Çağla Şıkel (born 2 January 1979) is a Turkish

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and TV presenter.

Early life

Çağla Şıkel was born on 2 January 1979 in

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as the second child of Asuman and Hüseyin Şıkel. Her father was a financial advisor of Azerbaijani descent, while her mother was a housewife of Circassian descent. She has an elder sister named Berna.

Career

Şıkel won

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beauty competition in 1997. She also took ballet lessons at a young age. During 10–11 August 2013, she returned to the stage after 16 years, and performed the "Bach Alla Turca" ballet together with Samsun State Opera and Ballet dancers at the 11th International Bodrum Ballet Festival. Şıkel is also a blogger and regularly publishes videos on her

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channel.

Personal life

In 2002, Şıkel was in a relationship with fellow model Bozok Gören. She was later linked to

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. Şıkel later dated pop singer

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before marrying him on 10 August 2008. Şıkel announced her first pregnancy on 18 December 2008, but at the same week she had a miscarriage due to a period of illness. On 31 October 2010, she gave birth to her first son Kuzey. They have another son named Uzay, born in 2012. The couple divorced on 12 January 2015.

Filmography

;As actress * ''Görgüsüzler'' (Sultan) (2008) * ''Cennet Mahallesi'' (Sultan Erdağı) (2004–2007) * ''

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'' (Melek) * ''Zehirli Çiçek'' * ''Bugün Ne Giysem'' * ''Dostlar Mahallesi'' (2017) * ''Jet Sosyete'' (Herself) (2017; episode 3) ;As presenter * ''Aile Boyu'' * ''Şehirler Yarışıyor'' * ''İlle de Roman Olsun'' * ''Her şey Dahil'' (2013–?) * ''Tabu'' (contest) * ''Her Şey Dahil'' * ''Kız Tarafı Erkek Tarafı'' (2015) * ''Ben Söylerim'' (2017) * ''Çağla ile Yeni Bir Gün'' (2018–) ;Music videos * "O'nun Vedası" – Singer: Yaşar (1996) * "Çiçeklendim" – Singer: Emel Müftüoğlu (1998) * "Benimle Evlenir misin?" – Singer: Çelik (1998) * "Ölümsüz Aşklar" – Singer:

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(2016) ;Commercials * Clear (2009) * ABC (2010) * Hepsiburada.com (2014) * Vernel (2014) * Enpara.com (2017)

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