Kulin (surname)
Kulin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ayşe Kulin (born 1941), Turkish novelist, screenwriter, and columnist *Ban Kulin (1163–1204), Bosnian monarch *György Kulin György Kulin ( Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989 Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He discovered 21 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of a ...

Ayşe Kulin
Ayşe Kulin (born 26 August 1941) is a Turkish short story writer, screenwriter and novelist. Biography Kulin was born in Istanbul in 1941. Her father, Muhittin Kulin, of Bosniak origin, was one of the first civil engineers in Istanbul who founded the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ); he was soon appointed first director of this institution. Her mother Sitare Hanım, a Circassian, was the granddaughter of one of the Ottoman economy ministers. Kulin graduated from the American College for Girls in Arnavutköy, Istanbul. She released a collection of short stories titled ''Güneşe Dön Yüzünü'' in 1984. A short story from this called ''Gülizar'' was made into a film titled ''Kırık Bebek'' in 1986, for which she won a screenplay award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Kulin worked as a screenwriter, cinematographer and producer for many films, television series and advertisements. In 1986, she won the "Best Cinematographer Award" from the Theatre Writers Association ...
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Ban Kulin
Kulin ( sh-Cyrl, Кулин; d. November 1204) was the Banate of Bosnia, Ban of Bosnia from 1180 to 1204, first as a vassal of the Byzantine Empire and then of the Kingdom of Hungary, although his state was de facto independent. He was one of Bosnia's most prominent and notable historic rulers and had a great effect on the development of early Bosnian history. One of his most noteworthy diplomatic achievements is widely considered to have been the signing of the Charter of Ban Kulin, which encouraged trade and established peaceful relations between Dubrovnik and his realm of Bosnia. His son, Stephen Kulinić succeeded him as Bosnian Ban. Kulin founded the House of Kulinić. Early life Kulin's sister was married to Miroslav of Hum, the brother of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196). He belonged to the Bosnian nobility and was brought to the throne when the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143–1180) was the overlord of Bosnia. In 1180, when Komnenos died, S ...
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