Melek Baykal (born 7 August 1954) is a Turkish

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

mostly appearing in theater and TV series. For 1069 episodes, She played her roles as Nermin in hit daily series ''Ferhunde Hanımlar''. The spin off series

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of hit gypsy comedy films ''Gırgıriye'' raised her popularity. Nurhayat. After playing in ''Ferhunde Hanımlar'' in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, she got many proposals to play in TV series and movies. Because of it, she decided to move to Istanbul. Baykal started to her career when she was 17 years old in a theater by playing an 85-year-old woman. She graduated from

Ankara State Conservatory The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory (), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The conservatory is part of Hacettepe University. History ...

worked at Ankara State Theaters for a long time. She played in the TV series ''Hayat Bağları'' and "Melek Apartmanı". She played in spin off series "Akasya Durağı" one of longest Turkish series "Çiçek Taksi". She joined to hit comedy series "Türk Malı". Melek Baykal had her cinematic debut with a movie named '' Kaçma Birader''. In 2012, she had her own TV program on Star TV.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baykal, Melek 1954 births Actresses from Istanbul Turkish television actresses Living people Ankara State Conservatory alumni