45+ Top Pictures of Birol Ünel. He died three months ago of cancer. 1961 yılında mersin'in silifke ilçesinde doğan ünel, 68 yılında ailesiyle birlikte almanya'ya taşındı. He studied acting at hanover . Director fatih akin came to international attention with this tragicomic story of the . His death is not exactly breaking news.