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Melis
Melis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Melis Abzalov (1938–2016), Uzbek actor, screenwriter, film director and producer * Melis Alphan (born 1978), Turkish journalist and author * Melis Babadağ (born 1984), Turkish actress *Melis Birkan (born 1981), Turkish actress * Melis Gerritsen (born 1939), Dutch track cyclist * Melis Gülcan (born 1996), Turkish female basketball player * Melis van de Groep (born 1958), Dutch politician of the Reformed Political League * Melis Myrzakmatov (born 1969), Kyrgyzstani politician *Melis Özçiğdem (born 1982), Turkish football player and referee * Melis Sekmen (born 1993), German politician * Melis Sezen (born 1997), Turkish actress *Melis Sezer (born 1993), Turkish tennis player * Melis Stoke (c.1235-c.1305 ), Dutch writer and clerk of Floris V, count of Holland * Melis Turgunbaev (born 1982), Kyrgyz politician and government official * Melis Yılmaz (born 1997), Turkish volleyball player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Sezen
Melis Sezen (born 2 January 1997) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Tainted Love'' (2019), ''The Miracle 2: Love'' (2019), ''The Unfaithful'' (2020–2022), ''Gülcemal'' (2023–2024), and ''Genius'' (2024–present). In 2021, Sezen won the Golden Butterfly Award for Rising Star. Life and career Sezen was born on 2 January 1997 in Silivri, Istanbul, and completed her high school education at Selimpaşa Atatürk Anatolian High School. Her paternal family members are Macedonian Albanian immigrants, while her maternal family members are who immigrated from Thessaloniki, Greece. Sezen has a younger brother and her family engages in trade. In an interview, she mentioned that her family was supportive of her decision to start working as a theatre actress, and in another interview she adds that it was her mother who discovered her interest in acting and enrolled her in Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Sezen received drama education from the age of 12, and received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Melis
Carmen Melis (15 August 1885 – 19 December 1967) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a major international career during the first four decades of the 20th century. She was known, above all, as a verismo soprano, and was one of the most interesting singing actresses of the early 20th century. She made her debut in Novara in 1905 and her career rapidly developed in her native country over the next four years. From 1909 to 1916, she performed with important opera companies in the United States; after which she was busy performing at many of Europe's most important opera houses. From 1917 until her retirement from the stage in 1935, she was particularly active at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome and at La Scala in Milan. After her singing career ended, she embarked on a second career as a voice teacher. Her most notable student was soprano Renata Tebaldi. Education and early career in Europe Born in Cagliari, Melis began her voice studies with dramatic soprano Teresina Singer in Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Melis
Dorothea Melis (born Dorothea Voigt: 22 February 1938 – 29 June 2015) was a German fashion journalist. Life Early years Dorothea Voigt was born in Berlin. Her father worked as an architect. She grew up with her family in Berlin's Weissensee quarter, ending up after the war in the Soviet occupation zone, which would be relaunched in October 1949 as the Soviet sponsored German Democratic Republic (East Germany). She studied fashion and design at the Berlin-Weißensee Visual and Applied Arts academy. At the end of the course students were required to submit a dissertation. Voigt completed her degree in 1960 with a dissertation that was savagely critical of East Germany's popular fashion magazine, "Sibylle" which had been founded in 1956, a few years earlier: she was repelled by the publication's staid fashions, its pathetic poses and its housewifely approach. Margot Pfannstiel, editor-in-chief at "Sibylle", became aware of Dorothea's dissertation and spotted an op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis is a Greek-American biologist at the University of California, Berkeley who elucidated the possibility of creating hydrogen from algae. He is currently The Grace Kase and Harry Y. Tsujimoto Distinguished Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology in the institution, elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Editor-in-Chief of the Planta journal. Hydrogen power is considered one of the key ways of producing electricity without continuing to use up fossil fuels. The added bonus of using algae in this way is that they could consume carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 1998 Professor Anastasios Melis discovered, after following Hans Gaffron's work, that the deprivation of sulfur will cause ''Chlamydomonas reinhardtii'' algae to switch from producing oxygen to producing hydrogen. The enzyme, hydrogenase, he found was responsible for the reaction, which is normally a temporary emergency survival mechanism used in an oxygen-deprived en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Melis
José Melis Guiu (February 27, 1920 – April 7, 2005) was a Cuban-American bandleader and television personality. Biography Melis was born in Havana, Cuba. He studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and a Cuban government scholarship enabled him to continue his education in Paris. When he was 16, he arrived in the United States, graduated from the Juilliard School of Music and worked as a lounge pianist. During World War II, while he was serving as the musical director for the USO's New York City branch of the USO, he met Jack Paar, and the two remained friends for years. In 1954–55, Melis was the pianist when '' The Morning Show'' on CBS was hosted by Paar. Then Paar moved from mornings to late night, and from 1957 to 1962, Melis served as the musical director of ''The Tonight Show'' during Jack Paar's tenure as host. He also wrote the music for Paar's theme song, "IM4U" (lyrics by Sev F. Marino), and he performed with Paar on other shows, including Parr’s ''Startime'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Alphan
