Pamela Aslı Spence (born 25 February 1973) is a Turkish-English

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singer and actress. Born to an English father and a Turkish mother, she sings in Turkish, which she learned at the age of 15. She has also collaborated with a number of other Turkish singers and performed in several musicals. Spence studied Theater Arts at the

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 ...

. At the age of 19, she had a short-lived marriage to actor Burak Sergen. She was first noticed by critics in a musical version of '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' staged in

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, where she had acted alongside actors

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and

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to ...

. She then starred in TV

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such as ''Lahmacun ve Pizza'', and took part in Teoman's group of

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. Her first album, ''Eğer Dinlersen'', was the product of a long period of preparation. With the songs in her second album, ''Şehir Rehberi'', she used a style that was closer to

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, as opposed to the pop notes of her first album. One of the songs from her second album, "İstanbul", attracted great public attention. In May 2006, she produced her third album, ''Cehennet''.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2002: ''Eğer Dinlersen'' () * 2004: ''Şehir Rehberi'' () * 2006: ''Cehennet'' (a

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combining the words "cehennem" - ''hell'' and "cennet"- ''paradise'') * 2010: ''Stil Zengini'' () * 2018: ''Yara''

Single

*2013: "Aç" *2015: "Aslanlar Gibi" *2020: "Dayanamıyorum" (''

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Besteleri'') *2021: "Benimle Kal" (''Çelik Şarkıları'') *2021: "Her Şeye Rağmen" (with

Mehmet Güreli Mehmet Güreli (born 1949 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, painter, director and musician. He graduated from Istanbul University, majoring in philosophy. He started working for the ''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List ...

) *2021: "Başka Bir Gün" (with Batu Akdeniz) *2022: "Yedikule" (''Yeni Türkü Zamansız'')

Filmography

* 2015: Acil Aşk Aranıyor - Herself * 2011: +18 - Hayal * 2010: Vay Arkadaş - Sevtap * 2008:

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- Herself * 2008: Pulsar - Pussy Girl * 2007: Kelebek Çıkmazı - Lale * 2007: Ters Yüz - Ayşe * 2007: Gönül Salıncağı - Aslı * 2005: Tombala - Derya * 2004: Mucizeler Komedisi - Female Angel * 2004: Sil Baştan * 2004: Mars Kapıdan Baktırır - Nazlı * 2003: Büyümüş de Küçülmüş - Nazlı * 2002: Lahmacun ve Pizza - Tuğçegül * 2002: Ti Show - Female Robot * 2000: Ruhsar - Girl * 1999: 5 Maymun Çetesi - Kelly * 1997: Ruhsar - Tomris

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Pamela 1975 births Living people Turkish pop singers Turkish women pop singers Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory alumni 21st-century Turkish women singers 21st-century Turkish singers Actresses from Heidelberg Turkish people of English descent