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Hülya Avsar is a Kurdish-Turkish actress, pop folk singer, businesswoman, columnist, fashion designer, magazine editor, professional tennis player, and former beauty pageant titleholder.
She graduated from Ankara Cumhuriyet Lisesi and started swimming professionally for DSI. In 1982, she and her family moved to Istanbul. Avsar attended a beauty pageant organized by Bulvar magazine, which she finished first. Later, the organization revoked her crown when it was discovered that she had been married for a brief period. In 1983, she debuted as an actress in the movie Haram. In the following years, she starred in over 70 films and won the Best Actress prize in the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. In addition to this, she launched a singing career that saw a nationwide concert tour, the release of eight albums and two singles.
In 2000, Avsar won the Best Female Singer award by Kral TV. Later that same year, she wrote for Günaydin newspaper as a columnist. Avsar was also the editor of Hülya (a monthly magazine). She plays tennis on an amateur basis and won a championship in the TED 2001 tennis tournament. She is also a television personality who served as a coach and judge for the first two seasons of The Voice from 2011 through 2013.
Avsar also has been a judge on Turkey's Got Talent (Turkish: Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye) since 2009. Hülya Avsar was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Hülya, a position she has held for 8 years. She is also the founder of the Turkish "by H" luxury brand, not to be confused with the similarly named New York-based clothing store.
Hula Avsar was born in Edremit, Balikesir, to a Kurdish (mix Assyrian people, Jewiishs people, Farsi, Armenian, Turkic people) father from Ardahan and a mother from Edremit. While Ottoman collapsing, other part of her maternal family is Turkish descent who immigrated from Crete, Greece. Other part of her maternal family is of Yörük descent which a Turkic ethnic subgroup. In television show she told that her father's Kurdish name is Ello, and her Kurdish birth name is Malakan. In 2015 Hulya Avsar told Turkish media in her own TV host that her father was Kurdish and that her name is Malakan in Kurdish. In 1979 Avsar married Mehmet Tecirli, an engineering student; however, they divorced shortly after. Avsar married for a second time in 1997 to Kaya Çilingiroglu which ended in divorce in 2005; they have one daughter named Zehra. She has also dated former 1987-88 European Golden Shoe football player Tanju Çolak and businessman Sadettin Saran between 2007-10.- Baris Falay was born on 9 April 1972 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Ebb and Tide (2013), Ezel (2009) and Kuzenlerim (2002). He has been married to Esra Ronabar since 7 July 2006. They have one child.
- Muharrem Türkseven was born on 26 May 1989 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Ekip 1: Nizama Adanmis Ruhlar (2012), Ömer (2023) and Hiç.
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Tugçe Kazaz was born on 26 August 1982 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Can (2007), Cin Geçidi (2017) and Içimde Akan Nehir (2015).- Director
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Engin Ayça was born in 1941 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is a director and writer, known for Bez Bebek (1988), Soguktu ve Yagmur Çiseliyordu (1990) and Suna (2007).- Cengiz Tangör was born on 26 August 1973 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu (2019), I'll Tell You a Secret (2013) and Love 101 (2020).
- Ferda Ferdag was born on 15 April 1937 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Seni Seviyorum (1983), Görünmeyen adam Istanbul'da (1955) and Sari Zeybek (1953). She died on 26 June 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Tarik Serbetçioglu was born on 11 August 1969 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Sila (2006), The Valley of the Wolves (2003) and Eyvah Karim (2018).
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Nezih Helvacioglu was born in 1979 in Edremit, Balikesir, Turkey. He is an assistant director and director, known for Karayilan (2007), The Butterfly's Dream (2013) and Umut Adasi (2006).