About Sadri Alışık Sadri Alışık, born Mehmet Sadrettin Alışık (5 April 1925 Istanbul, 18 March 1995 aged 69 Istanbul) was a popular Turkish film actor. Biography He was a prolific actor. His movies that depicted poor, uneducated people of the society, who were happy and believed in love, the most were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. His classical fun movies titled "Turist Ömer" were also great hits. He also had a leading role in the popular Turkish television series, "Kartallar Yüksek Uçar". Alışık was also very interested in poetry and published his poems in a book called "Bir Ömürlük İstanbul". He died on March 18, 1995. Alışık was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul.