Ajda Pekkan

Acting

Ajda Pekkan

Born

1946-02-12 (80)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (born 12 February 1946) is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. By keeping her works updated and getting influence from Western elements, she managed to become one of Turkey's modern and enduring icons in different periods. Her musical style has kept her popular for more than 50 years and has inspired many of her successors. Pekkan is highly respected in the music industry and her vocal techniques together with many of her albums were praised by music critics.

Known for

Eurovision Song Contest poster
7.4

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

Eurovision Song Contest

1956

Midi Première poster
9.0

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

Midi Première

1975

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Golden Butterfly Awards poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golden Butterfly Awards

1973

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

Salty Coffee poster
6.0

The daughters of the İpekli and Kutaygil families—sworn enemies for years—unknowingly find themselves crossing paths with two sons from the same family. While Selin and Murat are busy preparing for their wedding, Murat’s older brother, Mehmet—who has just returned from America—crosses paths with Derin. Derin, who was preparing to marry Hakan, ends her relationship upon discovering his betrayal, and an unexpected bond begins to form between her and Mehmet. Thus, amidst a deep-seated feud from the past, the destinies of these two young women become intertwined with the lives of two brothers from the Aydınoğlu family.

Salty Coffee

2026

Film credits

1960s · 33 titles

Plajda Sevişelim poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Plajda Sevişelim

1964

Kart Horoz poster
6.0

Kamil's servant Dilber's sister Fatoş comes to the mansion with her fiancé Mıstık. Kamil falls for Fatoş as soon as he sees her. At this point, Kamil, who is already ill, suffers another crisis. He then declares that his final wish is to marry Fatoş. Fatoş, who needs money to bail out Mıstık, who has been arrested for financial reasons, agrees to marry Kamil, believing he will die soon. Kamil's surprising recovery and Mıstık's release from prison will complicate the situation further.

Kart Horoz

1965

Hızır Dede poster
7.0

Hızır Dede is someone who helps those in need without expecting anything in return and keeps his identity secret. Upon his death, he leaves this task to Orhan. Leyla, who grew up with Hızır Dede's help, works as a secretary at a company. The company's boss has three sons, Samim, Tayfur, and Süleyman, who all try to marry Leyla. Just as Leyla and Samim are getting close, Orhan comes to investigate Leyla's suitors while keeping his identity hidden. However, over time, Leyla begins to take an interest in Orhan. Orhan is torn between fulfilling his father's will and keeping his secret while marrying Leyla.

Hızır Dede

1964

Abidik Gubidik poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Abidik Gubidik

1964

Umit Street poster
10.0

The film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich. Selim and Ali are friends. Ali wants to earn money and marry Lale, while Selim wants to escape from their neighborhood and poverty. Necdet, a mafia boss, once lived on Ümit Street, where Selim and Ali reside. Selim and Ali go to Necdet to ask for work. Necdet gives each of them a thousand lira and tells them to come back in five months with ten thousand lira. The two friends will get to know each other better during their individual struggles for survival.

Umit Street

1966

Avare Kız poster
9.0

Turgut kidnaps his two newborn nephews in order to become the sole heir to the family fortune. At that moment, an accident causes a fire to break out in the mansion. The babies' parents die in the fire. Turgut takes Ayla with him and raises her so that he can benefit from the inheritance. He gives Fatma to a man in exchange for money. The man leaves Fatma by the side of the road. A theater group passing by notices Fatma. The husband and wife in the group take Fatma with them. Ayla and Fatma will grow up without knowing about each other.

Avare Kız

1966

Öpüşmek Yasak poster
7.0

Burhan and Kemal are minibus drivers in Şile. These drivers, who never get along, decide to buy new minibuses. Burhan orders from his sons Kaya and Naci, who are studying in Istanbul. Kemal also orders from his daughters Oya and Sema in Istanbul. With their new minibuses, a fierce competition will begin between the two drivers.

Öpüşmek Yasak

1964

The Wedding Night poster
9.0

A woman trying to take revenge on her husband who left her.

