Friday 23 July 2021

Türkan Şoray Turkish actress, writer and film director born 28 June 1945

 


Türkan Şoray  Turkish actress, writer and film director born 28 June 1945



Türkan Şoray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director of Circassian origin.[1][2] She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey.[3] She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat.[3] Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide.[4][5] On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".[6]

Together with Hülya KoçyiğitFiliz Akın and Fatma Girik, she is an icon for a golden age in Turkish cinematography[7] and is regarded as one of the four most important actresses in Turkish cinema. Out of these actresses, Şoray is the only one who also pursued a career in film directing, and directed the movies Dönüş (1972),[8] Azap (1973), Bodrum Hâkimi (1976), Yılanı Öldürseler (1981), and Uzaklarda Arama (2015).



Early life[edit]

Şoray was born in Eyüp, Istanbul, as the first child of a family of government officials. Her father was of Circassian descent, while her maternal grandfather was a Turkish immigrant from Thessaloniki.[1][2]

While she was studying at Fatih Girls High School[9] as a daughter of one of the landowners in Karagümrük, she visits a set with actor Emel Yıldız who had starred in Panter Emel, and there with the encouragement of Türker İnanoğlu she decides to pursue a career in cinema. Türkân Şoray recounts her memory of starting her cinema career:

"A movie set came to our neighborhood before I entered the cinema industry. They were gonna shoot a set of the movie in our neighborhood. When I saw the actress starring in the movie, I said, 'What a beautiful woman.' That woman was Muhterem Nur. I was looking so confused and a man came up to me and asked 'You want to play in the movie?' I was scared and I just ran home. I learned later that this man was Memduh Ün. At that time I had escaped from the film set, but then the film sets became part of my life.”[10]

Career[edit]



While studying at Fatih Kız Lisesi middle school, the homeowner’s daughter of their house in Karagümrük later known as “Panter Emel” and Türkân Şoray went to the same film set. With incentive from Türker İnanoğlu, she made her first steps into Yeşilçam. Instead of Emel Yıldız marking the beginning of Türkan Şoray’s career the 1960s “Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim” co-starred with Baki Tamer. Türkân Şoray recounts the memories of her introduction to cinema as such:

”Before entering cinema a film set arrived to our neighborhood. They were going to film a set of the movie in our neighborhood. When I saw the leading role actress I thought to myself ‘what a beautiful woman’. That woman was Muhterem Nur. As I was looking dumbfounded a man approached me and asked ‘Do you want to act in the movies too?’. I was scared and ran home immediately. I learned later on that, that man was Memduh Ün. Back then I ran from a movie set but later on movie sets became my life”recounts Türkân Şoray

Şoray earned her first Golden Orange award in 1964 for her role as Nermin opposite Ekrem Bora in the movie Acı Hayat which was directed by Metin Erksan.[11] In 1968, Şoray received her second Golden Orange award for her work in the movie Vesikalı Yarim, written by Safa Önal and based on Sait Faik Abasıyanık's "Menekşeli Vadi".[12] At the Istanbul Film Festival, where the renewed copy of the film was republished many years later, Şoray said:

"It is a very miraculous thing for me to have worked with Lütfi Akad, a director whose placed won't be filled easily in Turkish cinema. 'Turkan, you play with your eyes,' he used to say. Lütfi Akad taught me to play with my eyes."[12]

— Türkan Şoray, 2013 (Istanbul Film Festival)

Later career[edit]

She went on working with respectable directors in later years. One of them was Atıf Yılmaz, with whom she would work in both dramas and comedies. In the 1970s she also acted in films with a more realistic theme. She also directed four films in those years. Her most applauded films in the 1970s included Selvi Boylum Al YazmalımHazalSultanDönüş and Baraj. In those films she was mostly accompanied by the famous Turkish actor Kadir İnanır.

Awards[edit]

She won her first of many awards when she received the best actress prize at the 'Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival' for the film Acı Hayat (Bitter Life).

At the end of the 1960s, she was named one of the four greatest actresses of the Turkish cinema. She was highly applauded for her choices in film and her ability to act in a wide variety of roles. She starred in Vesikalı Yarim (My Licensed Love) for which she was awarded the Best Actress Award for the second time in the Antalya Film Festival.

In the 1980s she began portraying women with problems of female identity; MineRumuz Goncagül (Nickname: Goncagül), On Kadın (Ten Women) etc. She won her third Best Actress Award from the Antalya Film Festival in 1987 with the film Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen(My Dreams, My Love and You), in which she portrays three different women, each of whom is a facet of Türkân Şoray herself.

