Ulaş Tuna Astepe, the beloved and mysterious face of television screens, made very special confessions about the sincere, modest and sometimes heartbreaking family life behind the glittering world of fame, in the program Tonight with İbrahim Selim. The life story of the handsome actor, who prefers to stay away from the cameras, starting in Izmit and extending to Istanbul, resembles a movie script. “I am the child of a working-class family” Astepe, who stated that he studied at a mixed education school in Izmit, near the SEKA Paper Factory, where workers’ children and children from the Roma neighborhood received co-education, tells about those days with pride.
Emphasizing that he does not have a combative nature and that he was a very hardworking child in high school, the successful actor proudly says “I am the child of a working class family” and reveals that he has not forgotten where he came from and his humble roots. His Dream of Istanbul and the Days He Was Watching for His Brother’s Way The first seeds of his desire to be in Istanbul were sown when his brother, who was 7 years older than him, got into Kadıköy Anatolian High School.
The cassettes and the famous “Walkmans” of that period that his older brother brought with him to Izmit on weekends became a door to Istanbul and dreams for little Ulaş. Astepe, who says that he had only one luxury when he was in his senior year of high school, also touches upon his warm bond with his mother by describing those days with the words: “I was watching Yeditepe Istanbul with my mother once a week, other than that, I had no luxury.” The Thief’s Stolen Father’s Heirloom Watch and Tear-Making Solidarity One of the most emotional moments in the program was when Astepe talked about his father.
The actor, who said that he never took off a watch inherited from his father because he believed it brought good luck, said that one day, thieves broke into his house and stole this priceless watch. When he explained the situation to his fans who could not see that watch on his wrist in the TV series, an incredible event happened: Ulaş Tuna Astepe’s passionate fans mobilized to find that father’s heirloom by searching the flea markets and all the watch shops in Istanbul one by one!
Although the watch unfortunately could not be found, this story proves what a big family the actor is with his loved ones. Now He is a “Famous and Cool” Uncle with Three Nephews! Astepe, who started his life journey as a determined child of a working-class family and today is one of Turkey’s most loved young people, is also an uncle to three nephews! He said that when the children were little, they were nervous about being photographed, but now his eldest nephew, realizing his fame, asked, “Why did you send me to take photographs?” Astepe laughs and explains his reproach by saying, once again, shows the importance he attaches to family ties.
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