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The White Angel (2007 Film)
''The White Angel'' ( tr, Beyaz Melek) is a 2007 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007. Plot Ali and Reşat bring their father Ahmet who is suffering from brain cancer for chemotherapy treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsun Kırmızıgül
Mahsun Kırmızıgül (born Abdullah Bazencir, March 26, 1969) is a singer songwriter, actor and director, scriptwriter, music composer, producer of Kurdish- Zaza descent. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman for his partnership in one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey until 2002. Life He was born on March 26, 1969, in Diyarbakir, Turkey as a member of a Zaza family of 22 children. He studied primary and secondary schools in Diyarbakir. He worked to contribute his family since his early ages. He started to sing for the weddings to save money. In 1984, he was invited to Istanbul to make an album for 'Güneş Plak'. He started to study in the Voice Department of Istanbul University-Turkish Music Conservatory. Mahsun Kırmızıgül started his music studies in 1980 and made 8 amateur albums. His professional debut album "Alem Buysa Kral Sensin" was dropped in 1993 as a bomb in the music world and sat at the top of the music lists. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomris Oğuzalp
Tomris, Tomiris or Tamiris is a Turkic female name used in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The name is a modern Turkic derivation of Tomyris (Eastern Iranian: تهمرییش ''Tahm-Rayiš''),For the etymology see: F. Altheim und R. Stiehl, Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum (Berlin, 1970).pp. 127–8 an ancient Iranian Massagetae queen from Central Asia. People * :tr:Tomris Giritlioğlu, a Turkish film director. * :tr:Tomris İncer, a Turkish actress. * :tr:Tomris Uyar, a Turkish writer and translator. * :tr:Tomris Oğuzalp, a Turkish actress. * :tr:Tomris Çetinel, a Turkish actress. See also * Tomyris Tomyris (; grc, Τόμυρις, Tómuris; Latin: ) also called Thomyris, Tomris, or Tomiride, reigned over the Massagetae, an Iranian Saka people of Central Asia. Tomyris led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of t ... References {{given name Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's Zaman
''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included domestic and international coverage, and regularly published topical supplements. Its contributors included cartoonist Cem Kızıltuğ. On 4 March 2016, a state administrator was appointed to run ''Zaman'' as well as ''Today's Zaman''. Since a series of corruption investigations went public on 17 December 2013 which targeted high ranking government officials, the Turkish government has been putting pressure on media organizations that are critical of it. , the website of ''Today's Zaman'' had not been updated since 5 March, while all archived articles prior to March 2016 were removed. On July 20, 2016, five days after the military coup attempt, ''Today's Zaman'' was shut down after an executive decree by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilge Zobu
Bilge Zobu (born 7 September 1932) is a Turkey, Turkish actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1958. Selected filmography References External links * 1932 births Living people Turkish male film actors {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suna Selen
Suna Selen (born 1 July 1939) is a Turkish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in numerous plays at the Istanbul State Theatre. Life Selen was born in 1939 in Istanbul. Her father was lawyer Hüsamettin Selen, and her mother, Nimet Selen, was a granddaughter of scholar Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and daughter of Fatma Aliye Topuz. She finished her high school education at the Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi. During her high school years she also attended the Theatre Department of Beşiktaş Municipal Conservatory. In 1956, she started studying law at the request of her family. At the same time she started to work at the Dormen Theatre. A year later, she left the law school and started her painting education at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, she married the painter Cem Kabaağaç and together they had a son. After her marriage, she left the Academy and pitched out her role at the Dormen Theatre. She began her professional career in the theatre sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emel Sayın
Emel Sayın (born 20 November 1945) is a Turkish singer and actress. Life She was born in Şarkışla district of Sivas Province on 20 November 1945, to an Albanian father who immigrated from Skopje, and a mother from Mardin. Her parents moved frequently and she had to attend primary and secondary schools in various cities such as Kayseri, Konya and Edirne. Finally she graduated from Teachers College of Çapa in Istanbul. However by then, she had already chosen a career in music. Emel Sayın married three times. Her first marriage was to İsmet Kasapoğlu in 1966. The couple divorced in 1975, but remarried a year later. Their marriage ended in 1979. From June 1979 to September 1981, she was married to Selçuk Aslan. Her third and final husband was David Younnes, whom she married in 1986 and divorced in 1999. Music career After serving three years in Istanbul Municipal Conservatory she got on the stage in 1962 in Ankara while she was only 17. Next year she became a singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lale Tancı
Lale or Laleh may refer to: Geography * Laleh, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Lale, Bulgaria, a village in Southern Bulgaria Given names Lale * Lale Akgün (born 1953), Turkish-German politician (SPD) * Lale Andersen (1905–1972), German singer * Lale Aytaman, Turkish politician * Lale Drekalov (fl. 1608–1614), Montenegrin chieftain * Lale Karci (born 1969), Turkish-German actress and model * Lale Müldür (born 1956), Turkish poet * Lale Oraloğlu (1924–2007), Turkish actress and screenwriter * Lale Orta (born 1960), Turkish football referee and academic * Lale Sokolov (1916–2006), the tattooist of Auschwitz * Lale Yavaş (born 1978), Turkish-Swiss actress Laleh * Laleh (singer) (born 1982), Swedish musician and actress, better known by her mononym "Laleh" * Laleh Bakhtiar (born 1938), Iranian-American Muslim author and translator * Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974–2003), Iranian conjoined twin * Laleh Khadivi, Iranian-American novelist and filmmaker * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüseyin Avni Danyal
Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations ''Ḥosayn, Hosayn,'' or ''Hossein'' are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include ''Husein'', ''Husejin'', ''Husejn'', ''Husain'', ''Hussin'', ''Hussain'', ''Husayin'', ''Hussayin'', ''Hüseyin'', ''Husseyin'', ''Huseyn'', ''Hossain'', ''Hosein'', ''Husseyn'' (etc.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, which follows a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions. This name was not used in the pre-Islamic perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanju Tuncel
Tanju is the art of pistol defense often learned in the martial art of jujutsu Jujutsu ( ; ja, link=no, 柔術 , ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdu .... Collectively they are an unarmed response to a close range pistol, such as in a mugging situation. The basics of the art are the appraisal of the situation, getting out of the way, and disarming or neutralizing the attacker. Even with the mastery of this art it is often much safer to comply with any person that is pointing a gun at you. Japanese martial arts terminology {{Martialart-term-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cihat Tamer
Cihat is a Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic name and word Jihad ِ(Arabic: جِهاد ''jihād''). People named Cihat include: * Cihat Arman, Turkish football goalkeeper * Hasan Cihat Örter Hasan Cihat Örter (born October 24, 1958) is a Turkish composer, progressive guitarist and arranger. Örter was very young when he first started playing the piano and violin. He then attended Emin Ongan's Turkish music lessons at Uskudar Mus ..., Turkish guitarist * Cihat Teğin, Turkish fencer ;See also * / , a Turkish merchant ship in service 1933-38 {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erol Demiröz
Erol Demiröz (1 January 1940 – 17 April 2021) was a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1979. Demiröz died in 2021 from COVID-19. Selected filmography References External links * 1940 births 2021 deaths Turkish male film actors People from Diyarbakır Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |