Kemal Sunal's Psychobiography based on Levinson's Theory

In this study, the answer was sought "why do some people become more productive and constructive throughout their lives?" In this context, the life of Kemal Sunal, who was adopted as a comedy master by Turkish society in this study, has been examined in terms of the individual life structure of Levinson. This study is based on a psychobiographical case study from qualitative research approaches. In order to collect data about Kemal Sunal, the videos, interviews and books about his life were examined as documents. In order to analyze the data, the life stream from Kemal Sunal to his death was re-narrated by the researcher. In the analysis of the data, the matrix coding process was carried out using NVivo11 to compare the various elements of the theoretical life flow. When Kemal Sunal's 56 years (1944-2000) life is examined, childhood and school years; dream world, theater period; discovered, the first step to cinema; comforter band, smiling man; Shaban typography, the man who is looking for himself; Kemal Sunal comedy, re-scene; it is seen that the stages of heritage are among the turning points of the life stream of Him. He reached the first adult life (17-22 years, 1966-1972), the 30-year transition (28-33 years, 1972-1976), and the re-evaluation of life in middle age. It has been seen that Kemal Sunal has been proactive in his professional and career life, living in the psychological and biologically climatic periods, fulfilling his dreams of youth in the period of rest (33-40 years; 1977-1984). During the middle age period, Kemal Sunal's life structure has changed greatly. It has been determined that Kemal Sunal reshaped his life in the age of middle age (40-45 years; 1985-1989) in which he played in close to 25 movies. In the mid-adulthood (45-50 years; 1990-1995), it was the result of successfully conducting research into his own career, raising the next generations and transferring their experiences (50-55 years; 1995-2000) to them. As a result, it is seen that Kemal Sunal's business life is at the center of its life structure