Defne Samyeli

Turkish TV presenter, columnist, singer and actress

Eren Talu

(m. 1995; div. 2011)

Children2^[2]

Defne Samyeli (born 1 July 1972) is a Turkish TV presenter, columnist, singer and actress.

Life

Samyeli was born as the first child of an Istanbul admiral Haluk and hotel manager Sendegül who is from Adana's Ramazanoğullar family.^[3] In 1991, she ranked third on Turkey's beauty pageant.^[4]

Samyeli, who started her career as a journalist and graduated from Boğaziçi University, was a news reporter in the main news bulletin of Kanal D under the direction of Tuncay Özkan. She received 2 international awards for her different news presentation in the main news bulletin of Kanal D. Samyeli has been a columnist for Milliyet newspaper, the editor and presenter of Show TV's main news bulletin, and a writer for Güneş newspaper. As of May 2010 for a while she presented the program Defne Her şey Bambaşka on ATV.^[5] Samyeli who worked as a columnist for Milliyet for so many years, parted her ways from the newspaper on 3 January 2015.^[6]

Filmography

Film

2023: Prestij Meselesi

TV programs

1991–1994: Salı Pazarı (Star TV)
1992–1993: İyi Günler Türkiye (Star TV)
1994: Pazar Show (Show TV)
1994–1995: Show'da Show (Show TV)
1996: Şakalamaca (Kanal D)
1996–1999: Defne Samyeli ile Gecenin İçinden (Kanal D)
1998: Defne Samyeli ile Flaş Haber (Kanal D)
1999–2002: Kanal D Ana Haber Bülteni (Kanal D)
2002: Seçim 2002 (Show TV)
2002–2007: Show TV Ana Haber Bülteni (Show TV)
2004: Seçim 2004 (Show TV)
2006: Vizyon (Show TV)
2007: Seçim 2007 (Show TV)
2010: Herşey Bambaşka (ATV)
2011: 45 Dakika (A Haber)
2011: Söz Teması (A Haber)

TV series

2013: Babam Sınıfta Kaldı (Çiğdem) (Fox TV)
2015–2016: Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (Asya/Zeynep) (Kanal D)
2018: İstanbullu Gelin (Star TV)
2020: Hekimoğlu (Kanal D)
2020–2021: Sol Yanım (Asena) (Star TV)
2022–2023 : Aldatmak (Elmas Heves) (atv)

Discography

1994 – Tek Başına^[7]
2015 – Son Arzum (single)^[8]
2019 – Ağla Ağla (single)^[9]
2022 – Abidin (single)

Newspapers she has written for

2000: Milliyet
2002–2009: Güneş
2013–2015: Milliyet

TV channels she has worked for

1991–1994: Star TV
1994: Teleon TV
1994–1995: Show TV
1996–2002: Kanal D
2002–2007: Show TV
2010: ATV
2011: A Haber

References

^ Defne Samyeli biyografi Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, defnesamyeli.tv, Retrieved 15 June 2015
^ "Defne Samyeli kızı Derin Talu ile alışverişte". M.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Defne Samyeli bilinmeyenlerini İzzet Çapa'ya anlattı / 3 - Magazin Foto Galeri". Kelebekgaleri.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi Yarışması Miss Turkey Beauty Pageant Organization". Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
^ "Defne Samyeli ile bambaşka". Sabah.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Dikkat! Whatsapp'a girenler artık..." Medyaradar.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Tek Başına". TTNET Müzik. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "Defne Samyeli'nin 'Son Arzum'u 'Paramparça'da ilk kez çaldı". Hürriyet. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "Defne Samyeli'den ilk single". Hürriyet. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.