Münire Apaydın

Münire Apaydın — Biography

Münire Apaydın is a television and film actress known for Canan in the youth series Kavak Yelleri, Nimet in O Kız and Firdevs in TRT1's Cennetin Çocukları. She was also one of the 16 young people in the Manisa case that occupied Turkey's agenda for a long time in the mid-1990s.

A graduate of the Theatre Department of Anadolu University State Conservatory, Apaydın appeared on screen in 2004 in Görünmez Adam and Müjgan Bey, and the same year appeared in Ariel and Anadolu Sigorta commercials, followed by Selpak in 2005. After Aşk Oyunu she took a part in Barış Pirhasan's film Âdem'in Trenleri in 2007. In Kavak Yelleri, which began that year, she played Canan. Next came Küçük Kadınlar, Derdest, Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?, the ratings-troubled Yıllar Sonra, a guest role in Merhaba Hayat, Galip Derviş and Güllerin Savaşı. On Fox Tv's Savaşçı she played Handan, and in Kırmızı Oda Rezzan, Boncuk's older sister.

In 1995, still of school age, she was one of 16 young people from Manisa detained over allegations about hanging a banner reading "No to paid education" on a train. At the end of the trial all 16 were acquitted, and the police officers who tortured the young people were found guilty. Apaydın has said she does not want to forget the matter and would stand behind it to the end if there were new developments in the case.