The Wedding Night

1966

Taçsız Kral poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Taçsız Kral

1965

Harun Reşid'in Gözdesi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Harun Reşid'in Gözdesi

1967

Sevinç Gözyaşları poster
7.0

Ayhan is orphaned at a young age. With the help of Hulusi Pasha, for whom his father worked as a servant, he continues his education. After completing his education and becoming an engineer, Ayhan wants to marry Selma, who grew up with him. Meanwhile, Selim becomes engaged to Filiz, the Pasha's daughter, in order to take advantage of her wealth. Some time later, Hulusi Pasha reveals to Ayhan and Selim that he has gone bankrupt. Upon hearing this, Selim breaks off the engagement, but Filiz is already pregnant. Upon learning of the situation, Hulusi Pasha suffers a heart attack and seeks to use Ayhan to save himself from this predicament.

Sevinç Gözyaşları

1965

Avare poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Avare

1965

The Separation Song poster
10.0

A musician Murat plays the piano and sings. When he comes to Istanbul he gets married with Gul. After his child's birth, Gul is dead and Murat starts to visit the whole Anatolia city by city without his son.

The Separation Song

1966

Cici Kızlar poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Cici Kızlar

1965

Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

1965

I'm Under My Hat poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

I'm Under My Hat

1965

Artık Düşman Değiliz poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Artık Düşman Değiliz

1965

Babamız Evleniyor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Babamız Evleniyor

1965

Berduş Milyoner poster
7.0

Businessman Bedri needs to go to Switzerland for work. However, he has an important business meeting in Istanbul on the same dates. If he is not in Istanbul, he will lose the business to a rival company. While his assistant Ferdi is looking for a solution to this problem, he finds a poor man named Ali who looks exactly like Bedri Bey. He sends Bedri Bey to Switzerland. He makes an agreement with Ali and replaces him with Ali. Ali, a poor man, will become a wealthy businessman for a while.

Berduş Milyoner

1965

Şehvetin Esiriyiz poster
9.0

Sevim is living with the much older businessman Irfan. When Irfan's wife return home he abandon the young woman. But Sevim has been spoiled by wealthy men and can't change her life, till she meet Kemal.

Şehvetin Esiriyiz

1965

Şoför Deyip Geçmeyin poster
7.0

Gül and Selim love each other. However, Gül's father does not approve of their relationship. He devises a plan to separate them. He talks to Selim's boss and sends him on a business trip abroad. He sends Gül to her aunt's house. The two lovers lose hope when they cannot contact each other. Meanwhile, Gül finds out that she is pregnant. She runs away from home and gives birth at a friend's house. Believing that Selim has abandoned her, she leaves the child in a taxi she takes. The taxi driver takes custody of the child and raises him. Years later, Gül will learn the truth and regret what she did.

Şoför Deyip Geçmeyin

1966

Şaka ile Karışık poster
7.8

The story of Osman begins to take a different direction, with a bet of 1 million that two enemies and a wealthy family have entered into the possibility of an honorable singer.

Şaka ile Karışık

1965

The Heartbreak Kid poster
7.0

Suat writes children's stories in his father's magazine. A competition is held for the last story he will write. The winner of the competition will illustrate Suat's last story. The jury selects an art student named Filiz. Suat and Filiz begin working together, and a romance blossoms between them.

The Heartbreak Kid

1963

Pantolon Bankası poster
8.5

Hüdaverdi, who has no family, lives in poverty throughout his life. One day, when he was hungry, he went to the beach and prayed. After a while, he realized he had ten lira in his pocket. That night, money kept coming out of his pants. The next day, he told his friends about it. He couldn't decide what to do with the money coming out of his pocket. Later, with the help of his friends, he opened a bank. His competitors in the banking sector will try to uncover the secret of Hüdaverdi, who suddenly became wealthy.

Pantolon Bankası

1965

Kendini Arayan Adam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kendini Arayan Adam

1963

Helal Adanalı Celal poster
8.0

Factory owner Şaban is in trouble with his creditors. He is waiting for his partner Haşmet, who is coming from Europe, to pay off his debts. However, Haşmet dies in a traffic accident. In his will, Haşmet appoints Şaban as guardian of his young son and leaves all his property to him. However, for Şaban to fulfill Haşmet's will, the baby who went missing during the accident must be found. Upon this, Şaban and the factory clerk Bilal begin searching for the baby. Meanwhile, the appearance of Celal, who resembles Bilal, will further complicate the situation.

