after yaprak was shuttered kanık moved back to i̇stanbul. he was visiting ankara for a couple of weeks when on 10 november 1950 he fell down a hole in the street dug by the municipality works, hurt seemingly lightly. he returned to i̇stanbul two days later. on 14 november he felt sick while having lunch at a friend's house and was admitted to hospital. he was misdiagnosed and treated for alcohol poisoning, slipping into a coma at 20:00 the same evening. he died of a brain aneurysm at 23:30 in cerrahpaşa hospital.