Hatice Aslan

Hatice Aslan

Actor · 64 years old

Perihan in the series İçimdeki Fırtına

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Age64
Birth dateFebruary 20, 1962
BirthplaceSivas
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBrown
EducationAnkara State Conservatory, Theatre Department

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Hatice Aslan — Biography

Born in Sivas, Hatice Aslan graduated from the theater department of the Ankara State Conservatory and joined the Ankara State Theatre; between 1986 and 1992 she worked at the İzmir State Theatre, where her son was born. After returning to Ankara she became known for playing Necla for years in Ferhunde Hanımlar, Turkey's first daily television series; appointed to the Istanbul State Theatre in 2000, she was nominated at the Afife Jale Awards for Küçük Adam Ne Oldu Sana, and after retiring from the state theaters she continued performing at independent venues such as DOT and Craft, winning a special jury award at the Sadri Alışık Awards for Hepimizin Öyküsü Aynı.

She appeared in the series En Son Babalar Duyar, Kınalı Kar, Düğün Şarkıcısı and Lale Devri, and made her real breakthrough on film as Hacer in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Üç Maymun; besides being seen as a strong contender for best actress at Cannes, the role brought her awards from River Run, the Yeşilçam Awards and SİYAD. She later shared the best actress prize at the Adana Golden Boll festival for her role in Vücut.

In recent years she has continued working in productions such as Kuzgun, Kurak Günler and the 2025 box-office hit Yan Yana.

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Their work through different eyes

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Hatice Aslan's path in cinema opens onto auteur filmmaking after long years of series and theater: Nuri Bilge Ceylan in Üç Maymun, Zeki Demirkubuz in Kıskanmak, Emin Alper in Kurak Günler. Three styles, three tones. What stands out, in my view, is that Aslan's line is very broad on television and very selective in cinema; these three stops in director-led film define the cinema side of her career.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Even by their names, Hatice Aslan's film roles are tied to someone else: Emre's Mother in Kurak Günler, Işıl's Mother in Eastern Plays. That may be a sign of cinema rarely finding a middle-aged woman a place beyond being someone's mother. Aslan playing Mahidevran in Hürrem Sultan stands as a chance to step outside the mold, though period parts like that also tend to define a woman by her position around a man.

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