He was born blind - one eye never formed and remained the size of a lentil and the other eye wasn't totally formed.
Esref Armagan was born in 1953 so is 57 years old
Now he lives in Ankara. Turkey
He is very much alive and living in Turkey.
He grew up in Kucukcekmece in Istanbul. Turkey
The cast of Der mit den Fingern sieht - 2010 includes: Esref Armagan as himself Hasan Ugurlu as himself
Esref Hamamcioglu was born in 1954.
Esref Ziya Terzi was born in 1968, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Esref Vural was born on May 5, 1914, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Esref Vural died on October 25, 1987, in Istanbul, Turkey.
He was born blind and was curious about the world around him - mostly about objects too big to feel. He would feel the objects themselves or a raised line drawing or a copper relief etching. He would then try to replicate what he had felt and when someone declared it looked like the real object/scene, he would know it "got it right." Eventually he started making paintings using the information he had absorbed and memorized (this also explains how he learned colors). Joan, his manager
The cast of The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic - 2007 includes: Esref Armagan as Himself - The Blind Painter Wim Hof as Himself - The Ice Man Lutz Jaenke as himself Miia Kuru as Herself - Medic Raymond Kurzweil as himself Bruce Lahn as himself Juha Oksa as himself Elizabeth Salser as Herself - The Sysasthete
The cast of Esref saati - 2007 includes: Ali Atay as Sebati Yavuz Bingol as Kara Esref Yetkin Dikinciler as Sari Esref Serkan Ercan as Hayati Yagmur Kasifoglu as Ceylan Bilge Sen as Sadiye Ahmet Ugurlu as Yadigar Vural Uzundag as Selami