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Burcu Esmersoy (born 2 October 1976) is a Turkish anchorwoman, journalist, model, occasional actress, and former beauty pageant contestant who represented her nation at
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in Japan. She received a Golden Butterfly for Best Female Presenter. Burcu Esmersoy is one of Turkey's leading female reality show hosts and highest-paid television personalities. Amongst the Turkish television shows hosted by Esmersoy are ''Ver Fırına'', '' Survivor'', ''Popstar'', ''Nedir Ne Değildir'', ''Late Summer Night with Burcu Esmersoy'', ''Komedi Türkiye'', ''En Güzel Bölüm'', ''Elin Oğlu'', and ''
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''. As an actress, she starred in ''Romantik Komedi'' (2010), ''Dedektif Memoli'' (2011), as Aylin Youlin in ''Çocuklar Duymasın'' (2012), and as special guest star Melda in ''Bir Erkek Bir Kadın'' (2013), Turkish adaptation of the French-language Canadian comedy television series ''
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''. Burcu Esmersoy has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns. Since her debut, she has also appeared in numerous magazine covers, articles, and editorials across Turkey.


Early life and education

Esmersoy was born in Istanbul to parents of Circassian descent whose parents were from Egypt. In an interview in 2020, Esmersoy revealed that she had been physically abused and beaten by her father in her childhood, who would hit her with a hose. Her parents divorced as her father's affair with another woman came to light. Following her mother's second marriage, Esmersoy and her sister were forced to refer to their mother as 'aunt' instead of 'mom' and became distanced from her as they moved in with their paternal grandparents. After finishing her secondary studies at Beşiktaş Lisesi, a prestigious high school located on the European side of Istanbul, she enrolled in the Tourism Management Department of the Faculty of Business Management at
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. Following her graduation, she went on to study Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at Tisch Center,
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. In addition to her full-time studies, Burcu Esmersoy took part in Barbara Poitier's performing art workshops at
Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...
. She is also an alumna of Dialog Anlatım İletişim. Besides Turkish, Burcu Esmersoy speaks average English and Italian.


Career

In 1997, she was placed third runner-up at the
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beauty pageant. The same year she represented Turkey at
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in
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where she won the "Miss Friendship" title. She began her broadcasting career in a children's programme aired on
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and joined
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's Sports News in 2000 and worked there until 2005 as sports presenter, coordinator as well as foreign news editor. In April 2006, she joined NTV MSNBC and started presenting the ''Spor Servisi'' programme. She competed in the first season of the reality show ''
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'' (2010–2011) and hosted the second season (2011–2012) of the same competition. In 2013, she hosted ''Popstar'', based on the British television music competition ''
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''. She also hosted TV8's ''Ver Fırına'', Turkish version of the British television baking competition ''
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'' and co-hosted ATV's ''Elin Oğlu'', based on the South Korean talk show ''
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''.


Personal life

On 28 February 2005, Burcu Esmersoy married
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's sponsorship and marketing manager Massimo Cusimano at the Turkish Consulate-General in
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and later in
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on 28 October 2006. For a short span of time, Burcu Esmersoy lived in
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,
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which is the home of Ferrari S.p.A. The couple divorced in 2008. From May 2018 to September 2019, Esmersoy was married to Berk Suyabatmaz.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

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Burcu Esmersoy
on Gaye Sökmen Ajans {{DEFAULTSORT:Esmersoy, Burcu 1976 births Living people Istanbul University alumni Miss International 1997 delegates New York University School of Professional Studies alumni Models from Istanbul Turkish television actresses Turkish beauty pageant winners Turkish broadcast news analysts Turkish female models Turkish game show hosts Turkish people of Circassian descent Turkish sports journalists Turkish television news anchors Turkish television talk show hosts Television people from Istanbul