Zuhal Olcay (; born 10 August 1957) is a

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actress and singer.

Biography

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 ...

in 1976, she first started as a stage actress. She played in hit series Yeditepe İstanbul. Since 1983 she also started acting in films and became famous with films like "''Amansız Yol''", "''Kurşun Ata Ata Biter''", "''Bir Avuç Gökyüzü''", "''Halkalı Köle''", and "''Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce''". In 1989 with Evita musical, she began her singing career. In 2018, she was sentenced to 10 months in prison for allegedly insulting Turkish President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

. She had reportedly revised the lyrics to the song "Boş Vermişim Dünyayı" (I Let Go of the World), to say "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it's all empty, it's all a lie, life will end one day and you'll say 'I had a dream.'" A lawsuit was filed against her by the Istanbul Prosecutor's office for apparently insulting the president during a concert in 2016, seeking a four-year prison sentence. Olcay was previously fined 10,620 lira ($2,708) for "insulting a public servant" in 2010.

Filmography

Film

* ''İhtiras Fırtınası'' (1983) * ''Kurşun Ata Ata Biter'' (1985) * ''Amansız Yol'' (1985) * ''Genç ve Dul'' (1986) * ''İstek'' (1986) * ''Oteldeki Cinayet'' (1986) * ''Halkalı Köle'' (1986) * ''Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce'' (1987) * ''Kara Sevdalı Bulut'' (1987) * ''Bir Avuç Gökyüzü'' (1987) * ''Bir Günah Gibi'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''Sahte Cennete Veda'' / ''Aidu Au Faux Paradis'' (1988) * ''Medcezir Manzaraları'' (1989) * ''Gizli Yüz'' (1990) * ''İki Kadın'' (1992) * ''Ay Vakti'' (1993) * ''Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi'' (1994) * ''Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Herşey'' (1995) * ''80. Adım'' (1996) * ''İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında'' (1996) * '' Salkım Hanımın Taneleri'' (1999) * ''Hiçbiryerde'' (2001) * ''Simbiyotik'' (2004) * ''Ankara Cinayeti'' 2006) * ''İyi Seneler'' (2007) * ''Mevzuhal'' (2008) * ''

Güz Sancısı ''Pains of Autumn'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu, based on the novel by Yılmaz Karakoyunlu. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of ...

'' (2009) * '' Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever 2'' (2020)

TV series

* ''Sönmüş Ocak'' (1980) * ''Parmak Damgası'' (1985) * ''Varsayalım İsmail'' (1986) * ''Gecenin Öteki Yüzü'' (1987) * ''Ateşten Günler'' (1987) * ''Baharın Bittiği Yer'' (1989) * ''Artist Palas'' (1994) * ''Medeni Haller'' (1997) * ''Çatısız Kadınlar'' (1999) * ''Yeditepe İstanbul'' (2001) * ''Seni Çok Özledim'' (2005) * ''Geniş Zamanlar'' (2007) * ''Beni Unutma'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Umut Yolcuları'' (2010) * ''

İffet ''İffet'' is a Turkish TV series which aired from September 17, 2011 to September 24, 2012 on Star TV. It is remake of 1982 film same name which Müjde Ar played. Plot The story revolves around the character of İffet ( Deniz Çakır). She is ...

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''Urfalıyam Ezelden'' (2014) * ''Yüksek Sosyete'' (2016) * ''Alev Alev'' (2020) * ''Gecenin Ucunda'' (2022-2023) * ''Piyasa'' (2025)

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Küçük Bir Öykü Bu'' (1989) * ''İki Çift Laf'' (1990) * ''Oyuncu'' (1993) * ''İhanet'' (1998) * ''Başucu Şarkıları'' (2001) * ''Başucu Şarkıları 2'' (2005) * ''Aşk'ın Halleri'' (2009) * ''Başucu Şarkıları 3'' (2015)

Singles

*"Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce" (1987) *"Sensiz" (with Emre Atabek) (2018) *"Eyvallah" (with Hüsnü Arkan) (2020) *"Aşkınla Her Şey Oldum" (with

Tuna Kiremitçi Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973) is a contemporary Turkish singer-songwriter and crime author. He is generally inspired by tragedies of common people, the dilemmas of women-men relationship in the society, and the melancholy of aging, all ...

) (2022)

Other albums

* ''Asansör Film Müzikleri'' / Kolektif (1999) * ''Bülent Ortaçgil İçin Söylenmiş Bülent Ortaçgil Şarkıları'' (2000) * ''Hiçbiryerde Film Müzikleri'' (2002) * ''Metin Altıok Ağıtı'' (2003) * ''Söz Vermiş Şarkılar'' (2004) * ''41 Kere Maşallah'' (2006) * ''Nazım / Fazıl Say'' (2006) * ''Pop 2006'' (2006) * ''Bulutsuzluk Özlemi 20 Yaşında'' (2007) * ''Güldünya Şarkıları'' (2008) * ''Mucize Nağmeler'' (2009) * ''Buğra Uğur'la 30 Yıl'' (2009) * ''2020 Model (2020 Model: Murathan Mungan)'' (2020)

References

External links

*
Zuhal Olcay's official website
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