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Vahide Perçin
Vahide Perçin (born 13 June 1965) is a Turkish actress and acting trainer. She was credited for a number of years by her married name Vahide Gördüm, but after divorcing, she went back to her birth name. Early life Perçin was born on 13 June 1965 in Karşıyaka, İzmir, the daughter of Greek immigrants. Her father was a truck driver and her mother a housewife. She studied graphic in high school and then entered the Faculty of Economics but finally started acting. She later attended Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Fine Arts and passed all the nine exams of its Theatre School. She finished her studies as the best student and received great support from her teacher Özdemir Nutku. After leaving the university she moved to Ankara. Later she received an offer from the State Theatre and then moved to Adana. Career In 2003, Perçin started her television career by portraying Suzan Kozan in the TV series '' Bir İstanbul Masalı''. The Gördüm family later moved to Istanbul an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmir
İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had a population of 2,938,292 (in eleven urban districts), while İzmir Province had a total population of 4,493,242. Its built-up (or metro) area was home to 3,264,154 inhabitants. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. İzmir has more than 3,000 years of recorded history, recorded urban history, and Yeşilova Höyük, up to 8,500 years of history as a human settlement since the Neolithic period. In classical antiquity, the city was known as Smyrna – a name which remained in use in English and various other languages until around 1930, when governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazal Kaya
Leyla Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress best known for her leading roles in Aşk-ı Memnu (2008–2010), Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012) and Bizim Hikaye (2017–2019). Kaya is one of Turkey's highest-paid actresses. She received several accolades and was the only Turkish recipient of the "Lebanon Awards 2015" award. She made her acting debut with a guest role in '' Acemi Cadı''. Kaya gain popularity for Nihal Ziyagil in a modern-day adaptation of the novel '' Aşk-ı Memnu'', written by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil. She is best known for playing the role of Feriha Sarrafoglu, ''Adını Feriha Koydum'' (2011–2012) and won 2nd Crystal Mouse Media Awards for Best Actress. The series had one of the highest TV ratings in Turkey. She further known for playing Filiz Elibol in '' Bizim Hikaye'' (inspired by the British TV show '' Shameless'') (2017–2019) for which she received highly acclaimed and Latina Turkish Awards for Best Actress respectively. Kaya also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn, FRSL (; born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce ''Noises Off'' and the dramas ''Copenhagen (play), Copenhagen'' and ''Democracy (play), Democracy''. Frayn's novels, such as ''Towards the End of the Morning'', ''Headlong (Frayn novel), Headlong'' and ''Spies (novel), Spies'', have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. He has also written philosophical works, such as ''The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe'' (2006). Early life Frayn was born at Mill Hill, north London (then in Middlesex), to Thomas Allen Frayn, an asbestos salesman from a working-class family of blacksmiths, locksmiths and servants and his wife Violet Alice (née Lawson). Violet was the daughter of a failed palliasse merchant; having studied as a violinist at the Royal Academy of Music, she worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YaÅŸar Kemal
Yaşar Kemal (; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of his 1955 novel ''Memed, My Hawk''. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the oppression of the Kurdish people. He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for ''Der Spiegel'' highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish–Kurdish conflict. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for another article he wrote criticising racism in Turkey, especially against the Kurds. Early life and education Yaşar Kemal was born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli to Sadık and Nigâr on 6 October 1923 in Hemite (now Gökçedam), a Turkmen hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldatmak
"Aldatmak" (English: "to betray") is a Turkish drama series produced by Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar, which premiered on ATV on September 22, 2022. The drama in which Vahide Perçin, Ercan Kesal, and Mustafa Uğurlu starred is directed by Murat Saraçoğlu and written by Yıldız Tunç. Synopsis Güzideh Yenersoy is a distinguished, respected family court judge. She is an honest and principled woman who has saved many marriages from destruction, made sure that many children receive the affection and love they deserve, and has always been on the side of justice. She thinks that they are an exemplary family with her husband and two children, that they live an honorable life, and that the rest of their marriage will pass in usual love, happiness and peace. One day, Güzide accidentally pulls a noose and she starts to realize that her happy family is not a warm home, but a sand castle. Cast and Character Episodes International publication Representation in othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne (Turkish TV Series)
''Anne'' (English title: ''Mother'') is a Turkish drama television series based on the Japanese drama ''Mother (Japanese TV series), Mother'', starring Cansu Dere, Vahide Perçin, and Beren Gökyıldız. It aired on Star TV (Turkey), Star TV from October 25, 2016, to June 20, 2017. Synopsis Zeynep Güneş gets a job as a temporary teacher at a local elementary school in city of Bandırma. She soon realizes one of her students, Melek, is suffering from child abuse from her mother, Şule, and mother's boyfriend, Cengiz. When Zeynep realizes that nobody is doing anything to help Melek, she takes matters into her own hands by faking Melek's death, kidnapping her, taking her to Istanbul and attempting to become her new mother. However, when Şule and Cengiz find out Melek is actually alive and kidnap her back, Şule decides to try and force Melek to love her back. And when Şule and Cengiz have a new baby, Hassan, Melek is forced to take care of him as well as herself. Despite this, Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cars Of The Revolution
