Acting
Cansu Dere
Born
1980-10-14 (46)
Place of birth
Ankara, Turkey
Known for
Acting
Credits
24 titles
Cansu Dere born on October 14, 1980 in Ankara is a Turkish film and television actress, model, and beauty pageant runner-up. After graduation from the department of Archaeology at Istanbul University, she made her debut in TV and movies in the beginning of 2004. Between 2006-2008 she had a leading role as 'Sıla' in the Sıla series with Mehmet Akif Alakurt. She then starred as 'Defne' with Kenan İmirzalioğlu, in the film "The Last Ottoman Yandım Ali". In 2009, she acted in 'black comedy' Acı Aşk. In 2011, she played the lead protagonist 'Eyşan' in the TV series Ezel.
Known for
8.1At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
The Magnificent Century
2011
8.3Anne (Mother), a 2016–2017 Turkish drama, follows Zeynep, a substitute teacher who discovers her 7-year-old student, Melek, is being severely abused and neglected by her mother, Sule. To save her, Zeynep kidnaps Melek, fakes her death, and attempts to become her adoptive mother, leading to an emotional, high-stakes battle for custody and safety.
Mother
2016
8.1Asya is a successful doctor and she has a perfect life with her husband and her son. But after finding a blonde hair on her husband's scarf, everything changes and she discovers her husband's extramarital affair.
A Woman Scorned
2020
7.5The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.
The European Side
2004
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
8.4Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a successful man, but inwardly driven by one thing - his determination to understand why the people he loved betrayed him, and take his revenge.
Ezel
2009
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
4.7After discovering her fiancé's betrayal, Yasemin leaves everything behind and flees to Lisbon, where she unexpectedly finds herself sharing her rented home with its Portuguese owner, José. What starts as a clash between polar opposites gradually turns into a journey that reshapes both of their lives.
Portuguese Love
2026
5.5Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
2010s · 2 titles
6.8An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Behzat Ç.: I Buried You in My Heart
2011
5.0El Yazısı follows three stories on a day when the town is welcoming its very first foreign English teacher. As an accidental tourist is mistaken for her, the wind of change starts to blow.
El Yazısı
2012
2000s · 4 titles
6.9Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west.
Yahşi Batı
2009
6.4After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.
The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali
2007
4.0Orhan, who works as a literature professor at a university in Eskisehir, unexpectedly ends his relationship with Ayse whom he was planning to marry, and comes to Istanbul where he meets Oya. After living possibly the happiest days of his life with Oya, who is a photographer, Orhan finds himself in the midst of a challenging love triangle as a result of the horrible things they encounter the first days of their marriage.
Love, Bitter
2009
6.0After being hunted by a werewolf for thirty years, Ibrahim thought he had finally found a place to hide. However, the curse found him in his new home. It was time to settle the score instead of running away. The real question is, is this reckoning really with a werewolf, or is it primarily with Ibrahim's own identity?
Kabuslar Evi: Takip
2006
Series credits
8.1At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
The Magnificent Century
2011
8.3Anne (Mother), a 2016–2017 Turkish drama, follows Zeynep, a substitute teacher who discovers her 7-year-old student, Melek, is being severely abused and neglected by her mother, Sule. To save her, Zeynep kidnaps Melek, fakes her death, and attempts to become her adoptive mother, leading to an emotional, high-stakes battle for custody and safety.
Mother
2016
8.1Asya is a successful doctor and she has a perfect life with her husband and her son. But after finding a blonde hair on her husband's scarf, everything changes and she discovers her husband's extramarital affair.
A Woman Scorned
2020
7.5The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.
The European Side
2004
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
8.4Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a successful man, but inwardly driven by one thing - his determination to understand why the people he loved betrayed him, and take his revenge.
Ezel
2009
8.1After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years.
Persona
2018
7.6No synopsis available yet.
Alacakaranlık
2003
4.7A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.
Sila
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri
2007
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Metro Palas
2004
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Güz Yangını
2005
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Ferhat ile Şirin
2019
NRTurkish remake of The Golden Girls.
Golden Girls
2009
NRA king who kills his brides meets a woman who refuses to die—and changes his fate with her stories. After a deep betrayal, Sultan Şehriyar loses all trust in love. He begins marrying young women, but none of them are seen again after their wedding night. Fear spreads across the kingdom, and no family feels safe. Everything changes when Şehrazat, the daughter of the Grand Vizier, chooses to marry him. She believes she can stop him and save others. On their wedding night, she tells a story—but leaves it unfinished. The Sultan becomes curious and lets her live for one more night. Night after night, Şehrazat tells new stories. Each one reveals hidden truths and slowly breaks the Sultan’s anger. She is not only trying to survive—she tries to heal him and uncover what really happened in the palace.
One Thousand And One Nights
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