Cahide Sonku

Cahide Sonku (27 Desember 1912 – 18 Maret 1981) adalah seorang aktris, model, penulis, dan sutradara film wanita pertama di Turki. Sonku adalah pendiri perusahaan produksi filmnya sendiri, Sonku Film, pada tahun 1950. Pengalaman teater dan sinema pertama Sonku adalah selama pendidikan sekolah menengahnya. Dia diterima di Darülbedayi ketika dia baru berusia 16 tahun, dan seiring berjalannya waktu dia mengambil tempatnya di antara aktor paling populer di Teater Kota Istanbul. Dia mulai berakting dengan "Seven Village Zeynebi" pertama di Teater Rumah Rakyat, kemudian di Konservatorium Kota Istanbul, dan kemudian di Darülbedayi (Teater Kota 1932), ditemukan oleh Muhsin Ertuğrul yang merupakan tokoh penting dalam karir Sonku. Sonku mendirikan perusahaan produksi "Sonku Film" pada tahun 1950 dan bangkrut pada tahun 1963 karena kebakaran yang membakar gedung perusahaan. Dia terus bekerja di Teater Kota melalui pengaruh Muhsin Ertuğrul, kemudian keluar dan berjuang melawan kecanduan alkohol di tahun-tahun terakhir hidupnya. Sonku menerima penghargaan layanan Asosiasi Kritikus Film Turki pada tahun 1979 dan meninggal pada tahun 1981 di Bioskop Alkazar di Istanbul, pada usia 61 tahun. Ia dimakamkan di Pemakaman Zincirlikuyu. Hadiah Cahide Sonku diberikan untuk mengenangnya di Festival Film Oranye Emas Antalya tahunan.

Cahide Sonku (27 December 1912 – 18 March 1981) was a Turkish actress, model, writer and the first female film director in Turkey. Sonku was the founder of her own movie production company, Sonku Film, in 1950. Sonku' first theater and cinema experience was during her secondary school education. She was accepted into Darülbedayi when she was only 16 years old, and in time she took her place among the most popular actors of Istanbul City Theatres. She started acting with "Seven Village Zeynebi" first at the People's Houses Theater, then at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory, and then at Darülbedayi (1932-City Theaters), discovered by Muhsin Ertuğrul who was an important figure in Sonku's career. Sonku founded the production company "Sonku Film" in 1950 and however went bankrupt in 1963 due to a fire that burned down the company building. She continued working at the City Theater through Muhsin Ertuğrul's influence, then left and struggled with alcohol addiction in the last years of her life. Sonku received the Turkish Film Critics Association service award in 1979 and died in 1981 at the Alkazar Cinema in Istanbul, at the age of 61. She was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. Cahide Sonku Prize is awarded in her memory at the annual Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.