Melis Alphan (Melis Çelebi; born 1978), is a Turkish journalist and author. She is known for her women's rights activism and her fashion journalism. Education Following her graduation from the American Collegiate Institute in İzmir, she studied Fashion at the London College of Fashion from where she earned a BSc. Following she studied for a while at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In 2001 she returned to Turkey and initiated her journalistic career at the ''Vizyon'' magazine. The same year she began working at the newspaper Radikal and by 2003 she received a job at the Milliyet newspaper. In 2009 she started to work at the Hürriyet newspaper, for which she reported for 9 years. She wrote articles on women rights, fashion amongst other issues and with time she became one of the few female journalists to write an own column in a Turkish newspaper. In 2018 she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe journalism award. In 2019 she published the book ''I W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Abzalov
Melis Abzalov (; November 18, 1938 – October 26, 2016) was an Uzbek people, Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His most famous films include ''Suyunchi'' (1982), ''Kelinlar qoʻzgʻoloni (film), Kelinlar qoʻzgʻoloni'' (1984), ''Armon (film), Armon'' (1986), and ''Oʻtgan kunlar (film), Oʻtgan kunlar'' (1997). Abzalov is celebrated as one of the founders and prominent members of the Uzbek film making industry. During his lifetime, he received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1987). Life and work Melis Oripovich Abzalov was born on November 18, 1938, in Yangiyul, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture, Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre Arts Institute in 1961. A year later, in 1962, he started working at Uzbekfilm. He died on October 26, 2016, in Stockholm. Filmography As director * ''Chinor tagidagi duel'' (Russian: ''Дуэль под чинарой'') ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Özçiğdem
Melis Özçiğdem (born October 26, 1982), aka Meliz Özçiğdem, is a Turkish FIFA listed football referee and former international women's footballer. She is a teacher of physical education at a secondary school in Konak, İzmir. Sports career Player Club Melis Özçiğdem began her sports career after obtaining her license for İzmir Öztürkspor in her hometown on November 8, 1999. She joined Ankara University's football team on March 2, 2001, when she enrolled at the university in Ankara. On December 24 that year, she moved to Gazi Üniversitesispor, where she played until the end of the 2001–02 season in the First League capping 8 times and scoring 10 goals. As the women's football league in Turkey was suspended between 2003 and 2006, she took a break. Finally, she transferred to Bucaspor for the 2006–07 season. International Özçiğdem was admitted to the Turkey U-19 team and debuted in the 2000 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship Second qualifying round match a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Yılmaz
Melis Yılmaz (born 28 June 1997) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player. She is 167 cm tall and plays as a libero. She played in the 2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship. She has come through the youth setup of Fenerbahçe and has played since 2010. She played for Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor, and Türk Hava Yolları SK. Honours * 2014–15 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2016–17 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2016–17 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig References External links * Melis Yılmaz at fenerbahce.org 1997 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Sekmen
Melis Sekmen (born 26 September 1993) is a German politician. She was a member of the German Bundestag from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2021 until 2025. She previously was a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. She is of Turkish descent. Political career In the Bundestag, Sekmen served on the Committee on Economic Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022. Elected as a Green in 2021, she resigned from her former party and its Bundestag fraction on 1 July 2024, intending to apply for membership in the CDU and the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group. Sekmen said, "My idea of how and in what style politics is done has evolved." Sekmen's differences of opinion with the Green Party's majority line had recently become apparent primarily in the areas of migration and the economy; for example, she had called for a "change of course" in migration and integra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Melis
Cornelia Marina "Lia" Melis (born 23 February 1960) is a long-distance runner who competed for Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics, and at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and 1991 World Championships in Athletics. Career Melis first major international event was 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, United States, she competed in the 3000 metres and finished 11th out of twelve starters and her time 10:24.79 was a new national record, later in the year she was then competing in Rome, Italy, at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, she entered the marathon and out of the 42 starters she finished in 30th. The following year she made her first appearance at the Olympics when she competed in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, she finished in 56th place out of 69 starters in a time of 2 hours 53 minutes. In 1989 she went to Stavanger, Norway, to run in the women's race in the 1989 IAAF World Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Babadağ
Melis Babadağ (born 17 January 1984) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Babadağ was born on 17 January 1984 in Ankara, but was raised in Adana. She finished her studies at Üsküdar Anatolian High School in 2001 and graduated from Marmara University School of Fine Arts with a degree in interior architecture. She had her first experience on stage at the age of 5 and throughout her studies continued to appear in theatre plays as an amateur. In 2002 she started to appear in television commercials and later began receiving acting lessons from Ayla Algan and Ergün Demir. She made her professional debut in 2009 with her roles as Emine in the TV series ''Cam Kırıkları'', and as Didar in '' Aile Saadeti''. Between 2011 and 2014, she began to rise to prominence with her role as Elçin in the teen drama '' Pis Yedili''. In 2014, she portrayed the character of Zümrüt in TRT 1's series '' Yeşil Deniz''. Babadağ has also appeared in a number of feature films, including ''Beni U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
