Writing
Gülse Birsel
Born
1971-03-11 (55)
Place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Known for
Writing
Credits
14 titles
Gülse Birsel was born on 11 March 1971 in Istanbul as the third child of Gültekin and Semiha Şener. Her father was a lawyer, while her mother was a housewife. Her name was chosen from the first syllables of the names of her mother and father. Her elder brother Bozkurt is five years her senior, while her elder sister Dilek is three years older than her. Her older brother is an ophthalmologist and a former national volleyball player. She finished her secondary education at Beyoğlu Anadolu High School. She was thinking of acting as a profession until the end of high school. However, with the wish of her family, she first studied at Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics. Between 1994 and …
Known for
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
6.1Jet Sosyete / Jet Set (2018) is a Turkish sitcom written by Gülse Birsel (59 episodes, 3 seasons). When textile company owner Cengiz Özpamuk fires his son and promotes lowly employee Yaşar Yüksel instead, the Yüksel family — a working-class family from a slum in Ayazağa — suddenly moves into a luxury villa in an upscale gated community, comically crashing into Istanbul's elite jet set lifestyle.
Jet Sosyete
2018
6.4Yalan Dünya produced by Gülse Birsel and directed by Jale Atabey at 2012.
Yalan Dünya
2012
No synopsis available yet.
Komedi Türkiye
2015
5.2With the hope that the pandemic is coming to an end, Didem has been preparing for a New Year’s Eve celebration for over a month. All her loved ones can finally get together and make up for the lost time, but the lockdown announcement has her plans blown off course. Ozan is determined to let his wife have the celebration she deserves. He invites their neighbors to the party, and the fun begins.
New Year's Eve
2022
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
5.2With the hope that the pandemic is coming to an end, Didem has been preparing for a New Year’s Eve celebration for over a month. All her loved ones can finally get together and make up for the lost time, but the lockdown announcement has her plans blown off course. Ozan is determined to let his wife have the celebration she deserves. He invites their neighbors to the party, and the fun begins.
New Year's Eve
2022
NRSequel to 'In the Family' (2017). Plot TBA.
2 Aile Arasında
2026
2000s · 2 titles
6.0Remake of a well-known Turkish musical comedy loved by generations, the film is about the adventures of flirtatious Hurmuz in late 1800's Istanbul. Hurmuz who lives in Taskasap, Istanbul has six husbands in a plot to solve her economic problems. She arranges to meet each of her husbands one day of the week. However, suddenly, she falls in love with the town's doctor whom she meets at her husband's barber shop. The doctor falls in love with her too... But, one night all six husbands come home at the same time, and Hurmuz and Safinaz - Hurmuz's "go-between/accomplice/friend" - find themselves in a series of very awkward yet funny situations.
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
4.8With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection. Meanwhile, Seckin the fashioner designer - also the brother of Binnur, wife of the late billionaire - prepares for a fashion show in the same hotel that the robbery is going to take place. With the intervention of police, the beautiful model and her ex-lover, a hip papparazi, the two "Laz" mafia bosses seeking revenge, and the getaway driver straight out of Selcuk Erdem caricatures, the robbery is bound to go wrong. Prepare for a twist at the end as the plot unfolds towards a climactic ending...
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Series credits
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
6.1Jet Sosyete / Jet Set (2018) is a Turkish sitcom written by Gülse Birsel (59 episodes, 3 seasons). When textile company owner Cengiz Özpamuk fires his son and promotes lowly employee Yaşar Yüksel instead, the Yüksel family — a working-class family from a slum in Ayazağa — suddenly moves into a luxury villa in an upscale gated community, comically crashing into Istanbul's elite jet set lifestyle.
Jet Sosyete
2018
6.4Yalan Dünya produced by Gülse Birsel and directed by Jale Atabey at 2012.
Yalan Dünya
2012
No synopsis available yet.
Komedi Türkiye
2015
Behind the camera
5.2With the hope that the pandemic is coming to an end, Didem has been preparing for a New Year’s Eve celebration for over a month. All her loved ones can finally get together and make up for the lost time, but the lockdown announcement has her plans blown off course. Ozan is determined to let his wife have the celebration she deserves. He invites their neighbors to the party, and the fun begins.
New Year's Eve
2022
NRSequel to 'In the Family' (2017). Plot TBA.
2 Aile Arasında
2026
6.7When their long-term relationships collapse on the same day, a neurotic man and an eccentric lounge singer cross paths. To help her daughter marry into a conservative, wealthy family, he reluctantly agrees to pose as her dignified police chief father.
In the Family
2017