Some of her awards are:

  • Antalya Film Festival Best Actress Award
    • 1964-Acı Hayat
    • 1968-Vesikalı Yarim
    • 1987-Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen
    • 1994-Bir Aşk Uğruna
  • Moscow Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
    • 1973-Dönüş (her directorial debut)
  • Tashkent Film Festival Best Actress Award
    • 1978-Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım
  • Bastia Film Festival Best Actress Award
    • 1992-Soğuktu ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu
  • 1996 Istanbul Film Festival, Honorary Cinema Award[13]
  • 1999 Rome Film Festival, Honorary Award

She is also a member of Eurasian Academy.[14][15][16]


As a director[edit]

  • Dönüş – 1972
  • Azap – 1973
  • Bodrum Hakimi – 1976
  • Yılanı Öldürseler – 1981 (with Şerif Gören)
  • Uzaklarda Arama – 2015

Music albums[edit]

  • Türkan Şoray Söylüyor (2015)

Books[edit]

  • "Sinemam ve Ben" (autobiography), Türkan Şoray, NTV Yayınları, 2012, Istanbul.

Books about her[edit]

  • "Türkân Şoray, Bir Yıldız Böyle Doğdu" (documentary novel), Agah Özgüç, Göl publications, 1974, Istanbul.
  • "Sümbül Sokağın Tutsak Kadını" (biography), Atilla Dorsay, Remzi Bookstore, 1997, Istanbul. ISBN 975-14-0612-9
  • "Türkân Şoray" (biography), Agah Özgüç, Açıkşehir publications, 2001, Istanbul. ISBN 975-93383-00
  • "Türkân Şoray ile Yüz Yüze", Feridun Andaç, Drahma publications, 2010, Istanbul.
  • "50 Yıllık Aşk - Türkan Şoray", Ercan Akarsu, Esen Books, 2014, Istanbul. ISBN 978-605-4609-40-6
  • "Sinema Emekçisi - Türkan Şoray", Ercan Akarsu, Esen Books, 2015, Istanbul. ISBN 978-605-4609-67-3

Filmography[edit]

As an actress[edit]

