Şirin Ergüven is a Turkish theater artist and instructor who worked as an actor and manager at the State Theaters for many years. He was the director of Van and Adana State Theaters and also took part in television series. He is also known by the surname Hamşioğlu.
He was born on March 12, 1962 in Ankara. He graduated from the theater department of Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory. He started his career at Adana State Theater and performed there for two years. He moved to Ankara State Theater in 1988; During this period, which lasted until 2015, he also worked as an assistant director as well as acting.
Management and education
Between 2014 and 2016, he represented artists in the State Theaters Literary Board. In 2015, he was appointed director of the Van State Theater and held this position until 2018. He joined the staff of Istanbul State Theater in 2018. In 2019, he was appointed as the director of Adana State Theatre, where he took his first step into his professional life, and remained in this position until 2021.
Ergüven, who also works as an instructor outside the stage, taught at the theater department of Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Tekirdağ Süleyman Paşa Municipal Conservatory. On television, she took part in TV series such as Arka Sokaklar and Gülperi, and played the character of Hacer Hanım in Gülperi.
Ergüven's career reflects a long career path combining acting and management in different state theater stages in Anatolia.
