The Biography

Selda Alkor (born 3 January 1943) is a Turkish actress, beauty pageant titleholder, painter, and singer. She won the Best Actress award at the 30th Golden Butterfly Awards for her role in the TV series Asmalı Konak. She was born in Konya. After graduating from the Girls' Institute, she started her career in cinema in 1965, winning the first prize in a competition organized by Ses magazine. Starting with her first role in the movie Saturday Senin Pazar Benim (Saturday is Your Sunday is Mine), the actress played the lead role in nearly 100 movies. In recent years, she appeared as "Sümbül Karadağ" in Asmalı Konak series, "Yurdanur Eroğlu" in Çemberimde Gül Oya series and "Nur Kurteşi" in Parmaklıklar Ardında series. She also appeared in the movie Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan, which was released in 2010.