Pelin Batu
{{Short description|Turkish actress (born 1978)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pelin Batu
| image = Pelinbatu.jpg
| caption = Batu in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|12|27}}
| birth_place = Ankara, Turkey
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Author, actress, historian, television personality
| years_active = 1999–present
| nationality = Turkish
| alma mater = Boğaziçi University
}}
Pelin Batu (born 27 December 1978) is a Turkish author, actress, historian, and television personality.{{cite news|url=http://www.haberturk.com/medya/haber/106335-pelin-batu-kisa-devre-yapti|title=Pelin Batu "Kısa Devre" yaptı!|date=2 November 2008|work=Haber Türk|language=Turkish|access-date=10 July 2012}}{{Cite web |last=Şafak |first=Yeni |title=Yazar Pelin Batu İslam'ı hedef aldı: Bunlar acilen yargılanmalı |url=https://www.yenisafak.com/hayat/yazar-pelin-batu-islami-hedef-aldi-bunlar-acilen-yargilanmali-4513507 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Yeni Şafak |language=tr-TR}}
Biography
Pelin Batu is born on the 27th of December 1978 to İnal Batu and an Albanian mother.{{Cite web |last=Haber7 |title=Pelin Batu kimdir? Aslen nereli ve gerçek yaşı kaçtır? |url=https://www.haber7.com/unlulerin-dunyasi/haber/2387204-pelin-batu-kimdir-aslen-nereli-ve-gercek-yasi-kactir |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Haber7 |language=tr}} Due to her father İnal Batu's career as a diplomat, she spent her childhood in many foreign countries including Pakistan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France and the USA. She completed high school at Marymount School in New York City and pursued musical and theatre training at Mannes College of Music. After starting literature and philosophy at New York University, she switched her subject to history and completed it at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She made her film debut in 1999, portraying the role of Circassian Nevres in Harem Suare and has gone on to act with several more films and TV series.
Batu also co-hosted a show titled Tarihin Arka Odası (The Back Room of History) which aired on HaberTürk with Murat Bardakçı and Erhan Afyoncu. Interested in poetry from a young age, she has written, translated, and published many poems. Her first book of poetry "Glass" was published in 2003, followed by "The Book of Winds" in 2009. She left the program in 2011.
She has also appeared on the Turkish TV program Yeni Şeyler Söylemek Lazım, a part of the TRT Haber news channel on 25 December 2010, in which she read her poem of "Wind of Black Stones" herself from her book. Having written poems from the age of eight, on this program she said that even though she is an atheist, if reincarnation existed she would be the reincarnation of the grandfather, Selahattin Batu, as he was also known for his interest in poetry and whom she is commonly compared to.
Batu was also a columnist for the daily Milliyet newspaper (2012–2014).{{cite news|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/hayat/can_dundar_atmalara_doyamadilar-1199776|title=Can Dündar: 'Atmalara doyamadılar'|date=2 July 2014|work=Radikal|language=Turkish|access-date=2 July 2014}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" with="100%" style="font-size:90%" |
| colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue"| Cinema and TV films |
|---|
| style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year
!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes |
| 1999
|Çerkes Cariye Nevres | |
| 1999
|Zeynep | |
| 2001
|Su | |
| 2001
|Nihal | |
| 2002
|Müzeyyen | |
| 2002
|Kizar |Short film |
| 2003
| |Short film |
| 2006
| |Voice |
| 2006
|Teacher | |
| 2007
|Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım | |Guest appearance |
| 2007
|Müyesser | |
| 2008
|Sumru | |
| 2009
|Foreign woman | |
| 2009
|Yasemin |Voice |
| 2010
| |Short film |
| 2012
|Züleyha | |
| 2014
| |Guest appearance |
| 2014
| | |
| colspan="4" style="background:LightSteelBlue"| TV series |
| style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year
!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes |
| 1999
|Jülide | |
| 2003
|Baba |Deniz | |
| 2004
|Ayışığı Neredesin | | |
| 2005
|Çiçek | |
| 2006
|Lale | |
| colspan="4" style="background:LightSteelBlue"| TV Programs |
| style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year
!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes |
| 2009–2011
|Herself | |
| 2011
|Herself | |
Bibliography
- Glass / Cam, 113pp, 2003, Yapı Kredi, {{ISBN|9750806549}}
- Yahudilik Tarihi, 304pp, 2007, Yapı Kredi, {{ISBN|9789944174176}}
- The Book of Winds Rüzgarlar Kitabı, 224pp, 2009, Artshop, {{ISBN|9789894893653}}
- Resim Defteri, 48pp, 2013, Artshop, {{ISBN|9786055102036}}
- Her Şey Bir Hikaye İle Başladı, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi, {{ISBN|9789751039002}}
- Labirentin, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi, {{ISBN|9789751038975}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0061574}}
- Short BBC documentary on the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul hosted by Pelin Batu [https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0gr04n9/istanbul-s-ancient-subterranean-basilica-cistern]
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Category:20th-century Turkish actresses
Category:21st-century Turkish actresses
Category:Turkish film actresses
Category:Turkish television actresses
Category:Turkish television personalities
Category:Boğaziçi University alumni
Category:Turkish people of Circassian descent
Category:Turkish people of Albanian descent
Category:Turkish former Sunni Muslims
Category:Turkish atheism activists
Category:Actresses from Ankara
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