
Acting
Türkan Şoray
Born
1945-06-28 (81)
Place of birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
Known for
Acting
Credits
85 titles
Türkan Şoray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. 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 (Bitter Life). 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".
Known for
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Siyaset Meydanı
1994
8.0A Turkish remake of "The Jeffersons". With Ihsan Yildirim's cleaning business booming, he insisted his family leave the "plain folks" and move up to Etiler with the "fancy folks." It is Ihsan's hope that relocation and his newly acquired wealth will mean the end of his problems in general and his troubles with neighbors in specific. But life in a luxurious high rise holds some unexpected pitfalls for the Yildirims, including Basar's struggle to convince his father that his marriage into a Turkish-Greek mixed family is cause for celebration, not disappointment. All events in Yildirim's lives is accompanied by its share of problems, confusion and most of all humor.
Sweet Life
2001
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995
8.6Second Spring was a television series in Turkey broadcast between 1998-2001 by ATV. First 8 epidodes appeared between 29 October 1998-20 May 1999. The next 15 epidodes were between 17 February-25 May 2000 and the last 14 episodes were between 21 September 2000-11 January 2001. There were also reruns; in 2007 by Fox TV and in 2011-2012 by Star TV.
Second Spring
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Altın Koza
1969
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
7.2Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record every moment of this journey of discovery and self-discovery. But the real journey is just about to begin.
Her First
2019
9.0Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.
We Hit The Road
2014
2000s · 5 titles
5.5Yucel performs an admirer of a veteran stage singer. Back in his puppy hood, he used to go to her stage concerts when she was popular. On a lonely day at his sea front restaurant, he sees her for the first time since times immemorial. Carried away by her beauty, he pursues her closely for a couple months gathering her information.
Hayatımın Kadınısın
2006
5.3The sad, lyrical story of four friends getting together for the first time in years, in a summer town, a “paradise of retired people.”
Suna
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Ayın Yıldızı
2006
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Mürüvvetsiz Mürüvvet
2004
NRA socialite writer, who has problems with her daughter, meets a handsome man at the resort where she came for a book promotion.
Aşk Beklemez
2006
1990s · 4 titles
4.9Suzan died 25 years ago. But after seeing his son's loneliness and despair in the world, he had to return to the world at the end of these 25 years. The world he left is completely different from the world he finds. Suzan suffers from a deep adaptation to this change. After a while, he realizes that he must adopt such a fit.
Nihavend Mucize
1997
5.5Yusuf leads a poor but peaceful life with his grandfather running coffee on the Golden Horn. Dedesin told him that the sultan’s sultan was influenced by the story of Şahmaran. Dusesi is also the old treasure hunter, Yusuf’s dream world has developed quite a bit.
Shahmaran
1994
8.4Leyla, a Turkish classical music soloist who is the envy of everyone, is shaken by the loss of her friend Cemal Bey, an udi from the instrumental ensemble. Leyla goes to Mr. Cemal's house, talks to his family, and begins to see the musician's feelings for her in a new light.
It Was Cold and Raining
1990
7.0Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.
Berdel
1990
1980s · 6 titles
7.0The story of nine independent women from various parts of society who committed various crimes.
Ten Women
1987
NRAs a coincidence, Murat founds his ex-love Selma after several years in his town. He would like to make up and regain her trust and love. However Selma already have a different life style.
I Love You
1983
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Rumuz Goncagül
1987
6.8Eser, who wants to talk to her husband while making a decision about the future of her daughter, decides to go to the island for this. On this occasion, a great reckoning begins between the couple, who come together again years later.
Ada
1988
8.0A retired teacher and a very succesful female banker meets at a holiday resort incidentally. The woman is sick and tired of her workload/housework and his husband while the man has escaped from his monotonous lifestyle. He is up to settle in a village nearby where he thinks he will live his dream in solitude. While looking for a place to rent, they get close and fall in love with each other. But their lifestyles and characters are quite different.
A Dead Sea
1989
6.0Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.
