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- Gülsen Bubikoglu is a Turkish actress, one of the leading ladies of Turkish cinema in the 1970s and into the early 1980s. She studied at Fatih Kiz Lisesi and was a fashion model for a time. Her first leading role was in Yaban in 1973. She and Tarik Akan formed one of the most recognized couples on the screen in the Turkish film history having acted in many romantic comedies together. She starred in many films of famous director Türker Inanoglu, whom she married later.
- Arzu Okay was born on 23 June 1955 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Ölesiye Sevmek (1976), Çirilçiplak (1977) and Alemin Keyfi Yerinde (1975).
- Hülya Koçyigit is a Turkish actress. A prominent female lead in the Turkish cinema, she received numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Altogether, she has acted in some 180 films. Koçyigit's father is a Muhajir from Bulgaria. She grew up in Istanbul and finished her secondary education in Ankara, where she attended Atatürk High School for Girls. She joined Istanbul City Theatre during her middle education. She then enrolled in Ankara Academy of State Art's ballet department for education in the arts.
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Emel Sayin was born on 20 November 1945 in Sivas, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Aci Hatiralar (1977), Gülizar (1972) and The Blue Bead (1974).- Actress
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Türkan Soray (her last name begins S-cedilla) is one of four big female stars of the old Turkish cinema.
Türkan was born to a railway-officer father and a housewife mother. She started in Turkish cinema at the age of 15, when she accompanied her friend, neighbor Emel Yildiz (also known as Panther Emel due to her sensitivity for animal rights) to a film set. There she was discovered by Turker Inanoglu and the leading actress role was taken from Emel and given to Türkan in that film, Köyde Bir Kiz Sevdim (1960). After that her career developed steadily and she become the most desired women in movies during the 1960's due to her beauty and talent. Despite her success, some of her movies made losses as her movies with similar plots were shown in cinemas. Due to high interest in Türkan from producers, she dictated some principles, frequently mentioned as "The rules of Turkan Soray", to the producers. These laws consisted of some constraints about place, non-nudity, working hours, some penalties in violations and so on. These rules weren't opposed by the producers because of her popularity and the box office success of her movies. She had many national and international nominations and awards and she was chosen to be an "Artist of State" by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Turkey.
In the 1990's, she appeared in some TV productions. Notably, the Ikinci Bahar and Tatli Hayat TV series can be described as two of the best series of their kind at that time. She has been making a biographical cinema program, Sinema Benim Askim(Cinema is My Love) for NTV channel.
On 12 March 2010, she was chosen to be a goodwill ambassador by UNESCO.
In her personal life, she shared her life with Ruchan Adli during the early time of her career. Mr. Adli helped and advised her in her career development. They didn't marry but separated after 20 years. In 1983, she married Cihan Unal, but they divorced in 1987. They have a daughter called Yagmur.- Ahu Tugba was born on 13 August 1955 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Bir Ask Bin Günah (1989), Gece (1989) and Yangin (1984).
- Feri Cansel was born on 7 June 1944 in Nicosia, Cyprus. She was an actress, known for Son Söz Benim (1970), Jilet Kazim (1971) and Püsküllü Bela (1970). She was married to ???. She died on 2 September 1983 in Izmir, Turkey.
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Gönül Yazar was born on 12 August 1932 in Izmir, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Atesli kan (1962), Gel desen gelemem ki (1969) and Bitmeyen Sarki (1976).- Actress
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Fatma Girik was born on 12 December 1942 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress and producer, known for Ezo Gelin (1968), Sürtügün Kizi (1967) and Bos Besik (1969). She died on 24 January 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Belgin Doruk was born on 28 June 1936 in Ankara, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Aysecik Yuvanin Bekçileri (1969), Köroglu-Türkan Sultan (1953) and Kanli çiftlik (1953). She was married to Özdemir Birsel and Faruk Kenç. She died on 26 March 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Necla Nazir was born on 16 April 1956 in Iskeçe, Greece. She is an actress, known for Birakin Yasayalim (1974), Bir Ana Bir Kiz (1975) and Sinifta Senlik (1975). She is married to Ferdi Tayfur.
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Hülya Avsar is a Kurdish-Turkish actress, pop folk singer, businesswoman, columnist, fashion designer, magazine editor, professional tennis player, and former beauty pageant titleholder.
She graduated from Ankara Cumhuriyet Lisesi and started swimming professionally for DSI. In 1982, she and her family moved to Istanbul. Avsar attended a beauty pageant organized by Bulvar magazine, which she finished first. Later, the organization revoked her crown when it was discovered that she had been married for a brief period. In 1983, she debuted as an actress in the movie Haram. In the following years, she starred in over 70 films and won the Best Actress prize in the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. In addition to this, she launched a singing career that saw a nationwide concert tour, the release of eight albums and two singles.
In 2000, Avsar won the Best Female Singer award by Kral TV. Later that same year, she wrote for Günaydin newspaper as a columnist. Avsar was also the editor of Hülya (a monthly magazine). She plays tennis on an amateur basis and won a championship in the TED 2001 tennis tournament. She is also a television personality who served as a coach and judge for the first two seasons of The Voice from 2011 through 2013.
Avsar also has been a judge on Turkey's Got Talent (Turkish: Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye) since 2009. Hülya Avsar was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Hülya, a position she has held for 8 years. She is also the founder of the Turkish "by H" luxury brand, not to be confused with the similarly named New York-based clothing store.
Hula Avsar was born in Edremit, Balikesir, to a Kurdish (mix Assyrian people, Jewiishs people, Farsi, Armenian, Turkic people) father from Ardahan and a mother from Edremit. While Ottoman collapsing, other part of her maternal family is Turkish descent who immigrated from Crete, Greece. Other part of her maternal family is of Yörük descent which a Turkic ethnic subgroup. In television show she told that her father's Kurdish name is Ello, and her Kurdish birth name is Malakan. In 2015 Hulya Avsar told Turkish media in her own TV host that her father was Kurdish and that her name is Malakan in Kurdish. In 1979 Avsar married Mehmet Tecirli, an engineering student; however, they divorced shortly after. Avsar married for a second time in 1997 to Kaya Çilingiroglu which ended in divorce in 2005; they have one daughter named Zehra. She has also dated former 1987-88 European Golden Shoe football player Tanju Çolak and businessman Sadettin Saran between 2007-10.- Banu Alkan was born on 1 April 1958 in Dubrovnick, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Mavi Yolculuk (1986), Akrep Yuvasi (1977) and Arzu (1985).