Artist Sattar Guldur, who brought Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s operettas to life

Abstract

The article deals with Artist Sattar Guldur’s work as an actor, director and theater organizer, who staged Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s operettas in the cities of Kars, Igdir and Erzurum of the Republic of Turkey, who devoted his entire life to the development of Azerbaijani and Turkish theater art and continued the traditions of theater art successfully. He organized tours with theater companies, folk dance groups and music groups in Erzurum, Trabzon, Igdir, Ankara and Istanbul, and also brought his works to other districts of Kars, becoming a voluntary art ambassador of Kars. It is stated that Sattar Guldur was a director and artistic director of theater, music and dance groups, played leading parts in works and became famous as a master of laughter. The founder of the Republic, Mustafa Kamal Ataturk, met with Sattar Guldur’s theater company during all his visits to Kars, watched the comedies “Аrşın mal alan” (“The Cloth Peddler”) and “Məşədi İbad” (“Mashadi Ibad”) several times and expressed his admiration for his talent.