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K\u00f6yce\u011fiz’de emeklilik y\u0131llar\u0131n\u0131 ge\u00e7iren ve bir s\u00fcre \u00f6nce Fethiye Huzurevi’ne yerle\u015fen Yurdakul, organ yetmezli\u011fi nedeniyle Fethiye Devlet Hastanesinde tedaviye al\u0131nd\u0131. Buradan Mu\u011fla E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesine, daha sonra Milas’taki \u00f6zel bir hastaneye sevk edilen Yurdakul, yap\u0131lan m\u00fcdahalelere ra\u011fmen kurtar\u0131lamad\u0131.<\/p>\n
Yurdakul’un cenazesi, K\u00f6yce\u011fiz’de ikindi vaktine m\u00fcteakip k\u0131l\u0131nacak cenaze namaz\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan defnedilecek.<\/p>\n
Askerden d\u00f6nd\u00fckten sonra 1951’de \u0130stanbul’da terzi \u00e7\u0131rakl\u0131\u011f\u0131na ba\u015flayan Yurdakul, Olgunla\u015fma Enstit\u00fcs\u00fcnde tayy\u00f6r \u00f6\u011fretmenli\u011fi yapt\u0131ktan sonra Ankara’ya d\u00f6nd\u00fc. Burada ilk i\u015f yerini a\u00e7an Yurdakul, k\u0131sa s\u00fcrede devlet b\u00fcy\u00fckleri ve \u00fcnl\u00fc sanat\u00e7\u0131lar\u0131n terzisi haline geldi.<\/p>\n
Yurdakul, \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc’n\u00fcn e\u015fi Mevhibe \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc, Adnan Menderes, Cemal G\u00fcrsel, Suat Hayri \u00dcrg\u00fcpl\u00fc ve e\u015fleri i\u00e7in k\u0131yafetler dikti.<\/p>\n
Bo\u011faz K\u00f6pr\u00fcs\u00fc’nde, k\u00f6yde, sinemada ilk kez defileler d\u00fczenleyen Yurdakul, T\u00fcrkiye’nin ilk manken okulunu ve kad\u0131n futbol tak\u0131m\u0131n\u0131 kurdu.<\/p>\n
Pazen kuma\u015ftan 1966’da haz\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 elbise Madrid’deki tekstil fuar\u0131nda birinci se\u00e7ilen Yurdakul, \u0130spanya, Fransa, \u0130svi\u00e7re ve Almanya’da \u015fubeler a\u00e7t\u0131 ve “Moda Kral\u0131” olarak an\u0131lmaya ba\u015flad\u0131.<\/p>\n
Yurdakul, 1965’te Milli M\u00fccadele d\u00f6neminde giydiklerinden \u00e7ok etkilendi\u011fi Atat\u00fcrk’\u00fcn bir k\u0131yafetini yeniden modernize ederek dikti. Cumhurba\u015fkan\u0131 \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc bu k\u0131yafeti \u00e7ok be\u011fendi ve “Milli M\u00fccadele \u00c7apraz\u0131” ismini verdi. Yurdakul ayr\u0131ca T\u00fcrkiye’de ilk Atat\u00fcrk k\u0131yafetleri defilesini yapt\u0131. “Milli M\u00fccadele \u00c7apraz\u0131” \u015fu anda Tunus’ta bir m\u00fczede sergileniyor.<\/p>\n
Bir\u00e7ok \u00fcnl\u00fc isme k\u0131yafet tasarlayan Yurdakul, 8. Cumhurba\u015fkan\u0131 Turgut \u00d6zal i\u00e7in ilk kur\u015funge\u00e7irmez yelek dikmi\u015fti.<\/p>\n