''Cars of the Revolution'' () is a 2008 Turkish drama film written and directed by Tolga Örnek. The film grossed $1.1 million after it was released to theatres on October 24, 2008. Plot The film is based on the development of the Devrim, the first ever automobile designed and produced in Turkey in 1961. Cast *Haluk Bilginer - Necip * Taner Birsel - Gunduz * Ali Düşenkalkar - Hayati *Halit Ergenç - Ugur * Altan Gördüm - Recep *Serhat Tutumluer Serhat Tutumluer (born 29 June 1972) is a Turkish actor. His period series are Filinta, Vatanım Sensin, Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu. Other notably series are Hercai, "Sahra", "Ezo Gelin" from true story alongside Nurgül Yeşilçay, Umutsu ... - Ismet * Onur Ünsal - Necip * Selçuk Yöntem - Latif References External links * 2008 films 2000s historical drama films Films set in 1961 Turkish historical drama films 2008 drama films 2000s Turkish-language films {{2000s-Turkey-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Tales
''Istanbul Tales'' () is a 2005 Turkish drama-anthology film, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı, Ümit Ünal, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay, which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales ''Snow White'', ''Cinderella'', ''Pied Piper'', ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Little Red Riding Hood''. The film, which went on nationwide general release on 11 March 2005, won several awards including Best Film at the 24th International Istanbul Film Festival. Awards The film won the Best Film of the Year and Best Actress ( Yelda Reynaud) awards at the 2005 Istanbul International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival and Jury Prize of "Artistic Expression" (Original Idea) at the 2005 MedFilm Festival in Rome. Cast *Altan Erkekli as Hilmi, the Clarinetist *Özgü Namal as Senay, his Wife * Mehmet Günsür as Rifki, her Lover *Erkan Can as Erkan, the Drummer *Azra Akın as Idil *Çetin Tekindor as Ihs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryem Uzerli
Meryem Sarah Uzerli (; born 12 August 1983) is a German Turkish model and actress best known for her starring role as Hürrem Sultan in ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (2011-2013), Kovan (2018) and RU (2024). She is the recipient of two Golden Butterfly Awards. Early life Uzerli was born on 12 August 1983, to Hüseyin, from Turkey and Ursula, an actress from Germany. She was raised in Kassel, West Germany. She has two older brothers and an older sister, Canan, who is a jazz musician. Her maternal great-grandmother was a Croatian. Due to her father's nationality, she has both Turkish-German citizenship. She made her acting debut with minor parts in German productions. She later made minor appearances in the television series ''Notruf Hafenkante'' (2010) and ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (2010). Uzerli is also known for her roles in German films like ''Journey of No Return'' (2010) and ''Jetzt aber Ballett'' (2010). At the end of 2010, she was chosen by Meral Okay for her first leading role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürrem Sultan
Hürrem Sultan (; , "''the joyful one''"; 1505– 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (), was the chief consort, the first Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the mother of Suleiman's successor Selim II. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, and the first of a series of prominent Ottoman women who reigned during the period known as the Sultanate of Women. Born in Ruthenia (then an eastern region of the Kingdom of Poland, now Rohatyn, Ukraine) to a Ruthenian Orthodox family, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during a slave raid and eventually taken via the Crimean trade to Constantinople, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem, rose through the ranks and became the favourite concubine of Sultan Suleiman who re-named her by giving her the slave name 'Hürrem' or 'the smiling and endearing one'. Breaking Ottoman tradition, he unprecedent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhteşem Yüzyıl
''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (, ) is a Turkish historical drama series. Written by Meral Okay and Yılmaz Şahin, it is based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his wife Hürrem Sultan, a slave girl who became the first Ottoman Haseki Sultan. It also sheds light on the era known as the Sultanate of Women. It was originally broadcast on Show TV and then transferred to Star TV. Plot The series follows the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the most renowned ruler of the Ottoman Empire. As his power and influence spread and grew, it impacted him and those within the imperial household: his friend and advisor, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha; his mother, Hafsa Sultan, the first Valide sultan; his sister, Hatice Sultan; Mahidevran Sultan, the mother of Suleiman's eldest son; and Hürrem Sultan, the Haseki sultan of Suleiman. Spinoff The story begins 37 years after the death of Suleiman the Magnificent. It rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keremcem
Kerem Cem Dürük, known professionally as Keremcem, is a Turkish pop singer and actor. He is best known for popular series ''Aşk Oyunu'' and ''O Hayat Benim''. He also hosted the short-lived television show ''Keremcem ile Söyle Söyleyebilirsen'' on Star TV. Biography Keremcem was born on 28 December 1977 in Milas. He attended Milas Sakarya Primary School, before enrolling in İzmir Private Fatih College (junior high). He graduated from high school in Turgutreis in 1995. He graduated from Ege University (University of Aegean) majoring in International Relations in 2003. He started playing guitar in high school. His first composition " Elimde Değil", meaning "not in my hands", was made in 1996 in Ankara. He came to Istanbul in 2001. During this period, his friend Yunus Adak composed "Eylül". Yonca Evcimik introduced him to Aykut Gürel and so began his professional musical career as a singer. Two solo albums; ''Eylül'' (2004), ''Aşk Bitti'' (2006) and a duet album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
