Nur Sürer

She is of Albanian origin on her mother's side and Dagestan origin on her father's side. She completed her education at Bursa Anatolian Girls' High School. She started her career in cinema with Erden Kiral's Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde (On Fertile Soils) and won the "Best Actress" award twice at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. To date, she has appeared in more than forty films and television series. Her first international work was the film Ayna in 1984. This film won the Oscar Award for "Best Foreign Language Film" in 1991. Umuda Yolculuk (1990), Dunkle Schatten der Angst (1993) and Yara (1998) followed. She married Bülent Kayabas for the first time in 1981. She later married Sarp Kuray, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for being the leader of the armed leftist organisation 16 June Movement. Sürer, who is closely interested in women's rights, is also known for her political stance. In 2007, she participated in the 1 May celebrations in Istanbul and was detained by the police but was released one day later. Sürer played the character of "Neriman Kozcuoglu" in the TV series Asi, which was broadcast on Kanal D between 2007-2009. In 2021, Surer returned to the cinema with the film Sen, Ben Lenin and continued his TV acting career with the 2023 TV series Aile. - IMDb Mini Biography By: yusufpiskin

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Story of a Day (1980)

Directed by Sinan Çetin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sinan Çetin
CAST:  Fikret Hakan  •  Şerif Sezer  •  Nizamettin Ariç  •  Nur Sürer

Directed by Sinan Çetin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sinan Çetin
CAST:  Fikret Hakan  •  Şerif Sezer  •  Nizamettin Ariç  •  Nur Sürer

Revenge of the Snakes (1985)

Kara Bayram is a poor farmer living in a Turkish village with his wife, 3 kids (4th on the way) and his old mother Irazca Ana. They live on their own until another villager, Haceli who is backed up by the Mukhtar (local administrator of the Village) starts to build ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Şerif Gören
CAST:  Kadir İnanır  •  Fatma Girik  •  Serpil Çakmaklı  •  Nur Sürer

Kara Bayram is a poor farmer living in a Turkish village with his wife, 3 kids (4th on the way) and his old mother Irazca Ana. They live on their own until another villager, Haceli who is backed up by the Mukhtar (local administrator of the Village) starts to build ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Şerif Gören
CAST:  Kadir İnanır  •  Fatma Girik  •  Serpil Çakmaklı  •  Nur Sürer

Scenes I Imagine (2020)

Hayalimdeki Sahneler aims to explain and analyze scenes from 3 heavily queer coded Turkish films from 80s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Metin Akdemir
CAST:  Serap Aksoy  •  Hale Soygazi  •  Nur Sürer  •  Deniz Türkali

Hayalimdeki Sahneler aims to explain and analyze scenes from 3 heavily queer coded Turkish films from 80s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Metin Akdemir
CAST:  Serap Aksoy  •  Hale Soygazi  •  Nur Sürer  •  Deniz Türkali

If It's Meant to Be (2020)

Reeling from her father's death, romantic disappointment and the ramifications of her uncle's gambling, Günfer meets a man who's not what he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selahattin Sancaklı
CAST:  Burak Sevinç  •  Kıvanç Baran Arslan  •  Algı Eke  •  Nur Sürer

Reeling from her father's death, romantic disappointment and the ramifications of her uncle's gambling, Günfer meets a man who's not what he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selahattin Sancaklı
CAST:  Burak Sevinç  •  Kıvanç Baran Arslan  •  Algı Eke  •  Nur Sürer

Gülizar (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Cemal Şan
CAST:  Tuba Büyüküstün  •  Şevket Çoruh  •  Yetkin Dikinciler  •  Gökhan Mete

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DIRECTION:  Cemal Şan
CAST:  Tuba Büyüküstün  •  Şevket Çoruh  •  Yetkin Dikinciler  •  Gökhan Mete

You Me Lenin (2021)

One day waves bring a wooden statue of Lenin to a small town by the Black Sea. The statue is erected in the town square by the Municipality with the hope that it would attract tourists to the town. As an official opening ceremony is planned with the participation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tufan Tastan
CAST:  Barış Falay  •  Saygın Soysal  •  Melis Birkan  •  Serdar Orçin

