Seda Sayan
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Seda Sayan (b. Aysel Gürsaçar, best friend of Zehra Aksakal, 1965) is a Turkish pop folk singer, actress and TV variety-show hostess.[1]
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[edit] Biography
She was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1960. She started her career as an actress. She had attended in several movies in her youth, the most famous one was the film "Imparator" in which she was Kadir İnanır's love interest. She also attended in some TV series, such as: "Sırtımdan Vuruldum" (1997), "Evimiz Olacak mı?" (1999), "Hastayım Doktor" (2002).
She also performed in the comedy, "Hababam Sınıfı 3,5" in 2006, which received poor reviews. Now she works at a very popular talk show on channel D in Turkey, which is called "Sabahların Sultanı", the last part of this talk show had been shown under the "Sabah Sabah" title.
She has some musical albums as well. The most recent is titled "Bebeğim".
She is one of the richest celebrities in Turkey and in the year 2005 she placed the 91st tax champs.
She had won the best classical singer (female) in 1997. According to media-monitoring statistics developed by Ajans Press is the Turkish Media's "Entertainer of the Year", with a record count of 4,307 major media-mentions from January through June 2006.
It is said sometimes she is a Controversial singer because of her outrageous relationships and the things she does. As an example in the summer of 2006 she took the responsibility of Torture victim by herself. The girl's name was Maryam Sak. While she was being treated under intensive care in a hospital in Antalya she was visited by Seda Sayan. She offered Meryem to move to Istanbul with her and live there. Sayan told news reporters that she was ready to do anything for Sak to fully recover and return to her old life as soon as she can. Sayan said she will have Sak transported to an Istanbul hospital on a private jet. “I want to inform the state minister responsible for women that I will be taking care of the young girl from now on.”
Seda Sayan is also the chief of "Seda Magazin" which is Turkey's first weekly magazine for women.
[edit] Private life
Her first marriage was in 1987 with Rıdvan Kılıç, a football player. A few months later she divorced and her second marriage took place in 1990 when she gave birth to her only son, Oğulcan Engin. Sinan Engin, another football player was her second husband. This marriage was her most successful one and lasted for 6 years.
In 1995 she drifted apart and developed a relationship with singer Mahsun Kırmızıgül which lasted for 3 years. For some reason just when they were about to get married they broke up.
In 1998 again Sayan married Sonar Yapavik. But as well she divorced. Her 4th marriage took place in 2000 when she tied the knot with Tuncay Kiratli.
In 2003 she married Gökhan Şükür, the brother of famous football player Hakan Şükür. She divorced 11 months after. For a long time she dated Nihat Doğan. In 2008, she got married to Onur San, a Turkish folk singer, who is 24 years younger than herself.