YearFilmRoleNots
1960Aşk RüzgârıNil
Güzeller Resmi GeçidiAyşe
Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
1961Otobüs YolcularıNevin
Melekler Şahidimdir
Siyah Melek (Zincirler Kırılırken)Nesrin
Hatırla Sevgilim
Utanmaz AdamSevim
Sevimli HaydutEmine
Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
Gönülden GönüleNazan
Dikenli Gül
Aşk Ve Yumruk
Afacan
Kardeş Uğruna
1962Biz de Arkadaş mıyız?
Bitter LifeNermin
Lekeli KadınTürkan
Billur Köşk
Bir Haydut Sevdim
Bardaktaki Adam
Aşk YarışıZeynep
Zorlu DamatlGönül
Allah Seviniz Dedi
Kırmızı Karanfiller
Dikmen Yıldızı
Ümitler KırılıncaOya
Ne Şeker ŞeyCanan / JaleDual role
1963Adanalı Tayfur
Köroğlu (Dağlar Kralı)Türkan Sultan
Beni Osman ÖldürdüTürkan
Acı Aşk
Çapkın KızSuna
Küçük Beyin KısmetiPervin
Sayın BayanTürkan Bayraktar
İki Kocalı KadınSibel
Çalınan AşkAysel / GünselDual role
Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek
Badem ŞekeriGüner Pirinçeken
Genç KızlarBehlül / Eylül ServanDual role
Ayşecik Canımın İçiElif
1964Adanalı Tayfur KardeşlerTürkan
Dağların Aslanı
Mualla
Fıstık Gibi MaşallahGülten
Kızgın DelikanlıAvukat Sevil
Anasının KuzusuTürkan
Macera Kadını
Kader Kapıyı ÇaldıLeyla
Gözleri Ömre BedelLeyla
Gençlik RüzgarıFatma Nur Erden
Bücür
Yılların Ardından
Bomba Gibi KızLeyla
Öksüz Kız
1965The Bread Seller WomanAyşe / Zehra / LeylaTriple role
Elveda SevgilimTürkan Kadiroğlu
Seven Kadın UnutmazTürkan
Komşunun TavuğuTürkan
SürtükNaciye
Siyah GözlerTürkan
Hayatımın Kadını
Garip Bir İzdivaçZeynep Gökalp
Veda BusesiTürkan
Vahşi GelinAyşegül
1966Altın KüpelerAylin
Sana Layık DeğilimTürkan
Akşam GüneşiJülide
ÇalıkuşuFeride
Kenarın DilberiŞarkıcı
Meleklerin İntikamıTürkan, Peri
Anaların Günahı
Düğün GecesiZeynep
Siyah GülGül
Meyhanenin Gülü
Karanfilli Kadın
Günahkar KadınTürkan
Ferhat ile Şirin
Eli Maşalı
El Kızı
Çamaşırcı Güzeli
1967Bir Dağ MasalıLale
Bir Soförun Gizli Defteri
Ayrılsak da BeraberizFatma
Ağlayan KadınŞükran, Leyla
AnaDöndü
Sinekli BakkalRabia
Ölümsüz Kadın
Kelepçeli MelekNevin Erdem
Kara Duvaklı GelinPerihan
Her Zaman Kalbimdesin
Tapılacak Kadın
1968Kahveci GüzeliNermin
Vesikalı YarimSabiha
Abbase SultanAbbase
AyşemAyşe
Hapishane GeliniÇengi Naciye
Kadın SeverseLeyla
Dünyanın En Güzel Kadını
Aşk Eski Bir Yalan
Artık SevmeyeceğimNesrin / LeylaDual role
Ağla GözlerimLeyla / HicranDual role
Kadın İntikamı
Kadın Değil, Baş BelasıÇengi Naciye
1969Fosforlu CevriyemFosforlu Cevriye Necla
Bana Derler Fosforlu
Aşk Mabudesi
Buruk Acı
Kölen OlayımAzize
Sonbahar Rüzgarları
Sana DönmeyeceğimLeyla Taner
Seninle Ölmek İstiyorum
Ateşli Çingene
Günah Bende mi?
1970Bülbül Yuvası
Buğulu Gözler
Arım, Balım, PeteğimZeynep
Kara Gözlüm lAzize
Hayatım Sana Feda
Ağlayan MelekSabahat
Tatlı Meleğim
Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
Birleşen Yollar
Merhamet
Herkesin Sevgilisi
Mağrur Kadın
1971Sevmek Ve Ölmek Zamanı
Gelin Çiçeği
Ateş Parçası
Melek Mi Şeytan Mı? / Asrın Kadını
Mavi Eşarp
Unutulan Kadın
Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz
Güllü
Bir Kadın Kayboldu
Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
1972Cemo
Zulüm
Dönüş
Sisli Hatıralar
Vukuat Var
Çile
1973MahpusÜmmühan
Güllü Geliyor GüllüGüllü Fındıkoğlu
Azap
Sultan Gelin
Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur?
Yalancı / Çok Yalnızım
Namus Borcu
Gazi Kadın / Nene HatunZeynep
Dert Bende
1974Şenlik Var / Bal Kız
Yüreğimde Yare Var
Çılgınlar
Açlık
1975Acele Koca Aranıyor
1976Deprem
Bodrum Hakimi
Devlerin Aşkı
1977Selvi Boylum, Al YazmalımAsya
Baraj
Dila Hanım
1978Sultan
Bir Aşk Masalı
Cevriyem
Ferhat ile Şirin
Tatlı Nigar
1979Aşk ve Nefret
Hazal
Küskün Çiçek
1980Gurbetçiler
Tabancamın Sapını Gülle Donatacağım
1981Yılanı Öldürseler
1982Seni Kalbime Gömdüm
1983Metres
Seni Seviyorum
Mine
1984Bir Sevgi İstiyorum
1985Körebe
Bir Kadın Bir Hayat
1987Hayallerim, Aşkım Ve SenDerya Altınay
Gramofon AvratCemile
On Kadın
Rumuz GoncagülGülsün
1988Ada
1989Ölü Bir Deniz
1990Berdel
Soğuktu Ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu
1991Menekşe Koyu
1993Şahmaran
Tatlı Betüş
1994Bir Aşk Uğruna
1995Yer Çekimli Aşklar
1996Gözlerinde Son Gece
1997Nihavend Mucize
1998İkinci Bahar (TV series)Hanım
2001Tatlı Hayat
2002Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
2004Mürüvvetsiz Mürüvvet
2006Cemile
Ayın YıldızıKaragümrüklü Karakız
Aşk Beklemez
Hayatımın Kadınısın
2007Suna
2008Vurgun
2009Altın Kızlar
2012Bir Zamanlar Osmanli: KiyamHatice Sultan

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