Hümeyra Akbay is a Turkish actress, singer, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, and lyricist

Lyricist

A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

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Enjoying fame as early as in the 1970s as a singer and actress, her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the sitcom Avrupa Yakası

Avrupa Yakasi

Avrupa Yakası was a popular Turkish sitcom created and written by Gülse Birsel and produced by Sinan Çetin which aired on ATV Turkey from January 11, 2004 to June 24, 2009. It was recorded in Plato Film studios in Nişantaşı district of Istanbul...

and the feature

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 My Father and My Son directed by Çağan Irmak

Cagan Irmak

Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...

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Musical fame

In the 1970s her songs "Kördüğüm", "Sessiz Gemi", "Otuz Beş Yaş" were very successful. Her later albums Tutkulardan İntihar, Beyhude were outside the mainstream

Mainstream

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. "Tutkulardan İntihar" was one of the first examples of Turkish rap songs.

Acting

She debuted in theater. Her debut acting in a feature film was Talihli Amele. In 1985, with Ferhan Şensoy

Ferhan Sensoy

Ferhan Şensoy is a prominent Turkish playwright, actor and stage director.-Personal background:Ferhan Şensoy was born in Çarşamba, Samsun Province, where he attended Gazi Osman Paşa Preliminary School. His mother, Müjgan Şensoy, was a primary school teacher and his father, Yusuf Cemil Şensoy, was...

's "Ortaoyuncular" troupe, she took part in the stage play İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı. In 1986, she won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actor

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 Award with her performance in Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? at Antalya Film Festival. She was also awarded the honorary "Illuminating Apollo" award at the 10th İstanbul International Meeting of Cinema-History in 2007.
She has married and divorced actor Fikret Hakan

Fikret Hakan

Fikret Hakan is a prolific Turkish film actor and a recipient of the honorary State Artist, a prestigious title awarded by the Turkish government....

 and later director Ömer Kavur

Ömer Kavur

Ömer Kavur was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1974 and 2003. His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...

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Singles (LP)

• "Kördüğüm / Yol" (Yonca Plak, 1969)
• "Je Sais Que To Sais / I'l Viendra Celui Que J'aime" (Philips
  Philips
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  , 1969)
• "Ölüm / Olmasa (Güzelliğin On Para Etmez)" (Melodi Plak, 1969)
• "Dilber / Perişan" (Yonca Plak, 1970)
• "Güzel Ne Güzel Olmuşsun / Bana Kara Diyen Dilber" (Yonca Plak, 1970)
• "Yalan Dünya / Ceylan" (Yonca Plak, 1971)
• "Adım Kadın / Ben Sana Mecburum" (Yonca Plak, 1972)
• "Yiğit / Yardan Haber Yok" (1 Numara, 1974)
• "Dönülmez Bir Yoldayım / Ey Sevgili Sevgilim" (EMI
  EMI
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  , 1975)
• "Otuz Beş Yaş / Susun Ağlayacağım" (EMI, 1975)
• "Sessiz Gemi / Şükür Verdiklerine" (EMI, 1975)
• "Onu Bana Sakla / Sus, Duymasın" (EMI, 1976)
• "Benim Derdim Seninle / Bundan İyisi Can Sağlığı" (EMI, 1977)
• "Seni Bırakamam / Yüzün Yağmurda" (EMI, 1978)
• "Do Do Do Do Si Re Re / Sevdim Seni Bir Kere" (EMI, 1980)
• "Aşk Kapıyı Çalınca / Bir Damla Yaş" (Balet, 1981)

Albums (LP/MC/CD)

• Anlatamıyorum, (EMI, LP, 1977)
• Benim Şarkılarım (Balet, LP, 1984; Ossi Müzik, CD, 13 August 2010)
• Yıllar Sonra (Sarp Plak, MC, 1988)
• Tutkulardan İntihar (Sarp Plak, MC, June 1990)
• Beyhude (Ada Müzik, CD-MC, 26 March 1997)
• Eski 45'likler (Ada Müzik, CD, 1998)

Feature films

Name	Director	Year
Güneşin Oğlu	Onur Ünlü	2008
Ulak	Çağan Irmak Cagan Irmak Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...	2008
Kabuslar Evi: Son Dans	Çağan Irmak Cagan Irmak Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...	2006
Sınav Sinav The Exam is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, about five Turkish highschool students preparing to sit for the university entry exam, who enlist the services of a professional thief, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, to steal the papers...	Ömer Faruk Sorak	2006
My Father and My Son (Babam ve Oğlum	Çağan Irmak Cagan Irmak Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...	2005
80. Adım	Tomris Giritlioğlu	1996
Bir Kadının Anatomisi	Yavuz Özkan Yavuz Özkan Yavuz Özkan is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Bursaspor in the Süper Lig.-Life and career:...	1995
Devlerin Ölümü	İrfan Tözüm	1990
Kurt Kanunu	Ersin Pertan	1991
Köşedönücü	Ferhan Şensoy Ferhan Sensoy Ferhan Şensoy is a prominent Turkish playwright, actor and stage director.-Personal background:Ferhan Şensoy was born in Çarşamba, Samsun Province, where he attended Gazi Osman Paşa Preliminary School. His mother, Müjgan Şensoy, was a primary school teacher and his father, Yusuf Cemil Şensoy, was...	1987
Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur?	Atıf Yılmaz Atif Yilmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...	1986
Mine	Atıf Yılmaz Atif Yilmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...	1982
Kırık Bir Aşk Hikayesi	Ömer Kavur Ömer Kavur Ömer Kavur was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1974 and 2003. His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...	1981
Talihli Amele	Atıf Yılmaz Atif Yilmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...	1980

TV series

• Melekler Korusun
• Kelebek Çıkmazı
• Avrupa Yakası
  Avrupa Yakasi
  Avrupa Yakası was a popular Turkish sitcom created and written by Gülse Birsel and produced by Sinan Çetin which aired on ATV Turkey from January 11, 2004 to June 24, 2009. It was recorded in Plato Film studios in Nişantaşı district of Istanbul...
  
  
• Sıla
• Estağfurullah Yokuşu
• Üzgünüm Leyla
• Hayalimde Hep Sensin

External links

• Hümeyra at the Diskotek: http://www.diskotek.arkaplan.com.tr/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=142&osCsid=d8eqcfr9pe6peedeee3bgs0dt3
• Official website: http://www.humeyra.net/index.html