Bahar Öztan

Bahar Öztan, born Ülkü Cerrahoğlu, was born on August 11, 1962 in the İskenderun district of Hatay. Bahar, the daughter of her father Arif and her mother Aysel Cerrahoğlu, and the older sister of actress Nilgün Saraylı, grew up in Istanbul and attracted attention with her beauty at a young age. Being a finalist in a photo novel competition in 1976 led him to Başak Gürsoy Agency; Here he started his modeling and acting career.

Öztan, who appeared on the screen for the first time with an Elidor commercial, was known with the nickname "Dimpled Beauty" and was among the popular photo novels of the period.

Bahar, who entered the world of cinema in 1977 with the movie Çırılçıplak, directed by Oksal Pekmezoğlu, began to be known as "Yeşilçam's Dimpled Beauty". In the 1980s, he starred with Kemal Sunal in films such as Kanlı Nigâr, Doktor Civanım and Orta Direk Şaban. The artist, who also turned to singing in 1987, performed with Bülent Ersoy and Seda Sayan at the Izmir International Fair in the same year, took lessons from Melahat Pars and gave concerts at home and abroad.

Bahar, who married architect Yavuz Çolak, whom she met in Germany in 1991, made her marriage official in 1993. The artist, who started running Spring Hotel in Bodrum Yalıkavak in 1991, gave birth to her son Yiğit in 1996 and opened a kindergarten called Prince Princess in Bodrum in the same year. Öztan, who lived in the United States between 2001 and 2007, returned to Turkey in 2007 and divorced in 2008.

Bahar, who starred in Koliba Film's Aşk Kapıyı Çalınca and Erler Film's Görgüsüzler TV series in 2007, returned to the screen with the NutriFin commercial directed by Fortuna Zafer in 2011 and presented a television program. He passed away at the age of 61 due to colon cancer in Bodrum district of Muğla on March 21, 2024; His funeral was held in Şakirin Mosque and he was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.

He was born on 11 August 1962 in Iskenderun. He grew up in Istanbul. The artist, whom we first saw on the screens with the Elidor Commercial, has appeared in numerous commercials. After her commercials, she became known to the public as Gamzeli Güzel. He also received great acclaim in the popular photo novels of the period.

Some of these are photo novels with Charlie's Angels and Barış Manço. It did not take long for Bahar Öztan, who was admired by everyone, to attract the attention of the producers.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 40 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• The Unmannered (2008) — Lale
• Küçük Ağa (1984) — Zehra
• Infinite Escape (1990) — Nevra
• Bloody Nigar (1981) — Lebibe
• Football (1983)
• Hell All Around Me (1982)
• Homoti (1987) — Ayşegül
• Pleading (1987)
• My Longing (1986) — Hasret
• Perverted Woman (1988)
• Rosewood (1983)
• Don't Cry, My Baby (1986) — Neşe

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.