Türkan Şoray

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

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 18 titles

The Girl with the Red Scarf poster
7.7

İlyas, 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

Çile poster
5.0

Kenan, 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

Dert Bende poster
4.8

The 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

Mağrur Kadın poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mağrur Kadın

1970

Angel or Devil? poster
7.0

A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers.

Angel or Devil?

1971

Love of Giant poster
6.7

Reunion 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

Namus Borcu poster
6.0

Gurbet 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

My Sweet Angel poster
5.8

An 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

Güllü is Coming poster
5.7

Güllü 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

The Forgotten Woman poster
9.0

Zeynep, 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

Blue Scarf poster
7.0

A 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

Bal Kız: Şenlik Var poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Bal Kız: Şenlik Var

1974

Arım Balım Peteğim poster
6.1

Daughter 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

Hazal poster
5.0

The 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

The Earthquake poster
7.2

Directed by Serif Gören.

The Earthquake

1976

Kara Gözlüm poster
6.8

Azize, 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

Bir Genç Kızın Romanı poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Genç Kızın Romanı

1971

Sultan Gelin poster
7.7

The 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

The Immortal Woman poster
7.0

Murat, 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

Sinekli Bakkal poster
7.2

The 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

My Prostitute Love poster
7.7

Halil 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

Autumn Winds poster
6.0

Nalan, who had an accident while going to meet with Kemal, is injured after the accident.

Autumn Winds

1969

Siyah Melek poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Siyah Melek

1961

Badem Şekeri poster
10.0

Young 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

Golden Earrings poster
7.5

Turgut tries to spy on an occupied town during the First World War.

Golden Earrings

1966

The Evening Sun poster
9.0

Nazmi, 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

Young Girls poster
7.0

İskender 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

Kadın Severse poster
7.0

While 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

Wind of Youth poster
9.0

Realizing 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

The Bread Seller Woman poster
6.0

Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.

The Bread Seller Woman

1965

Dikmen Yıldızı poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dikmen Yıldızı

1962

The Wind of Love poster
9.0

Sedat, 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

The Man in Glass poster
9.0

The story of a man who lives outside the law.

The Man in Glass

1962

Tapılacak Kadın poster
5.5

The 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

The Wedding Night poster
9.0

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

The Wedding Night

1966

Dear Madam poster
7.0

Türkan 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

Hot Gypsy poster
6.2

There 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

Mother poster
9.0

Sevket is killed while he escaping blood vengeance. After that, Döndü must look after her children in despite of poverty and blood vengeance.

Mother

1967

Tramp poster
7.0

Naciye 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

The Sinful Woman poster
7.0

The story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.

The Sinful Woman

1966

Kara Duvaklı Gelin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kara Duvaklı Gelin

1967

The Jail Bride poster
8.5

Murat 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

Series credits

Siyaset Meydanı poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Siyaset Meydanı

1994

Sweet Life poster
8.0

A 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

Sweet Life poster
8.0

A 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

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

Second Spring poster
8.6

Second 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

Altın Koza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Altın Koza

1969

Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam poster
6.0

Bir 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sinemada İstanbul

2011

Tatlı Betüş poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tatlı Betüş

1993

Aynalar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aynalar

1996

Gözlerinde Son Gece poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gözlerinde Son Gece

1996

Golden Girls poster
NR

Turkish remake of The Golden Girls.

Golden Girls

2009

Cemile poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cemile

2006

İşte Hayat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İşte Hayat

1974

Vurgun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vurgun

2008

Aşk Yeniden poster
2.1

No synopsis available yet.

Aşk Yeniden

2007

Behind the camera

To Crush The Serpent poster
6.0

Esme, 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

To Crush The Serpent poster
6.0

Esme, 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

The Return poster
7.5

Gülcan 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

Buruk Acı poster
9.0

Escaping 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

Torment poster
6.3

While 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

The Judge of Bodrum poster
7.6

Newly 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

Don't Look Too Far poster
4.5

An eternal landscape from the Yesilcam.

Don't Look Too Far

2015