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Place of Birth: Eyüp, Istanbul, Turkey
Date of Birth: 28 June, 1945
Ethnicity: Circassian, Turkish
Türkan Şoray is a Turkish actress, writer, and film director. She has starred in the films Acı Hayat / Bitter Life , The Bread Seller Woman , Sevmek Ve Ölmek Zamanı , Güllü , Sultan Gelin , Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım , Mine , Şahmaran , İkinci Bahar , and Bir Zamanlar Osmanli: Kiyam , and over 200 others. She has directed the films Dönüş , Azap , Bodrum Hakimi , Yılanı Öldürseler (co-directed with Şerif Gören), and Uzaklarda Arama . She is known as the “Sultan” of Turkish cinema.
Her father was of Circassian descent. Her maternal grandfather was a Turkish emigrant from Thessaloniki. Her family worked for the government. Her sister is singer and actress Nazan Şoray. She has a daughter with her former husband, Turkish actor Cihan Ünal.