Gönül Aysel Gürel was born on February 7, 1929 in Denizli and passed away due to lung cancer at Gayrettepe Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul on February 17, 2008. His father was judge Ali Rıza Bey and his mother was housewife Kâmile Kezban Hanım. Due to her father's appointment, she spent her primary and secondary school years in Trabzon, and high school in Istanbul, at Erenköy Girls' High School.
After graduating from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters with a degree in Art History, she married journalist Ahmet Vedat Akın, whom she met in a theater play. Gürel, known by the nickname "Crazy Aysel" in her circle, stated in an interview that she tried to swim from Trabzon to Sevastopol and faced the danger of drowning eight times in this attempt.
Gürel, who left her mark in the world of cinema as well as her identity as an educator, was the mother of Müjde Ar and Mehtap Ar; He also supported Ertem Eğilmez in some of his screenplay projects. Three months before his death, he appeared in front of the camera for the last time, appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Aysun Kayacı.
Aysel Gürel is considered one of the most prolific songwriters of Turkish pop music. In addition to works such as “Firuze”, “Değirmi”, “Sarışığım”, he also added lyrics to songs interpreted by Sezen Aksu, Nükhet Duru, Zerrin Özer, Nilüfer, Burcu Güneş and many other artists. After his death, it was revealed that he had found more than twenty thousand song lyrics in his home; One of these words reached Tarkan through his tenant and turned into the lyrics of the song "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu".
The lyrics he wrote were revived with new compositions over the years, and names such as Burcu Güneş, Yonca Lodi and Tarkan continued this legacy.
Albums bearing Gürel's lyrics have a wide range from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. During this period, he contributed to the recordings of Sezen Aksu, Ajda Pekkan, Bülent Ersoy, Nilüfer, Coşkun Sabah, Zerrin Özer, Hakan Peker, Gökben, Yonca Evcimik, Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak, SibelCan, Sinan Özen, Sertab Erener and many more artists.
In the tribute album titled "Aysel's", prepared after her death in 2013, artists who had previously performed her songs came together and brought her works to life again.
Gönül Aysel Gürel (7 February 1929, Sarayköy - 17 February 2008, Istanbul) is a Turkish songwriter, poet, actress and literature teacher. She is the mother of film actress Müjde Ar and film and theater actress Mehtap Ar. She was known as "Crazy Aysel" in her close circle.
She was born as the elder daughter of Hakim Ali Rıza Bey. Due to her father's appointment, she attended primary and secondary school in Trabzon and high school at Erenköy Girls' High School. and graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Art History. He helped Ertem Eğilmez with some scenario work.
He was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2007. He passed away 2 months later. Three months before Gürel passed away, he starred in a Pepsi commercial with Aysun Kayacı.
Aysel Gürel has written lyrics for many songs such as "Firuze", "Değirmi", "Sarışığım". The songs he wrote have been interpreted by many artists, especially Sezen Aksu, Nükhet Duru, Zerrin Özer, Nilüfer and Burcu Güneş. It is known that Aysel Gürel, known as the composer of hit songs in Turkish pop music, left over twenty thousand lyrics in her home after her death.
One of these lyrics is the poem titled Sevdanın Son Vuruşu, which was sent to Tarkan by the tenant who rented Aysel Gürel's house after her death, and became the title track of the album. Today, the songs written by Aysel Gürel, whose lyrics are composed by various artists, are considered to be a great source that will nourish Turkish pop for a long time.
After her death, artists such as Burcu Güneş, Yonca Lodi, Tarkan composed the lyrics written by Aysel Gürel. Again, his most important works that he left to Turkish pop were sung in 2013, after his death, by the artists who had previously sung his songs in the tribute album titled Aysel.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 27 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Self - Winner
- PowerTürk Music Awards (2007) — Winner
- Ağır Roman (1997) — Puma Zehra
- Queen of Hearts (1986) — Nilgün's Mother
- Driver Memet (1977)
- They Can't Erase From My Heart (1974)
- Singer (2001) — Madame Sofi
- White Bird (1977) — Şaziye
- Luxurious Life (1976)
- Stepmother (1971) — Aysel
- Mystic (1971)
- My Love (1977)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