Helal Adanalı Celal

1965

Kaynana Zırıltısı poster
10.0

Tekin and Fatma want to do business with businessman Ahmet. Without knowing about each other's plans, they both try to convince Ahmet. During this process, Ahmet befriends Tekin and decides to do business with him. Not wanting to lose the deal to Tekin, Fatma will engage in a battle with him.

Kaynana Zırıltısı

1964

Çanakkale Aslanları poster
10.0

The film focuses on the epic struggle that took place during the Battle of Gallipoli. The Dardanelles Strait was surrounded by British forces from the Allied Powers. The British, who landed at the Arıburnu coves, intended to advance into the interior. British attacks on many fronts were repelled with great sacrifice. Those behind the front lines also assisted those on the front lines with all their might. During this time, the Turkish navy ship Muavenet-i Milliye succeeded in sinking the British navy ship Goliath. These sacrifices would herald that victory was not far off.

Çanakkale Aslanları

1964

Sokakların Kanunu poster
8.0

The film tells the story of Metin, who escapes from prison and struggles to survive under the protection of Ertuğrul, whom he meets in Istanbul, and the friendship between them. Metin falls in love with Mine, whom he meets at a nightclub, while Ertuğrul develops a romantic relationship with Semra.

Sokakların Kanunu

1964

Adanalı Tayfur poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adanalı Tayfur

1963

Affet Sevgilim poster
8.0

The film tells the story of Ekrem, who falls in love with the girl he married for money. Ekrem is a young and handsome man who works in the factory of Hulusi Bey, a factory owner. Hulusi Bey's daughter Filiz is in love with Ekrem. Doctors diagnose Filiz with a heart condition and give her a year to live. Hulusi Bey wants his daughter to be happy in her final days. To this end, he offers Ekrem a partnership in his factory, but on the condition that he marries his daughter Filiz. Ekrem initially accepts the offer out of greed for money. However, over time, he will fall in love with Filiz.

Affet Sevgilim

1966

Black Car poster
8.0

Kenan is a police officer who tries his best to fight against criminals. After his wife's death, he is made to teach in the police college. He lives with his son, Ahmet. Meanwhile, a black car is said to be the cause of several homicides. Police commander asks for his help.

Black Car

1966

Dişi Düşman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dişi Düşman

1966

Series credits

Eurovision Song Contest poster
7.4

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

Eurovision Song Contest

1956

Midi Première poster
9.0

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

Midi Première

1975

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Golden Butterfly Awards poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golden Butterfly Awards

1973

Golden Butterfly Awards poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golden Butterfly Awards

1973

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

1995

Salty Coffee poster
6.0

The daughters of the İpekli and Kutaygil families—sworn enemies for years—unknowingly find themselves crossing paths with two sons from the same family. While Selin and Murat are busy preparing for their wedding, Murat’s older brother, Mehmet—who has just returned from America—crosses paths with Derin. Derin, who was preparing to marry Hakan, ends her relationship upon discovering his betrayal, and an unexpected bond begins to form between her and Mehmet. Thus, amidst a deep-seated feud from the past, the destinies of these two young women become intertwined with the lives of two brothers from the Aydınoğlu family.

Salty Coffee

2026

Laf Lafı Açıyor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Laf Lafı Açıyor

1991

Dadı poster
6.5

After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich widow man. As time passes, the two fall for each other.

Dadı

2001

Devekuşu Kabare poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Devekuşu Kabare

1984

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri

2007

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri

2007

Aynalar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aynalar

1996

Mazhar Alanson İle Misafir poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mazhar Alanson İle Misafir

2024

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pişti

2006

İki Kere Kiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İki Kere Kiki

2001

Elle Style Awards Turkiye poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Elle Style Awards Turkiye

2010

Star Akademi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Star Akademi

2011