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Mîna Urgan
Mîna Urgan (14 May 1915 – 15 June 2000) was a Turkish people, Turkish academic, translator, author and socialist politician. Selected Filmography * ''Istanbul Sokaklarında'' (1931) * ''Karım Beni Aldatırsa'' (1932) * ''Kaçakçılar'' (1933) * ''Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı'' (1934) * ''Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı'' (1935) * ''Nasreddin Hoca Düğünde'' (1940) * ''Nasreddin Hoca Düğünde'' (1943) * ''Yara (1947 film), Yara'' (1947) * ''Karaoğlan Camoka'nın intikamı'' (1966) Early life Mîna Urgan was born to poet Tahsin Nahit and his wife Şefika in Istanbul on 14 May 1916. To another source, she was born on 1 May 1915. Her father died as she was three years old, and her mother made a second marriage with Falih Rıfkı Atay, a renowned journalist and writer. As the Surname Law was enacted in Turkey in 1934, her stepfather's close friend, the renowned author Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, suggested her the family name ''Urgan'' (literally "rope"), ironically stating that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
