Ceyhun Yılmaz

In 2002, he published his first poetry book; in the same year, he left school and his TV and radio positions to join the army. After spending 4 months in Van, Turkey he toured all of the provinces, doing 107 stand-up shows for the troops and high ranking officials.[1]

Ceyhun Yılmaz in 2012

Ceyhun Yılmaz, who completed his military service in 2003, returned to the radio sector and immediately published his second poetry book, Kasımın Bıçak Yarası. He began presenting shows in the same year. He signed a contract with TRT for a television program in 2004 and presented Şov Rüzgarı for 14 episodes. In 2005, he transferred to Cine5 and introduced the program Ceyhun Yılmaz Talk Show, which aired every night during the week. Throughout its 165 episodes, the program featured 210 famous guests.

In 2006, he published another poetry book titled İkinci El Yalnızlık and donated the profits from book sales to the Turkish Kidney Foundation and Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation.[2]

Between February 2004 to May 2006, he had a recurring role in the TV series Hayat Bilgisi, spanning 92 episodes.[3] As a result of an accident while filming the series on 13 May 2006, his foot was broken in three places and his arm was cracked. On the same day, his mother died, prompting him to leave the workforce.

In June 2007, he made another agreement with TRT and presented the program Sayısal Gece throughout the summer. In the same year, he appeared in the series Küçük Hanımefendi, which also starred Tuba Ünsal.[4] In 2008, he co-hosted Sayısal Gece on TRT with Sibel Can and continued the program in the winter season, presenting a total of 40 episodes.[5] In 2009, he presented the program İstanbul Sokakları on TRT Müzik.[6] In 2011, he prepared and presented the sports program Hoş Beş Iki for 13 episodes, together with Simge Fıstıkoğlu on Habertürk TV.[7]

In 2011, he prepared and presented the 21 sports-talk show program on Lig TV.[8] In 2011, he published the books Sensiz Harfler, a combination of his previous 3 books, and Sevdiğim İkinci Kadınsın Sen. The profits from the sales were donated to Children with Leukemia Health and Education Foundation.[9]

He attended more than 100 university panels as a speaker between 1999-2012 and has been awarded multiple times throughout his career. He has made cameos in various films, including Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba, Hababam Sınıfı Askerde, Maskeli Beşler, Maskeli Beşler: Irak, Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs, Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti, and Çakallarla Dans, as well as the TV series Melekler Korusun, Leyla ile Mecnun and Babam İçin.[10][11]

In 2013, he presented Ceyhun Yılmaz Show on Alem FM throughout the week.[12] In addition, he made an alternative broadcast online called PACYA, airing between commercials and at different times of the day.[13]

As of February 2020, he presents a program on Kafa Radyo.[14]

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