Pelin Batu

Pelin Batu
Batu in 2008
Born	(1978-12-27) 27 December 1978 Ankara, Turkey
Alma mater	Boğaziçi University
Occupations	Author, actress, historian, television personality
Years active	1999–present

Pelin Batu (born 27 December 1978) is a Turkish author, actress, historian, and television personality.^[1][2]

Biography

Pelin Batu is born on the 27th of December 1978 to İnal Batu and an Albanian mother.^[3] 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 TRTHaber 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).^[4]

Filmography

Cinema and TV films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Harem Suare	Çerkes Cariye Nevres
1999	Hayal Kurma Oyunları	Zeynep
2001	Komser Şekspir	Su
2001	Şellale	Nihal
2002	O Şimdi Asker	Müzeyyen
2002	İçerideki	Kizar	Short film
2003	Bakış		Short film
2006	Karanlıkta Makyaj		Voice
2006	Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu	Teacher
2007	Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım		Guest appearance
2007	Hicran Sokağı	Müyesser
2008	Yağmurdan Sonra	Sumru
2009	Kanımdaki Barut	Foreign woman
2009	Kayıp Armağan	Yasemin	Voice
2010	Mandalina Kabukları		Short film
2012	Zor Yılların Kayıp Çocukları	Züleyha
2014	Şipşak Anadolu		Guest appearance
2014	Bir Don Juan Öldürmek
TV series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Akşam Güneşi	Jülide
2003	Baba	Deniz
2004	Ayışığı Neredesin
2005	Sessiz Gece	Çiçek
2006	Dün Gece Bir Rüya Gördüm	Lale
TV Programs
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2011	Tarihin Arka Odası	Herself
2011	Burada Laf Çok	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

1. "Pelin Batu "Kısa Devre" yaptı!". Haber Türk (in Turkish). 2 November 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
2. Şafak, Yeni. "Yazar Pelin Batu İslam'ı hedef aldı: Bunlar acilen yargılanmalı". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
3. Haber7. "Pelin Batu kimdir? Aslen nereli ve gerçek yaşı kaçtır?". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
4. "Can Dündar: 'Atmalara doyamadılar'". Radikal (in Turkish). 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

External links

• Pelin Batu at IMDb
• Short BBC documentary on the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul hosted by Pelin Batu [1]