A Screen Actor's Summer on a Beach Lounger

Arda Kural is a Turkish actor who appeared in a number of successful films and television series in the years before 2015. The press gave him the nickname the Turkish DiCaprio. He has said, though, that he appeared on television out of curiosity and did not see acting as a real job.

In July 2015, Daily Sabah reported that Kural was living on a sun lounger on Büyükçekmece Beach in Istanbul. The paper said he had been evicted from his home after falling behind on rent. It attributed his situation to financial problems and to a psychological illness, and it described him as being in worsening physical and mental condition, in dirty clothes, with wounded feet, using a blanket.

Kural himself spoke about it briefly. He said he had gone through a psychological problem, that he was still recovering and that he had visited a hospital. He said simply that he no longer had a house. The newspaper noted that he had relatives in Büyükçekmece, and that he described the neighbourhood as close-knit.

The article also mentioned claims circulating about his health, but it did not confirm any diagnosis. It does not report what happened to him after that summer, so how his situation was resolved is not known from this source.