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Işıl Yücesoy

Turkish actress and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Işıl Yücesoy (born 2 October 1945) is a Turkish movie and theatre actress and singer.

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Life

Işıl Yücesoy was born in Kırklareli, Turkey on 2 October 1945. Her father Selahattin was a music teacher, and she learned piano playing from her father. After she finished the high school, she studied drama at Ankara State Conservatory, and graduated in 1969. On 1 July 1989, she married Tayfun Cılızoğlu. She has a daughter named Meneviş. In 2016, she moved to the United States to join her daughter, who lives in New York City.[1]

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Music career

Between 1969 and 1975, she was performing for the Turkish State Theatres. She then focused on music and resigned from the theatre to go on the stage as a singer. She performed in many nightclubs. Her repertoire consisted mostly of Turkish covers of western pop music. She also sang in English, Italian and Russian music. In one of her 45-rmp records, there is a composition of Selami Şahin, a Turkish composer. In 1978, she established her own record label Orient.

She then got interested in television and cinema. She played in many television serials and films.[1]

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Discography

45 rpms and singles

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Albums (LP and CD)

Her albums are the following:[2][3]

  • 1979: Bir Evet Yeter
  • 2005: En İyileriyle Işıl Yücesoy
  • 2016: Zamansız
  • 2021: Sezen Aksu Sokağı
  • 2021: Vefa (remake) (EP)

Filmography

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References

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