her musical group in a number of film scores and acted also in three movies and one television series as a singer.

Traffic crash and death On 11 May 1998 at around 11:45 a.m. local time, while walking on a pedestrian crossing with a green traffic light for pedestrians, she was hit by a motorist and severely injured. The driver, who fled the scene of the crash, was identified as Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, son of the current President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Mayor of Istanbul. Tanürek was taken suffering from severe traumatic brain injury first to Şişli Children's Hospital , and then delivered to Taksim German Hospital , where she underwent surgery and was treated in the intensive care unit. Five days after the accident, she died on 16 May 1998.

Ahmet Burak Erdoğan allegedly did not possess a drivers' license at the time of the accident. He was tried without being arrested.

After the accident, Tanürek's husband said that although they knew her health condition was in question, he did not expect her death. He called for the motorist to be punished, and denied agreeing to accept TL 20,000 blood money. "There cannot be forgiveness with money".

Filmography Güzeller Resmi Geçidi, movie (1960) Tosun İle Yosun, movie (1963) Taş Plaktan Bugüne, television series (1989)