Hülya Avşar

Hülya Avşar (born 10 October 1963) is a Turkish-Kurdish actress, singer, businesswoman, and former beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for appearing in the hit revenge series Kadın İsterse and numerous other films. Her international roles include Safiye Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem and Fatmagül in the movie Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?.

Education and career Avşar graduated from Ankara Cumhuriyet Lisesi and started swimming professionally for DSI. In 1982, she and her family moved to Istanbul. Avşar 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, Avşar won the Best Female Singer award by Kral TV. Later that same year, she wrote for Günaydın newspaper as a columnist. Avşar 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.

Avşar also has been a judge on Turkey's Got Talent since 2009. Hülya Avşar was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Hülya, a position she has held for eight 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.

Personal life Hülya Avşar was born in Hasköy, Ardahan, to a Kurdish father from Höçvan Hasköy, Ardahan, and a Turkish mother from Edremit. A part of her maternal family is of Ottoman Turkish descent who immigrated from Crete, Greece. The other part of her maternal family is of Yörük descent, which is a Turkic ethnic subgroup. In a television show she told that her father's Kurdish name is Ello, and her Kurdish birth name is Malakan. In 1979 Avşar married Mehmet Tecirli, an engineering student; however, they divorced shortly after. and businessman Sadettin Saran between 2007 and 2010.

Discography

Studio albums Her Şey Gönlünce Olsun (13 June 1989) Hatırlar Mısın? (1 October 1990) Hülya Gibi (20 October 1991) Dost Musun Düşman Mı? (18 March 1993) Yarası Saklım (27 December 1995) Hayat Böyle (June 1998) Aşıklar Delidir (10 May 2002) Haute Couture / Kişiye Özel (October 2009) Aşk Büyükse (5 October 2013)

Singles As lead artist Sevdim (April 2000) Geçmiş Olsun (August 2011) Güldür Yüzümü (from the album Baba Şarkılar, Vol. 2) (2018) Esmer (with Civan Haco) (2018) Saymadım Kaç Yıl Oldu (July 2019) Sen Aşk Mısın? (April 2022) Duydun Mu? (June 2022) Yapma Aşkım (August 2022) Anlatma (December 2022) Ahım Olsun (with Hakan Altun) (May 2025)

As featured artist Sen Olmazsan (with Rafet El Roman) (March 2017)

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 1983 Haram Hülya Kahır Pınar Çelik Mezar Gül 1984 Karanfilli Naciye Naciye Tutku Hacer Ömrümün Tek Gecesi Gülseren Yabancı Hülya Kaptan Melike Güneş Doğarken Nalan Ayşem Ayşe Nefret Hülya 1985 Tele Kızlar Çağla Ölüm Yolu Zeynep Mavi Mavi Sibel Sekreter Hülya Tapılacak Kadın Sabiha Suçlu Gençlik Neslihan Paranın Esiri Başak 1986 Uzun Bir Gece Gülsüm Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? Fatmagül Dağlı Güvercin Azize Üç Halka 25 Gülçiçek Kısrak Hülya Aşk Hikayemiz Sevda Alın Yazım Hülya Sevda Ateşi Maviş Gülcan Mavi Melek Billur Elif 1987 Yarın Yarın Şeyda Bir Kırık Bebek Gülizar Çil Horoz Ayten Geri Dön Gamze Alamancının Karısı Zeliha Ziyaret Arzu 1988 Aşıksın Deniz Hülya Hülya Melodram Esra 1989 Öğretmen Zeynep Zeynep Fotoğraflar Neslihan Fazilet Fazilet 1990 Benim Sinemalarım Nesibe 1993 Hasan Boğuldu Emine Berlin in Berlin Dilber 1995 Bir Kadının Anatomisi Sibel 1999 Salkım Hanımın Taneleri Nora 2002 Yeşil Işık Elif 2004 Kalbin Zamanı Belkıs 2005 İki Genç Kız Leman Hababam Sınıfı Askerde Zehra 2007 Bir İhtimal Daha Var Alev 2011 8 Ülke 8 Yönetmen ve Sinan Hürrem Sultan 72. Koğuş Fatma 2018 Selfi Hülya

TV series Year Title Role Notes 1982 İntibah 1995 Sevginin Gücü 1996 Süper Yıldız 1999 Ah Bir Zengin Olsam 2001 Savunma 2004 Zümrüt 2004 Kadın İsterse 2006 Kadın Severse 2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Safiye Sultan 2021 Masumiyet Hale Ilgaz

TV programs

Çek Bakalım Alaturka Soloist Hülya Avşar Soruyor, Habertürk TV – (2009–2011) Hülya Avşar Show, TNT Show TV Kanal D TGRT – 1996–2011 Hülya Avşar'la Sen Bilirsin, ATV – 2006 Pişti, Show TV – 2006 Hülya Avşar Stüdyosu, BeIN GURME Kadınlar ve Erkekler, ATV – 2007 Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye, Show TV Star TV TV8 – 2009–2014, 2017– O Ses Türkiye, Show TV Star TV – 2011–2013 Hülya Avşar, TV8 – 2014–2015 Bir Hülya Avşar Sohbeti, Star TV – 2017–2018 Hülya Avşar Show, YouTube – 2020 Yıldız De Bana, Kanal D – 2023