
Suna Selen
Actor · b. 1939 · Istanbul, Turkey
Suna Selen (born 1 July 1939) is a Turkish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in numerous plays at the Istanbul State Theatre. Selen was born in 1939 in Istanbul. Her father was lawyer Hüsamettin Selen, and her mother, Nimet Selen, was a granddaughter of scholar Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and daughter of Fatma Aliye Topuz. She finished her high school education at the Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi. During her high school years she also attended the Theatre Department of Beşiktaş Municipal Conservatory. In 1956, she started studying law at the request of her family. At the same time she started to work at the Dormen Theatre. A year later, she left the law school and started her painting education at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, she married the painter Cem Kabaağaç and together they had a son. After her marriage, she left the Academy and pitched out her role at the Dormen Theatre. She began her professional career in the theatre season of 1959–60 with Alexandro Casona's Woman Coming at Dawn. During the same season she soon became famous as Nicole Cerusier in Alber Husson's comedy The Pavements in the Sky. In addition to theatre plays, she also starred in a number of motion pictures and series. For her role as the Witch in Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1971 International Antalya Film Festival. She was the recipient of the Best Supporting Actress award at the Ankara International Film Festival for her role as Füruzan in Cazibe Hanımın Gündüz Düşleri. For her role as Elmas in Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar, Selen won the Best Actress award at the International Istanbul Film Festival. Selen's second marriage was to Münir Özkul, from which she has a daughter, named Güner Özkul. In 1974, she divorced Münir Özkul and married play writer Güner Sümer. She later gave birth to her third child and second son Sinan Sümer. In 2016, "because of the dignity she gained in acting profession during her long life as an artist", she became the first recipient of the Lifetime Nadide Küntay Award at the İsmet Küntay Theatre Awards ceremony.
Movies23
Movie5.0Dramaİffet lives in a low income neighbourhood of Istanbul with her sister and father under the strict rules of her father. She can not even go visit her aunt since she is not allowed to leave home without permission. She nevethless falls in love with Cemil.
İffet
1982 · 12 votes
MovieA love story between a ballerina and a writer. Ahu’s greatest dream is to one day modernize and stage the dances of ancient civilizations. Ahu, who needs to train in ballet to pursue this goal, cannot afford the tuition and is forced to put her dreams on hold. However, wealthy men are willing to grant Ahu all her wishes in exchange for marriage. Ahu, however, rejects these offers, which she views as little more than business contracts. One day, she meets a writer who will change her mind about marriage.
Fırtına Gönüller
1984
Movie5.5DramaTwo Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.
Five Minarets in New York
2010 · 148 votes
Movie6.2FantasyCinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Movie6.0DramaTwo sisters in their early thirties find themselves isolated in the Aegean summer cottage of their childhood, as they must deal with their uneasy sibling relationship and confront their devastating recent past past.
MovieAction8 (Sekiz)
2021
Movie6.2DramaThe film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.
Movie7.8CrimeDramaSeven friends living in the same neighborhood with different aims form a gang to rob gas stations in pursuit of their shared desire for money. The film serves as a critique of the socio-economic situation of Türkiye and the approach to the "American Dream" in the period of time before May 27th.
Movie8.0RomanceA woman... A man... Two people on the brink of death... Perhaps two people who would never meet, or even if they did, would pass each other by like ships in the fog, never seeing each other... Two separate worlds... Two separate histories... But now 'yesterday' is behind them, and they have met in death. And at the point where death's rules, words, and obstacles have been erased, they have set out to discover life. They shared fear, friendship, anger, and love. Who knows, perhaps even love... This was a life without a tomorrow. That's why "today" was so precious. A woman: Ela... A man: Ömer... They truly lived on the brink of death...
Movie5.9FantasyFamilyA beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
- Movie1.0Drama
Taş Yastık
2008 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Romance
While working on his novel, an author discovers a mysterious girl in his garden. Is she real or imaginary? Despite this uncertainty, he delves into the girl's world.
Yaz Yağmuru
1994 · 1 votes
MovieDramaRomanceGecelerin Kadını
1983
Movie9.0DramaIt is the story of a woman who has no children and a young man who he thinks is a son.
Can Kurban
1983 · 1 votes
Movie7.3HistoryDramaBased on a real life story of sufi dervish Somuncu Baba, who lived in Aksaray in Turkey.
Movie5.8DramaAra is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the same flat, sneak into the film. Spanning around 10 years, the story is told between intervals of these visuals. Turkey has been through a huge change in the last 20-30 years. The modest country of the recent past is a faded memory compared to the consumerist life style of modern day. It is the time of ambitious people who can do anything to "live well", to "break through". This is the story of a small group of people who manage to "live well" but can't help getting lost in a spiritual vacuum.
