Isil Yücesoy

Işıl Yücesoy, who graduated from Ankara State Conservatory, started her artistic career at the General Directorate of State Theaters in 1969. Later, in 1975, she started performing as a singer. The first single, "You Cannot Steal Happiness", was released in the same year. The actress and singer, who founded her own company Orient Plak in 1978, appeared on stage in many nightclubs and casinos. Yücesoy, whose four records were released, began to act in films and TV series after 1981. Her first TV series was "Eight Headlines for Nine Columns" written by Atilla İlhan. In this series broadcast on TRT, the artist played the role of a doctor. Işıl Yücesoy wrote nearly 15 radio plays for the "Arkası Yarın" program on TRT in the 80s. She acted in these plays broadcast on Istanbul Radio and Ankara Radio. Işıl Yücesoy worked as a drama instructor at Eyüboğlu College for 16 years. She discovered talented young people at the Theater Festival, where important theater artists participated as jury members, and trained students who chose various branches of art at various universities. Işıl Yücesoy, who gained a large fan base with the TV series Üvey Baba, Çemberimde Gül Oya and Kara Para Aşk, played the character of 'Hanife' in the 2014 movie Unutursam Fısılda, directed by Çağan Irmak. Işıl Yücesoy has a daughter named Meneviş from her marriage to Tanju Cılızoğlu. Işıl Yücesoy sang the song "Fış Fış Kayıkçı" in the album titled Çocuk Diskosu, released by Ossi Music. Işıl Yücesoy, who released her new album titled Zamansız on July 15, 2016, after 35 years, performed duets with famous names such as Çağan Irmak, Yeşim Salkım and Cenk Eren in this album. Işıl Yücesoy; she works in cinema, TV series, theater, and music. Her father, Selahattin Yücesoy, who was a music teacher, is the son of Giriftzen Asım Bey. Theater actress Muazzez Kurtoğlu is her aunt and actor Cem Kurtoğlu is her cousin.