Defne Samyeli (born 1 July 1972) is a

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TV presenter, columnist, singer and actress.

Life

Samyeli was born as the first child of an

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admiral Haluk and hotel manager Sendegül who is from

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's Ramazanoğullarli family. In 1991, she ranked third on

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's beauty pageant. Samyeli, who started her career as a journalist and graduated from

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, was a news reporter in the main news bulletin of

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under the direction of

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. She received 2 international awards for her different news presentation in the main news bulletin of Kanal D. Samyeli has been a columnist for ''

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'' newspaper, the editor and presenter of

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's main news bulletin, and a writer for '' Güneş'' newspaper. As of May 2010 for a while she presented the program ''Defne Her şey Bambaşka'' on

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. Samyeli who worked as a columnist for ''Milliyet'' for so many years, parted her ways from the newspaper on 3 January 2015.

Filmography

Film

* 2023: ''Prestij Meselesi''

TV programs

* 1991–1994: ''Salı Pazarı'' (Star TV) * 1992–1993: ''İyi Günler Türkiye'' (Star TV) * 1994: ''Pazar Show'' (Show TV) * 1994–1995: ''Show'da Show'' (Show TV) * 1996: ''Şakalamaca'' (Kanal D) * 1996–1999: ''Defne Samyeli ile Gecenin İçinden'' (Kanal D) * 1998: ''Defne Samyeli ile Flaş Haber'' (Kanal D) * 1999–2002: ''Kanal D Ana Haber Bülteni'' (Kanal D) * 2002: ''Seçim 2002'' (Show TV) * 2002–2007: ''Show TV Ana Haber Bülteni'' (Show TV) * 2004: ''Seçim 2004'' (Show TV) * 2006: ''Vizyon'' (Show TV) * 2007: ''Seçim 2007'' (Show TV) * 2010: ''Herşey Bambaşka'' (ATV) * 2011: ''45 Dakika'' (A Haber) * 2011: ''Söz Teması'' (A Haber)

TV series

* 2013: ''Babam Sınıfta Kaldı'' (Çiğdem) (

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) * 2015–2016: ''

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