Pelin Batu

Pelin Batu (born 27 December 1978) is a Turkish author, actress, historian, and television personality.[1][2]

Pelin Batu
Batu in 2008
Born (1978-12-27) 27 December 1978
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materBoğaziçi University
Occupation(s)Author, actress, historian, television personality
Years active1999–present

Biography

Due to her father İnal Batu's career as a diplomat, she spent her childhood in many foreign countries including Pakistan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France and the USA. She completed high school at Marymount School in New York City and pursued musical and theatre training at Mannes College of Music. After starting literature and philosophy at New York University, she switched her subject to history and completed it at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She made her film debut in 1999, portraying the role of Circassian Nevres in Harem Suare and has gone on to act with several more films and TV series.

Batu also co-hosted a show titled Tarihin Arka Odası (The Back Room of History) which aired on HaberTürk with Murat Bardakçı and Erhan Afyoncu. Interested in poetry from a young age, she has written, translated, and published many poems. Her first book of poetry "Glass" was published in 2003, followed by "The Book of Winds" in 2009. She left the program in 2011.

She has also appeared on the Turkish TV program Yeni Şeyler Söylemek Lazım, a part of the TRT Haber news channel on 25 December 2010, in which she read her poem of "Wind of Black Stones" herself from her book. Having written poems from the age of eight, on this program she said that even though she is an atheist, if reincarnation existed she would be the reincarnation of the grandfather, Selahattin Batu, as he was also known for his interest in poetry and whom she is commonly compared to.

Batu was also a columnist for the daily Milliyet newspaper (2012–2014).[3]

Filmography
Cinema and TV films
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Harem Suare Çerkes Cariye Nevres
1999 Hayal Kurma Oyunları Zeynep
2001 Komser Şekspir Su
2001 Şellale Nihal
2002 O Şimdi Asker Müzeyyen
2002 İçerideki Kizar Short film
2003 Bakış Short film
2006 Karanlıkta Makyaj Voice
2006 Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu Teacher
2007 Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım Guest appearance
2007 Hicran Sokağı Müyesser
2008 Yağmurdan Sonra Sumru
2009 Kanımdaki Barut Foreign woman
2009 Kayıp Armağan Yasemin Voice
2010 Mandalina Kabukları Short film
2012 Zor Yılların Kayıp Çocukları Züleyha
2014 Şipşak Anadolu Guest appearance
2014 Bir Don Juan Öldürmek
TV series
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Akşam Güneşi Jülide
2003 Baba Deniz
2004 Ayışığı Neredesin
2005 Sessiz Gece Çiçek
2006 Dün Gece Bir Rüya Gördüm Lale
TV Programs
Year Title Role Notes
2009–2011 Tarihin Arka Odası Herself
2011 Burada Laf Çok Herself

Bibliography
  • Glass / Cam, 113pp, 2003, Yapı Kredi, ISBN 9750806549
  • Yahudilik Tarihi, 304pp, 2007, Yapı Kredi, ISBN 9789944174176
  • The Book Of Winds Rüzgarlar Kitabı, 224pp, 2009, Artshop, ISBN 9789894893653
  • Resim Defteri, 48pp, 2013, Artshop, ISBN 9786055102036
  • Her Şey Bir Hikaye İle Başladı, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi, ISBN 9789751039002
  • Labirentin, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi, ISBN 9789751038975

References
  1. "Pelin Batu "Kısa Devre" yaptı!". Haber Türk (in Turkish). 2 November 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. Şafak, Yeni. "Yazar Pelin Batu İslam'ı hedef aldı: Bunlar acilen yargılanmalı". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. "Can Dündar: 'Atmalara doyamadılar'". Radikal (in Turkish). 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.


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