Ümmiye Koçak

Ümmiye Koçak was born on March 1, 1957, in Çelemli village of Adana, into a family of ten children. After completing his primary education, he did not continue school and tried to improve himself through the books he read. After her marriage, she settled in Mersin and founded the "Arslanköy Women's Theater Group" in 2001 in order to raise the living conditions of village women.

The first work staged by the troupe was Remzi Özçelik's play "Taş Bademleri"; This was followed by plays such as "Woman's Cry", which was about her own stories, and "Longing Flowers", which was performed at the Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival in 2006.

He used the income he earned from his agricultural activities to write and direct the script of the movie "Wool Baby", which deals with violence against women. While this film premiered at the 49th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, it won the "Best Eurasian Female Artist in Cinema" award at the New York Eurasian Film Festival. In 2017, he directed the Türk Telekom commercial featuring Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ümmiye Koçak has also written many theater plays; these include “Plum Thug”, “Ozone Tap”, “Black Well”, “Doctor is Free”, “Citrus is Life”, “Don't Let the Flowers Fade” and “Flowers of Longing”. In the television world, he took part in TV series such as "Fire Birds" (2023), "Life Continues", "Lady's Farm", "Kasaba" (2009) and "Seher Vakti" (2005).

Koçak, who is also active as a writer, contributed to the world of literature with stories such as "Love for the Homeland", "Irazca's Dreams", "Bleeding Wound", "Fate", "Sinkhole", "Standing Without Feet", "Father, I Came" and "Muhtar Candidate Hasret Ana".

Her successes have been crowned with many awards: Adana and Ankara International Theater Festivals, Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions Entrepreneurship Award, Bornova International Women Artists Festival, Toros College Education Support Award, Kader's No to Violence Against Women Award, Mersin Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MESİAD) Art of the Year Award, TİKAV's 2012 Mothers' School project support award, Best Female Artist in Cinema award from the New York Eurasia Film Festival, Samsun Civil Society Award. He was honored with many recognitions such as the community organization entrepreneurship award and KAGİDER's special jury award.

Productions in which he took part

• Wool Baby (2013)
• Kaos Show with Hayrettin (2024)
• I Can't Eat Olive Oil Aman (2014) — Ana

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.