Zati Sungur
Hasan Zati Sungur (March 10, 1898 – July 6, 1984) was an internationally recognized Turkish stage magician. Early years Hasan Zati Sungur was born in Bursa on March 10, 1898. He got interested in stage magic during his primary school years. He learned magic tricks, which he used to amaze his classmates. After graduating from the primary school, he won the entry exam to the Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics in Istanbul with highest score. He continued to exhibit his magic tricks also there. During World War I, he was sent to Germany for training in submarines. When the relations between Germany and Turkey broke after the war, he stayed in Germany. First he found a job in an orthopedy workshop, and later began working in the Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt in Cologne. During this time, he read publications on magic tricks and visited magic shows. Career Some time after, Zati Sungur devoted himself to stage magic. His professional magic shows at the Berlin Wintergarten theatre brought him great success. With a group of artists, he went on tour in France, Italy, Spain, North America, and then in 1922 in South America. He toured in Chile, Paraguay, Brezilya and Argentina with his