To Crush The Serpent
1981
1970s · 18 titles
7.7İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.
The Girl with the Red Scarf
1977
5.0Kenan, who is interested in hunting, is seriously injured in an accident while going to the forest one day. Elif, who is a nurse in a hospital, finds Kenan by chance and takes him to the hospital.
Çile
1972
4.8The love lives of two sisters who are in love with the same man are intertwined. And when one of them decisively decides to get married, things get really complicated.
Dert Bende
1973
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Mağrur Kadın
1970
7.0A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers.
Angel or Devil?
1971
6.7Reunion of two former lovers brings the end to the society they are part of through hate through revenge and through bloodshed, especially when the lovers were obliged to stand against their associates and families.
Love of Giant
1976
6.0Gurbet works as a farmer with her father, Hüseyin Çavuş. She and Halil are in love with each other. Halil works as a laborer in the city to earn money to build a house and buy a field. Çılgan Ağa, who has taken over the fields of the villagers in the area by putting them into debt, is also in love with Gurbet. Çılgan gives Hüseyin Çavuş debts he cannot repay. By extending the repayment period and giving additional loans, he gains his trust. Hüseyin Çavuş falls ill and dies. To pay off her father's debt, Gurbet puts herself up for auction. She will marry the one who offers the most money. During the auction, Çılgan Ağa not only offers the highest amount but also promises to forgive all the villagers' debts. Unable to withstand the villagers' pressure, Gurbet agrees to marry Çılgan Ağa.
Namus Borcu
1973
5.8An ugly duckling transformation of a secretary who is madly in love with his boss and wants to take revenge for her wounded heart
My Sweet Angel
1970
5.7Güllü and the goddess Taka Nuri come to Istanbul to avenge a bloodshed. Güllü is a Black Sea girl. Nasi is a rich young man who grew up in the same village as Güllü. Nuri is given a gun in his circumcision wedding. The accidental bullet hits a relative of Güllü and thus starts a blood feud.
Güllü is Coming
1973
9.0Zeynep, a member of a gang of professional thieves, is tasked with seducing the chosen victims. The new victim of the group is Kenan Hanoglu, a composer.
The Forgotten Woman
1971
7.0A love story of a rich but diseased woman who lives a very fast and colorful life with a pilot who is crippled by an accident. An adventure from conscience to love.
Blue Scarf
1971
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Bal Kız: Şenlik Var
1974
6.1Daughter of a private eye falls in love with father’s playboy client. Pretending to have a busy love life, she makes him jealous and he also starts to love her. When father discovers the affair he asks the Playboy to leave his daughter not knowing she’s pregnant.
Arım Balım Peteğim
1970
5.0The son of a wealthy, respected family seeks the hand of Hazal; unexpectedly, soon after her marriage, her husband dies. According to custom, as the deceased family had paid dowry for Hazal, she must marry the next male sibling—which in this case, happens to be an 11-year old boy.
Hazal
1979
7.2Directed by Serif Gören.
The Earthquake
1976
6.8Azize, who sells fish with her father, is discovered by a bar owner with her beautiful voice. She becomes a famous singer in a short time with the anonymous compositions and even gets a movie offer from Hollywood. However, nothing goes as planned for Azize. She is forced to choose between her love and her dreams.
Kara Gözlüm
1970
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
1971
7.7The beautiful Sultan is married to Osman, the son of a wealthy farmer who offers the highest dowry. Osman, who has been discharged from the army due to advanced heart disease, is unable to fulfill his duties as Sultan's husband. The young girl endures all the hardships life throws at her with patience and tries to continue living. However, fearing that the dowry money will go to waste, the family resorts to one of the most cruel customs after losing their son, forcing Sultan to stay in the house. They marry her off to their son, who is barely able to walk. A regional drama story from Anatolia...
Sultan Gelin
1973
1960s · 24 titles
7.0Murat, who loses the woman he loves on the wedding day, is almost dead. However, after a while, Serap becomes a great hope for him.