One day waves bring a wooden statue of Lenin to a small town by the Black Sea. The statue is erected in the town square by the Municipality with the hope that it would attract tourists to the town. As an official opening ceremony is planned with the participation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tufan Tastan
CAST:  Barış Falay  •  Saygın Soysal  •  Melis Birkan  •  Serdar Orçin

Zuhal (2022)

Zuhal, a successful lawyer living alone in the center of Istanbul, begins to hear the sound of a cat in her house one day. She sets out on a quest in her apartment to find this cat, which no one has heard of but herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nazlı Elif Durlu
CAST:  Nihal Yalçın  •  Fatih Al  •  Sarp Aydınoğlu  •  Sena Başdoğan

Zuhal, a successful lawyer living alone in the center of Istanbul, begins to hear the sound of a cat in her house one day. She sets out on a quest in her apartment to find this cat, which no one has heard of but herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nazlı Elif Durlu
CAST:  Nihal Yalçın  •  Fatih Al  •  Sarp Aydınoğlu  •  Sena Başdoğan

Fidan (1984)

Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erdoğan Tokatlı
CAST:  Fikret Hakan  •  Talat Bulut  •  Nur Sürer  •  Asuman Arsan

Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erdoğan Tokatlı
CAST:  Fikret Hakan  •  Talat Bulut  •  Nur Sürer  •  Asuman Arsan

Children of Secret (2002)

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aydın Sayman  •  Ümit Cin Güven
CAST:  Halil İbrahim Aras  •  Nur Sürer  •  Fırat Tanış  •  Özgü Namal

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aydın Sayman  •  Ümit Cin Güven
CAST:  Halil İbrahim Aras  •  Nur Sürer  •  Fırat Tanış  •  Özgü Namal

Köçek (2000)

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DIRECTION:  Cemal Şan
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Nur Sürer  •  Serdar Orçin  •  Tolga Çevik

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DIRECTION:  Cemal Şan
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Nur Sürer  •  Serdar Orçin  •  Tolga Çevik

Cici (2022)

A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berkun Oya
CAST:  Fatih Artman  •  Ayça Bingöl  •  Funda Eryiğit  •  İncinur Daşdemir

A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berkun Oya
CAST:  Fatih Artman  •  Ayça Bingöl  •  Funda Eryiğit  •  İncinur Daşdemir

Söz Vermiştin (2019)

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DIRECTION:  Baran Seyhan
CAST:  Emre Karayel  •  Aslı Tandoğan  •  Şenay Gürler  •  İlyas Özçakır

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DIRECTION:  Baran Seyhan
CAST:  Emre Karayel  •  Aslı Tandoğan  •  Şenay Gürler  •  İlyas Özçakır

Tunnel (2021)

Short film directed by Akin Gungor. Rüya has come to England to study from Turkey and resides in the flat her uncle has allocated for her. She disappeared without a trace a year ago. After his uncle Rüya's disappearance, he tried every way to find her but failed. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akın Güngör
CAST:  Sitare Akbaş  •  Kadir Doğulu  •  Nur Sürer  •  Ahenk Demir

Short film directed by Akin Gungor. Rüya has come to England to study from Turkey and resides in the flat her uncle has allocated for her. She disappeared without a trace a year ago. After his uncle Rüya's disappearance, he tried every way to find her but failed. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akın Güngör
CAST:  Sitare Akbaş  •  Kadir Doğulu  •  Nur Sürer  •  Ahenk Demir

10 Days of a Bad Man (2023)

Battered, broken and bereaved, a private investigator must muscle his way through a tangle of lies to uncover the truth behind a mansion murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uluç Bayraktar
CAST:  Nejat İşler  •  Nur Fettahoğlu  •  Şenay Gürler  •  Erdal Yildiz

Battered, broken and bereaved, a private investigator must muscle his way through a tangle of lies to uncover the truth behind a mansion murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uluç Bayraktar
CAST:  Nejat İşler  •  Nur Fettahoğlu  •  Şenay Gürler  •  Erdal Yildiz
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