Suat Yalaz was born in 1932 in Çiçekda, Kayseri, Turkey. Since he was a son of a clerk, he spent his youth in Denizli, Adana and Kayseri. He was only sixteen years old when his cartoons were published in newspaper Erciyes Post. He graduated from the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts. While in the academy he worked as one of the youngest cartoonists leading the new movement in the daily newspaper and weekly magazine. When his first comic, 'Karaoglan', drew considerable attention since its beginning in 1963, the doors of the press and cinema were opened to him. Later Yalaz produced eight films, which began the historical and adventure films era in Turkey lasting more than ten years.
