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Şehnaz Dilan played Leyla in Yoksul, the comedy led by Kemal Sunal. Before she stepped into Yeşilçam, as Turkey's classic film industry is known, Şehnaz Dilan played football in İzmir. Some viewers also remember her as the Woman in Red in Aşık Oldum. Now 66, the actress was recently photographed in Istanbul.

Hande Erçel, whose platinum blonde hair set social media talking in September, has brought the same look back. The Turkish actress appeared blonde once more in a story she shared on her Instagram account on November 12, and the question “Has Hande Erçel gone blonde?” quickly followed. Known for years for her dark-haired image, Hande Erçel divided her followers again with this latest post.

Can Yaman, the Turkish actor best known for Erkenci Kuş and Dolunay, has added a Spanish-language series to his career in Europe. He posed for photographers in Madrid at the premiere of El Laberinto de las Mariposas, in which he plays the lead. In the pictures from the evening, one of the details that stood out most was his bronzed look.

Cemal Can Canseven, the winner of Survivor 2020 in Turkey, started his day the usual way, with a morning walk. This time he met an opponent he did not see coming: a crow. Cemal Can Canseven told the whole story to his followers through his Instagram stories, and a short while later he was at a hospital having a wound on his head checked. He described it all with humor and admitted that the incident left him with a brand-new fear.

Büşra Develi, who became known as Selin in the Turkish series Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar and most recently played Çiğdem in Eşref Rüya, has shared a photo of herself without makeup on her Instagram account. The natural look caught the attention of her followers, and the post quickly became a talking point on social media.

Have you come across the photo of Shakira walking out of a tiny grocery shop with her arms full of dried beans, lentils and pasta? The picture, which is doing the rounds on social media again years later, was taken in 2005 in Serik, a district of Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Shakira was in the region to perform at the ancient theatre of Aspendos, and her shopping stop was also captured by MTV cameras. The bill came to 22 New Turkish Lira.

Demet Evgar is one of Turkey's best-known actresses, familiar from the series Alev Alev, Avlu and Bahar and from films such as Aile Arasında. Appearing on a programme broadcast on NTV, Demet Evgar looked back at her teenage years and said that at 17 she went on a hunger strike against her family so that she could become an actress. Demet Evgar also said she sat her conservatory entrance exams wearing a wig.

Turkish singer Ufuk Beydemir and Dutch singer Sharon Kovacs have shared a new photo together. The couple are expecting their first child, a girl, and Sharon Kovacs's baby bump is clearly visible in the picture. Here is how the story has unfolded so far.

Demet Özdemir has shared a short black-and-white video of herself chopping onions, watery eyes and all, and it quickly became a talking point on social media. Viewers pointed to her quick, practiced movements and her focus on the task, and many commenters wrote that the actress looked quite professional in the kitchen. Appearing on camera with her short haircut, Demet Özdemir added one more candid moment to the posts her fans follow closely.

In the 1970s, almost everyone in Turkey could hum 'Param Yok Pulum Yok' (roughly 'I Haven't a Penny to My Name'). The twin sisters who sang it, Meral and Zuhal, are back in the conversation decades later. According to Turkish daily Sabah, the pair left the stage long ago and now lead a quiet life in Istanbul.

Ajda Pekkan, the Turkish pop legend known as 'Süperstar', is still on stage at 80. Speaking at an event recently, she talked about motherhood and explained why she kept her distance from the idea of adopting a child. Her words, reported by the Turkish daily Sabah, show the worry behind a decision she has been asked about for years.

Turkish audiences know him as Orhan from the hit series Yalı Çapkını, and pop fans have been singing his songs for more than two decades. Yet a small detail about Emre Altuğ, reported by the Turkish daily Sabah, has surprised even his longtime followers: the name on his ID is not quite the one on his album covers.

A video of Turkish content creator Sibil Çetinkaya trying to boil chicken in London, with her mother talking her through it on the phone, is being talked about again. This time the reason is comedian Yasemin Sakallıoğlu, who posted a video imitating Sibil Çetinkaya's moments in the kitchen. The original clip is best remembered for one line Sibil Çetinkaya said while handling the raw chicken: 'What I'm doing feels so animalistic.'

Murat Divitçioğlu, the actor viewers remember as Gökhan in the hit Turkish series Kardeşlerim, has left the busy pace of Istanbul behind and settled with his family in Bayramiç, a district of Çanakkale at the foot of the Kazdağları mountains. Just as interesting as the move is the job he has taken on between shoots. The actor spoke openly about why he made the change and what his days away from the city look like.

Gamze Özçelik, remembered by Turkish TV audiences as Commissioner Zeynep of Arka Sokaklar, has spoken for the first time about her marriage to Reshad Strik, whom she married in the summer of 2024. According to Gamze Özçelik, what challenges the couple most is not their different cultural backgrounds but a far more everyday detail.Source: Sabah