The Immortal Woman
1967
7.2The love and marriage story of Rabia, who was raised with religious education, and Italian pianist Peregrini, who became a Muslim for her sake.
Sinekli Bakkal
1967
7.7Halil the greengrocer goes to a nightclub with his friends one day to break the monotony of his life. There he meets Sabiha, one of the women working at the club. They fall in love at first sight and begin living together. While Sabiha is making plans for the future with Halil, she learns a truth about him that she didn't know, and the forbidden love that began at the nightclub turns into a dead end filled with lies.
My Prostitute Love
1968
6.0Nalan, who had an accident while going to meet with Kemal, is injured after the accident.
Autumn Winds
1969
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Siyah Melek
1961
10.0Young people who come together for revenge begin to be affected by each other. Young people resort to all sorts of ways to overcome their father's hostility.
Badem Şekeri
1963
7.5Turgut tries to spy on an occupied town during the First World War.
Golden Earrings
1966
9.0Nazmi, who was an officer in the military, was injured in the Korean War and retired. He wants to spend the rest of his life on a farm away from city life and settles with his wife on the farm. But the arrival of Jülide to the farm changes all the balances.
The Evening Sun
1966
7.0İskender is a young actor. He cannot turn down the request of an old friend of his who is the school’s manager and starts working there as an elocutionist. All his students are impressed by him; they bet on who will be able to make İskender fall in love with her.
Young Girls
1963
7.0While hiking with her friends in the mountains, Nevin gets caught in a blizzard and goes missing. She is rescued by Dr. Ferit just as she is about to freeze to death. The young and beautiful girl stays as a guest at the doctor's mountain house that night and spends the night with him. However, Nevin is devastated when she learns from a letter she finds that Ferit is about to get married, and she flees. The distraught young woman returns home and leaves for abroad without telling anyone, including her mother Leyla. Ferit, who feels guilty about his relationship with Nevin and had been searching for her to marry her, has now given up hope. At that very moment, Ferit meets Leyla, Nevin's mother, who is his new patient, and falls in love with her shortly thereafter. The dramatic story of a man who falls in love with a mother and daughter without either of them knowing.
Kadın Severse
1968
9.0Realizing that they live independent lives when they complete their education and return to their homeland, Mehmet and Fatma decide to give their relationship a last chance.
Wind of Youth
1964
6.0Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.
The Bread Seller Woman
1965
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Dikmen Yıldızı
1962
9.0Sedat, a young man, meets three women while traveling by train. Things get complicated when Sedat, who has a relationship with the singer Cahide, falls in love with a woman named Nalan, whom he met on the train.
The Wind of Love
1960
9.0The story of a man who lives outside the law.
The Man in Glass
1962
5.5The story tells of a famous cabaret singer's struggle with fame. Türkan is a singer whose fame has spread throughout the country. She lives surrounded by a fan base. One day, she is captivated by Ömer, whom she sees on stage at the cabaret where she works. However, Ömer has tuberculosis. Türkan's interest intensifies the severity of his illness. He has been in love with Türkan since his student days. Türkan learns of this love from someone else. She will not remain indifferent to the sincerity she has been missing for years. However, Ömer is not the only one in love with the beautiful woman. Her wealthy boss is determined not to give up on Türkan.
Tapılacak Kadın
1967
9.0A woman trying to take revenge on her husband who left her.
The Wedding Night
1966
7.0Türkan decides to go to her mother Neriman, who left her years ago. Neriman introduces herself as rich with the force of her ex-husband. Neriman, who sells flowers on the streets, will be saved by the help of the neighborhood people and shopkeepers. She finally traces her mother, but when she meets her, many surprises await...
Dear Madam
1963
6.2There is a tense love between Gelincik and Ali, who grow up together. Ali, who can't stand the coming and going of Gelincik, is about to leave the cergi, and he falls into prison because of Gelincik's slander.
