Sıla Şahin-Radlinger ( Şahin, born 3 December 1985) is a German actress, best known for her portrayal of Ayla Özgül in the soap opera ''

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''.

German ''Playboy''

Şahin-Radlinger posed nude for the German edition of ''

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'' magazine in May 2011, and became the first Turkish woman to appear on the cover of the magazine. The move upset some conservative members of her family. Muslim

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writer Asra Nomani wrote of the relation of the Islamic term

awrah The intimate parts ( ', , ') of the human body must, according to Islam, be covered by clothing. Most modern Islamic scholars agree that the awrah'' of a man is the area between the navel and the knees, and the awrah'' of a woman is the ...

to Şahin, and to other Muslim women including Nomani herself, concluding with an expression of hope in "finding a middle ground" between traditional and evolving

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. In the interview published in the magazine, Şahin-Radlinger described her act as one of liberation and described it as a revolution akin to

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: :"My upbringing was conservative, I was always told, you must not go out, you must not make yourself look so attractive, you mustn’t have male friends. I have always abided by what men say. As a result I developed an extreme desire for freedom. I feel like Che Guevara. I have to do everything I want, otherwise I feel like I may as well be dead." However, Florian Boitin, the editor in chief of German ''Playboy'', claims Sıla Şahin-Radlinger is not a Muslim, saying, "Sila isn't Muslim. Her father doesn't belong to any eligionand her mother is Christian. And the Playboy cover with Sila Sahin is not a religious statement."

Personal life

Şahin-Radlinger was born in

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, Berlin, to an actor father and lives in

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. She is tall and speaks four languages: German, Kurdish, Turkish and English. In June 2016, she married footballer Samuel Radlinger. The couple have two sons together.

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* * 1985 births Living people Actresses from Berlin People from Spandau Islam-related controversies German people of Turkish descent German soap opera actresses {{Germany-tv-actor-stub