Ara
2008 · 8 votes
Movie5.0DramaRomanceEda is the owner of a picture gallery. Her husband, İdris, who is a popular poet, is an art consultant. This intellectual couple lives in harmony intellectually, especially in the sexual life of Eda. Because Idris is alcoholic and impotent. When her husband goes to Paris for work, Eda sleeps with her friend Erdal, one of the friends of the night, with the influence of alcohol. This relationship gradually becomes a sensual passion
Movie5.5DramaAhmet Dirimoğlu, who writes novels on psychology, goes to his house in the forest to write his new book. One night, he has an accident with his car. However, he cannot understand what he's hit. His mind, which is filled with the book, will become more blurred due to the accident.
Movie5.8DramaFantasyCazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her uncle who feels an attraction towards her. The lonely woman, whose only existence is her small room, spends all her time in this old room, dreaming and fantasising about her ex-lover.
MovieDramaRomanceKalp Yarası
1961
Movie7.7DramaRomanceA young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war.
Movie5.3ComedyErcüment is a showman but every single time he performs, it ends up being a disaster. After a while of being in between jobs, he finds himself as a tour guide due to his father's illness and he has to deal with senior people that are taking the tour just so they can commit suicide together.
Movie5.5DramaAdventureYusuf leads a poor but peaceful life with his grandfather running coffee on the Golden Horn. Dedesin told him that the sultan’s sultan was influenced by the story of Şahmaran. Dusesi is also the old treasure hunter, Yusuf’s dream world has developed quite a bit.
Series18
TV7.9DramaEight-year-old Öykü is an exceptional little girl, who unlike her peers is very empathetic and perceptive of the world around her. When her aunt, who has been her caregiver since birth, abandons her, Öykü will have to find her father, Demir. Unfortunately Demir, an irresponsible adult and a swindler who grew up in an orphanage, gets arrested the day Öykü comes to find him. Demir is released by the court on the condition that he takes care of his daughter, but Demir does not want to live with Öykü, whom he has just met - Demir and his partner-in-crime Ugur try to get rid of Öykü as they prepare for a big job. Their target, Candan has a seemingly quiet life, which only conceals her painful past. Fate will bring these people together, but none know that Öykü has a secret she cannot tell anyone.
TV8.0FamilyDramaOur Story / Bizim Hikaye (2017) is a Turkish FOX drama (70 episodes, 2 seasons) starring Hazal Kaya and Burak Deniz, adapted from Shameless. Twenty-year-old Filiz has sacrificed everything — school, dreams, youth — to raise her five younger siblings after their mother abandoned them and their alcoholic father Fikri proves useless. When mysterious Barış enters her life and falls hard for her, Filiz must decide if love has any place in her impossible world.
TV3.2DramaDoktorlar
2006 · 10 votes
TV8.3FamilyAction & AdventureIf Iskender, a 12-year-old archer with extraordinary abilities, does not return from 2020 to the time he lived, the course of history will change.
Tozkoparan İskender
2021 · 6 votes
TV5.0ComedyDramaZeynep relatives come to the land of Fikriye and win the love of the girls with purity. Ati, Zafer and Umutcan decide to keep the house overlooking the Girls Dorm. Men are living inside while girls are strolling in the yard. Insurances and electricity are cut off during the downturn. The plumber Ozgur, who is admired by all the girls, is called to dorm.
TV8.0FamilyDramaEvents occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.
- TVDrama
Unutulanlar
1974
TV5.1FamilyComedyAşkım Aşkım
2001 · 9 votes
TV8.3FamilyDramaHayat Devam Ediyor
2011 · 3 votes
TV4.0ComedyFamilyKadim Dostum
2014 · 1 votes
TV7.7DramaWar & PoliticsAteşten Günler
1987 · 3 votes
TVKidsSci-Fi & FantasyKayıp Prenses
2008
TVFamilyDramaSensiz Yaşayamam
2010
TV5.0ComedySci-Fi & FantasyUzaylı Zekiye
1987 · 1 votes
- TV5.0
Tutkunum Sana
2006 · 1 votes
- TV7.0Drama
Yadigar
2004 · 1 votes
TV10.0DramaAmidst the journalism, Young Turk partisanship, and other events that ravaged the country before the Second Constitutional Era, Adnan, a law student living with his mother in Aksaray, becomes a teacher at a pasha's mansion to teach the pasha's daughter Süheyla through the mediation of a friend. Despite his pro-freedom ideas, Adnan wins the pasha's favor with his morality and honesty. While he intends to marry Süheyla, he meets Belkıs Hanım, the daughter of another pasha known for his corruption and disliked by the people, but who is married to perhaps the only beardless, mustache-less officer in the army. known for corruption and disliked by the people, but married to perhaps the only beardless officer in the army. Confused, Adnan abandons the idea of marrying Süheyla. However, he is only a teacher to Belkıs. Based on the novel of the same name by Mithat Cemal Kuntay.
Üç İstanbul
1983 · 1 votes
TV10.0DramaEpisode 1 introduces the main characters and sets the foundation of the story, inspired by real-life experiences of two trans women. It focuses on interpersonal relationships and contemporary social themes, including LGBTQ+ identities.