Hot Gypsy
1969
9.0Sevket is killed while he escaping blood vengeance. After that, Döndü must look after her children in despite of poverty and blood vengeance.
Mother
1967
7.0Naciye sings on the streets to live and one day she is discovered by a famous casino owner. Then Naciye falls into love with her piano teacher Cuneyt. Casino owner Ekrem starts to make a trouble.
Tramp
1965
7.0The story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.
The Sinful Woman
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kara Duvaklı Gelin
1967
8.5Murat has to marry someone if he is to collect his inheritance. So his lawyer decides to marry him to an inmate on death row. Naciye, who is sentenced to death, accepts the marriage proposal. They perform the wedding ceremony at the prison. But things don’t go as planned.
The Jail Bride
1968
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Siyaset Meydanı
1994
8.0A Turkish remake of "The Jeffersons". With Ihsan Yildirim's cleaning business booming, he insisted his family leave the "plain folks" and move up to Etiler with the "fancy folks." It is Ihsan's hope that relocation and his newly acquired wealth will mean the end of his problems in general and his troubles with neighbors in specific. But life in a luxurious high rise holds some unexpected pitfalls for the Yildirims, including Basar's struggle to convince his father that his marriage into a Turkish-Greek mixed family is cause for celebration, not disappointment. All events in Yildirim's lives is accompanied by its share of problems, confusion and most of all humor.
Sweet Life
2001
8.0A Turkish remake of "The Jeffersons". With Ihsan Yildirim's cleaning business booming, he insisted his family leave the "plain folks" and move up to Etiler with the "fancy folks." It is Ihsan's hope that relocation and his newly acquired wealth will mean the end of his problems in general and his troubles with neighbors in specific. But life in a luxurious high rise holds some unexpected pitfalls for the Yildirims, including Basar's struggle to convince his father that his marriage into a Turkish-Greek mixed family is cause for celebration, not disappointment. All events in Yildirim's lives is accompanied by its share of problems, confusion and most of all humor.
Sweet Life
2001
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995
8.6Second Spring was a television series in Turkey broadcast between 1998-2001 by ATV. First 8 epidodes appeared between 29 October 1998-20 May 1999. The next 15 epidodes were between 17 February-25 May 2000 and the last 14 episodes were between 21 September 2000-11 January 2001. There were also reruns; in 2007 by Fox TV and in 2011-2012 by Star TV.
Second Spring
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Altın Koza
1969
6.0Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam is a Turkish historical television series about Assassins, Tulip period and Patrona Halil rebellion in 18th-century Ottoman Empire. It was originally broadcast on Turkey's state television TRT.
Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam
2012
No synopsis available yet.
Sinemada İstanbul
2011
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Tatlı Betüş
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Aynalar
1996
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Gözlerinde Son Gece
1996
NRTurkish remake of The Golden Girls.
Golden Girls
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cemile
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
İşte Hayat
1974
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vurgun
2008
2.1No synopsis available yet.
Aşk Yeniden
2007
Behind the camera
6.0Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.
To Crush The Serpent
1981
6.0Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.
To Crush The Serpent
1981
7.5Gülcan and her husband İbrahim dream of a happy future together in their village. However, they are subjected to the cruelty of the Agha, the local landowner who lords over the entire village. İbrahim is fed up and moves to Germany to find work. On the other hand, Gülcan has to deal with Agha's evils alone.
The Return
1972
9.0Escaping from home, Ülker meets and marries a blind composer in the hotel where she is staying, but suffering does not leave Ülker in her new life.
Buruk Acı
1969
6.3While Elif is pregnant, she receives a blow to her stomach, and the baby remains paralyzed because the baby's food cord is damaged. When she cannot heal her baby in the village, she comes to Istanbul and tries to get to know the city and the people in it.
Torment
1973
7.6Newly appointed judge of a small ashore town of Bodrum falls in love with the handsome big shot of the town who is not as innocent as the residents think him of.
The Judge of Bodrum
1976
4.5An eternal landscape from the Yesilcam.
Don't Look Too Far
2015

