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Ayten (other)
Ayten or Aytən is a Turkish given name for females. People named Ayten include: * Ayten Akyol, Turkish beauty queen * Ayten Alpman (1929–2012), Turkish singer *Ayten Amer (born 1981), Egyptian actress *Ayten Amin (born 1978), Egyptian film director *Aytən Mustafayeva (born 1968), Azerbaijani politician *Ayten Mutlu (born 1952), Turkish poet and writer Fictional characters * Ayten, one of the major characters in the movie The Edge of Heaven (film) by Fatih Akin Other uses * Ayten Sokak, famous and historical street in Ankara, Turkey See also * Aydın * Ayton (other) Ayton may refer to: Places * Ayton, Ontario, Canada * Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland England * Great Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire * Little Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Y ... {{Disambiguation, given name Turkish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested the European Union to add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state. Turkish is the 13th most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet. The distinctive characteristics of the Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1953
Miss Universe 1953, the 2nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on Friday July 17, at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. Contestants from 26 countries competed in the pageant, which was held concurrently with the Miss USA 1953 event. 17-year-old Christiane Martel from France won the competition, becoming the second Miss Universe. The previous titleholder, Armi Kuusela, resigned before her reign ended, and therefore Martel was crowned by actress Julie Adams. Results Placements Contestants 26 contestants competed for the title. Notes Debuts * * Withdrawals * * * * * * Did not compete * - Violet Sleigh * - Colette Ribes Awards * - Miss Friendship (Jeanne Vaughn Thompson) * - Miss Photogenic (Myrna Hansen) General references * References {{Miss Universe 1953 delegates 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Alpman
Ayten Alpman (10 October 1929 – 20 April 2012) was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song "''Memleketim''" ("My Country") during the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation. Biography Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1929, Alpman worked as a soloist for Istanbul Radio after finishing high school. She began her singing career during the 1950s and was encouraged by Turkish producer Arif Mardin to sing jazz songs in the first years of her career. She released her first record, "''Sayonara/Passion Flower''", in 1959. In 1972, Alpman released her song "''Memleketim''" ("My Country") which became immensely popular in Cyprus and Turkey in 1974 during the Cyprus conflict. She rarely entered the recording studio, and had released only two LPs throughout her career. Her most notable songs include, "''Sensiz Olmam''", "''Yanımda Olsa''", and "''Ben Varım''". Alpman's latest release was a compilation of her best-known singles released by Ada Music in 1999. Personal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Amer
Ayten Amer ( ar, أيتن عامر) (born Samar Ahmed Abd El Ghaffar Amer, 22 November 1986, Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian actress and model. Career Amer moved to Cairo when she was four. She later studied acting Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode. Acting involves a broad r ... and directing and worked as a model, which helped her overcome her fear of the camera. Her first major role was in ''Hadret El Motaham Aby'' (Mr. Guilty is My Father), with Nour El Sherif. Personal life Amer is the sister of actress Wafaa Amer, and has one daughter, Ayten Ezzelarab. Filmography * Sukkar Mor * Elleila Elkebira * Zana'et Settat * Salem Abu Okhto * Betawqit Elqahera * Cart Memory * Ala Gothety * Harag we Marag * Hasal Kh'eer * Sa3a we Nos * Banat ElA'm * Ya t'addi, Ya T-haddi Series * Shaqet Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Amin
Ayten Amin (Arabic: آيتن أمين) is an Egyptian film director. She began her career making documentary films during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. She is best known for '' Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician'' and '' Villa 69''. Early life Ayten Amin was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She studied Film Criticism in 2001. Her first films were shorts about belly dancing and Egyptian actress Madiha Kamel in 2005. At American University in Cairo, she produced ''Her Man'', which was screened in 10 international film festivals. She began working as an Assistant Director in 2008. Her breakout was in 2011 with SPRING 89 which was shown at Cannes Film Festival. Film career Ayten Amin's most recognized film is '' Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician''. She was in Cairo during the January 25th protests and the Egyptian Revolution, and the interest of the protests prompted her filming them and co-directing Tahrir 2011, with her part of the contribution bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aytən Mustafayeva
