Hatice Şendil Şağyaşar (born 2 August 1983) is a Turkish actress and model. She has starred in many Turkish movies and series including ''

Karadağlar ''Karadağlar'' ( Turkish for "black mountains") is a Turkish television drama loosely based on the 1880 novel ''The Brothers Karamazov'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It airs on Show TV every week on Monday evenings at 20:00 local time, and is repeated ...

'', ''Dila Hanım'', ''Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün'' and '' Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu''.

Life and career

Hatice Şendil was born on 2 August 1983 in

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and was raised in

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. Her mother is from Istanbul and her father is from Antalya. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from

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and

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. She has two sisters. She majored in business. In 2001, she competed in

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and was placed third. As a result, she represented her country in

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beauty pageant and earned the fourth place. In 2001, she had a role in the music video for

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's song "Töre". Meanwhile, she took acting and horse racing lessons. In the following years she appeared in supporting roles in various TV series. In 2008, she was cast in hit crime series ''Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu'' as Ebru Alemdar. In 2010, she got a role in the series ''Karadağlar'' alongside

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, Korel Cezayirli, Burak Sağyaşar, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar and Güzin Özyağcılar. She portrayed the character of Gülhayat in this series. She had guest role in hit comedy series "Geniş Aile". The main breakthrough in her acting career came in 2012, with the leading role in the TV series ''Dila Hanım'' remake of 1977 film alongside

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, Mahir Günşiray, Necip Memili and Yonca Cevher. In 2014, she was cast opposite

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in the series ''Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün'', which received high ratings in Turkey. She also began acting in the historical drama series ''

Uyanış Büyük Selçuklu ''Uyanış'' (, ), is the fourth studio album by Işın Karaca, released on 29 May 2009. She worked with sibel Alaş, Erdem Yörük, Erol Temizel and Zeki Güner. The album has a different sound compared to her previous albums, it also has R&B and ...

'', with the role of Terken Hatun in 2020. She is married to actor, producer and series Karadağlar's co-star Burak Sağyaşar in 2015. Their son, Can, was born in 2017.

Filmography

Films

* '' Hayat Öpücüğü'' - 2015 - Hayat

TV series

* '' İyilik'' - 2022–2023 - Neslihan Arkun * '' Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu'' - 2020–2021 - Terken Hatun * '' Yüksek Sosyete'' - 2016 - Herself (guest appearance) * ''Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün'' - 2014 - Elif Yörükhan * '' Dila Hanım'' - 2012 - Dila Hanım * ''

'' - 2010 - Gülhayat * ''

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'' - 2010 - Şelale (guest appearance) * ''

Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu Qurdlar or Kyurdlyar or Kurtlar may refer to: * Kürdlər (disambiguation), Azerbaijan * Qurdlar, Agdam, Azerbaijan * Qurdlar, Barda, Azerbaijan * Kurtlar, Acıpayam * Kurtlar, Dursunbey, Turkey * Kurtlar, Mudurnu, Turkey {{geodis