Devlet Devrim, born Devlet Muhsin or Devlet Nurลen Selรงuk, was born in Alexandria on December 7, 1944, and died in Istanbul on May 27, 2025, at the age of 80. He was a well-known actor of Turkish cinema, appearing in nearly 130 films between 1963 and 1973, and was also a singer for a short time.
Devlet, who was born in Alexandria because his father was Egyptian and his mother was Turkish, immigrated to Istanbul with his mother after his parents separated in his childhood. He spent his first years in the quiet streets of Beylerbeyi, then in the Moda district of Kadฤฑkรถy.
He entered the world of cinema after winning the cover star competition organized by Ses magazine in 1962, together with Tamer Yiฤit. The 1963 film รiรงeksiz Bahรงe, directed by รmit Utku and starring Orhan Gรผnลiray and Nebahat รehre, was his cinema debut. Then, he took part in approximately eighty productions continuously until 1969; During this period, she also worked as a singer for two years and stated that she got her courage in this field from Ajda Pekkan.
She ended her acting and stage life with her marriage in 1970, but in 1999, she returned to the screen with the character Arap Zehra in the TV series Kurtlar Sofrasฤฑ, adapted from Attilรข ฤฐlhan's novel of the same name. He also served as the second president of the Film-San Foundation.
Devlet Devrim was married to Agรขh Selรงuk between 1970 and 2015 and had a son from this marriage. He passed away in Istanbul on May 27, 2025, due to natural causes due to old age. Following his death, a commemoration event was held in Beyoฤlu, his funeral prayer was performed at ลiลli Mosque and finally he was buried in Ayazaฤa Cemetery.
Devlet Devrim was born in 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 40 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Star Peak (1965)
- Broken Lives (1965)
- So-called Girls (1967) โ Ayse
- Innocent Murderers (1964)
- World of Subsistence (1963)
- Osman Killed Me (1963) โ Leyla
- My Sweet Darling (1969)
- Yeลilรงam Sea (2003)
- The Magnificent Tramp (1964)
- Women Don't Get Beaten
- The People's Child (1964)
- Purple Notebook (1964) โ Selma
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