Aytən Inglab gizi Mustafayeva (born 23 May 1968) is an Azerbaijani Independent politician who was a member of the National Assembly. She was elected at the 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election. Early life Mustafayeva graduated in 1990 with honours from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Baku State University. Political career Mustafayeva was elected to the Parliament of Azerbaijan in 2015. Personal life She was married to political scientist Roshen Mustafayev until his death in 2009. She remarried in 2016. She is fluent in Russian, Turkish, English and Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the .... References Living people 1968 births Members of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan) Independent politicians in Azerbaijan 21st-century Azerbaijani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Mutlu
Ayten Mutlu (born 6 October 1952 Bandırma, Turkey) is a Turkish poet and writer. She graduated from Yıldız Technical University and Istanbul University and graduated from Management faculty of İstanbul University in 1975. She retired from The Central Bank. She was politically active, in the Women rights Movement. She has published poetry, prose, stories and criticism. She also translated, contemporary poets from English to Turkish that published many of them in periodicals. She translates women poets from Antiquity to now selections from the world over. She is laureate of price Ibrahim Yildizoglu (1999), price of poem of the international Meeting of the poets of Yalova Yalova is a market-gardening town located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. The town has a population of 156,838, while the population of the surrounding Yalova Province is 291,001 . A largely modern town, it is ... (2001) and price Sunullah Arısoy (2005) Master of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge Of Heaven (film)
''The Edge of Heaven'' (german: Auf der anderen Seite, literally ''On the Other Side'', tr, Yaşamın Kıyısında) is a 2007 Turkish-German drama written and directed by Fatih Akın. The film won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, was Germany's entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Oscars, but was not nominated. After making its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the film was shown at several international film festivals. It was released in Germany on 27 September 2007. Plot ;Yeter's Death Retired widower Ali Aksu (Tuncel Kurtiz), a Turkish immigrant living in the German city of Bremen, believes he has found a solution to his loneliness when he meets Yeter Öztürk (Nursel Köse). He offers her a monthly payment to stop working as a prostitute and move in with him. After receiving threats from two Turkish Muslims for the work she does, she decides to accept his offer. Ali's son, Nejat Aksu (Baki Davrak), a prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head-On'' (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film ''The Edge of Heaven'' (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film '' In the Fade'' (2017). Early life Akin was born in Hamburg to Turkish parents. He has one brother, Cem Akin, who works as an actor. He attended the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg to study visual communications and graduated in 2000. Akin has been married to German-Mexican actress Monique Obermüller since 2004. The couple live in Hamburg-Altona, close to where he was raised. They have two children. Career Akin made his debut as director of a full-length film as early as 1998 with '' Short Sharp Shock'' ''(Kurz und schmerzlos)'', which brought him the "Bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Sokak
Ayten Sokak ( en, Ayten Street) is a notable and historical street in Mebusevleri (MP Houses) neighbourhood of Çankaya district in Ankara, Turkey. The street was the base of the parliament members from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and its leader and former President İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ..., who regularly visited the street for personal and official activities. Ayten Sokak is about 5 minutes from the city centre ( Kizilay). Streets in Ankara Transportation in Ankara {{ÇankayaAnkara-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydın
Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient Meander River) at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast. Its population was 207,554 in 2014. Aydın city is located along a region which was famous for its fertility and productivity since ancient times. Figs remain the province's best-known crop, although other agricultural products are also grown intensively and the city has some light industry. At the crossroads of a busy transport network of several types, a six-lane motorway connects Aydın to Izmir, Turkey's second port, in less than an hour, and in still less time to the international Adnan Menderes Airport, located along the road between the two cities. A smaller airport, namely Aydın A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayton (other)
Ayton may refer to: Places * Ayton, Ontario, Canada * Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland England * Great Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire * Little Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire * East Ayton, a village and civil parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire * West Ayton West Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Located upon the west bank of the River Derwent adjacent to East Ayton. According to the 2011 UK census, West Ayton parish had a population of ..., a village and civil parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire Other uses * Ayton (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the surname) See also * Aiton (other) * Ayten (other) * Aytoun, a surname {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
