Işıl Yücesoy (born 2 October 1945) is a
Turkish movie and theatre actress and singer.
Life
Işıl Yücesoy was born in
Kırklareli
Kırklareli () is a city in the East Thrace, European part of Turkey. It is the seat of Kırklareli Province and Kırklareli District.[Ankara State Conservatory
The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory (), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
The conservatory is part of Hacettepe University.
History
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, and graduated in 1969. On 1 July 1989, she married Tayfun Cılızoğlu. She has a daughter named Meneviş. In 2016, she moved to the United States to join her daughter, who lives in
New York City
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Music career
Between 1969 and 1975, she was performing for the Turkish State Theatres
The Turkish State Theatres ( – DT) is the official directorate of the national theatre companies in Turkey. It is bound to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and financed by the state to promote performed arts and enhance the public interest th ...
. She then focused on music and resigned from the theatre to go on the stage as a singer. She performed in many nightclubs. Her repertoire consisted mostly of Turkish covers of western pop music
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. She also sang in English
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* English language
* English people
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, Italian
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and Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
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music. In one of her 45-rmp records, there is a composition of Selami Şahin
Selami Sahin (born 1948) is a Turkish musician, singer, and songwriter.
Life and career
Şahin's works have been performed in different languages by artists from European and Middle Eastern countries. He was born to a mother of Egyptian descen ...
, a Turkish composer. In 1978, she established her own record label
"Big Three" music labels
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''Orient''.
She then got interested in television and cinema. She played in many television serials and films.
Discography
45 rpms and singles
Albums (LP and CD)
Her albums are the following:
Filmography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yucesoy, Isil
Living people
1945 births
People from Kırklareli
Ankara State Conservatory alumni
Turkish film actresses
Turkish television actresses
Turkish women pop singers
Turkish pop singers
Turkish pianists
Turkish women pianists
English-language singers from Turkey
Italian-language singers
Russian-language singers