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Serra Yılmaz
Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bastarda Di Istanbul'', adapted from Elif Şafak's 2006 novel ''The Bastard of Istanbul'' and staged in March 2015 by Theatres in Florence, Teatro di Rifredi in Florence, Italy. In an interview, Yılmaz said that she was an atheist. In 1991, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and received treatment. ''Habertürk''. 25 May 2008. Retrieved: 24 July 2017. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Serra 1954 birt ...[...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] |
Losers' Club
''Losers' Club'' () is a 2011 Turkish comedy-drama film, co-written and directed by Tolga Örnek based on a true story, starring Nejat İşler and Yiğit Özşener as the co-hosts of a controversial mid-90s Istanbul radio show. The film, which opened on at number 2 in the Turkish box office, is one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2011. Production The film was shot on location in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. Synopsis Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship comes under pressure as the show continues to stir controversy and attract fans from every segment of Istanbul society. Cast * Nejat Isler – Kaan * Yiğit Özşener – Mete * Ahu Türkpençe – Zeynep * İdil Fırat – Asli * Rıza Kocaoğlu – Murat * Serra Yılmaz – Mother * Barış Bağcı – De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1954 Births
Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraf
''Taraf'' ("Side" in Turkish) was a liberal newspaper in Turkey. It had distinguished itself by opposing interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs. It was distributed nationwide, and had been in circulation since November 15, 2007. On July 27, 2016, the newspaper was closed under a statutory decree during the state of emergency after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, due to its links with the coup plotters' Gülen movement. Overview ''Taraf'' has published a series of highly-controversial stories that revealed the involvement of the Turkish military in daily political affairs. The revealed documents, such as coup plans that involved the bombing of historical mosques in Turkey ( "Sledgehammer" coup plan) and bombing of a museum ( Operation Cage Action Plan), significantly damaged the social image of the Turkish military. The sources that leaked such critical insider information to ''Taraf'' are still unknown. The response of the Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Mon Amour
Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1920 brand name of German automobile models and engines that are built by Daimler Motors company * Mercedes-Benz, the post-1920 German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks now owned by the Mercedes-Benz Group * Mercedes-AMG, a subsidiary of Daimler AG that builds customized and high performance Mercedes-branded automobiles * Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, the Mercedes Formula One racing team, currently known as Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport * Mercedes-Benz in motorsport, its activities in sportscar racing, rallying, Formula Three, DTM, V8 Supercars Australia and Formula One * American Mercedes (1904 automobile), a company licensed to build Mercedes automobiles in America Places * Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ** Mercedes Partido, Argentina * Mercedes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harem Suare
''Harem Suare'' is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1900s. The beautiful young Safiye is the favorite of the sultan, a man tormented by the crisis of the monarchy and the displacement of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Safiye is the most beautiful girl in the Sultan's harem, but she is in love with the young Nadir, a eunuch of the personal guard of the sultan. La Repubblica, Irene Bignardi, 23 maggio 1999 The two young lovers together plan a future, but the war breaks out, and the girl is forced to escape from her country. After arriving in Italy, Safiye is forced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raindrop
''The Raindrop'' () is a 2000 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Zeki Ökten, which chronicles the friendship of five elderly residents of Bozcaada. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won four awards at the 37th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. It was described as, "sappy yet well narrated," by author Rekin Teksoy. The Turkish title "güle güle" means "goodbye" said by the one who stays, not by the one who leaves. Synopsis This film tells the story of a circle of five friends (four men and a woman) who are longtime residents of the Aegean island Bozcaada. The group includes a good-hearted auto mechanic, a retired military officer and his wife, an emotionally volatile bachelor, and Galip, a hopeless romantic who has corresponded with a Cuban woman, Rosa, for thirty-five years. When Galip at last vows to join her in Cuba, his friends make it their mission to reunite the pair. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ignorant Fairies
''The Ignorant Fairies'' (; released on DVD in the US as ''His Secret Life'') is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek. The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair with another man. In 2022, Disney+ released a TV serialization of the film, directed once more by Özpetek. Plot Antonia, a doctor specializing in AIDS treatment, and her husband Massimo live a seemingly perfect life. Antonia's quiet everyday life is irreparably changed when Massimo suddenly dies, run over by a car. Her violent detachment from her husband throws her into deep mourning that prevents her from working and challenges her relationship with her mother, also a long-time widow, even more difficult. Antonia receives personal objects from Massimo's office and discovers a painting, ''The Ignorant Fairy'', with a declaration of love on the back. This leads her to search for the gift-giver, whose existence Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Love (2001 Film)
''O da Beni Seviyor'' or ''Summer Love'' is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican. Cast * Ece Ekşi as Esma Hanım * Lale Mansur as Saliha * Luk Piyes as Hüseyin * Ayla Algan * Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu * Burak Sergen * Bezmi Baskın * Hale Akınlı * Kemal İnci *Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bast ... * Şerif Sezer * Taner Birsel * Tomris İncer * Tuncel Kurtiz * Uğur Polat External links * 2001 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2001 drama films Films set in Turkey Turkish drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing Windows
''Facing Windows'' ( Italian: ''La finestra di fronte'') is a 2003 Italian romantic drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Giovanna ( Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her husband Filippo ( Filippo Nigro) have settled into life. They both have jobs that make them unhappy. She works in a poultry factory. He works the graveyard shift because he lacks seniority. They argue about money, sex, time and work... There is a subtle sense that this is a marriage whose love is dwindling fast, and that perhaps they are only going through the motions for the sake of their children. One morning, the two of them are walking home and cross paths with an elderly man (Massimo Girotti). He is suffering from transient global amnesia, remembering nothing about himself and his current situation, although recalling random episodes from his remote past. And despite Giovanna's protests, Filippo brings him back to their home for the night so that he can take him to the police the next morning in the hopes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanilla And Chocolate
''Vanilla and Chocolate'' () is a 2004 Italian romance film directed by Ciro Ippolito. Cast * Maria Grazia Cucinotta: Penelope *Joaquín Cortés: Carlos *Alessandro Preziosi Alessandro Preziosi (born 19 April 1973) is an Italian actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of th ...: Andrea * Roberta Alberti: young Penelope * Serra Yilmaz: Diomira * Ernesto Mahieux: Briganti * Licinia Lentini: Irene References External links * 2004 films Italian romantic drama films 2004 romantic drama films 2000s Italian films 2000s Italian-language films Italian-language romantic drama films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
