Åžaziye Moral (1903 â€" 9 April 1985) was a Turkish female stage and
film actress as well es voice actress. She was the second Muslim stage
actress in Turkey.Åžaziye Moral was born to ethnic Turkish parents in
Kardzali, Bulgaria in 1903. Her mother died during her birth, and her
father died after a couple of years. After the Balkan Wars
(1912â€"1913), she moved to Istanbul, then Ottman Empire, by minglÅŸng
in (with the Rumelian immigrants. She was raised by her relatives. She
completed the primary and middle school in KocamustafapaÅŸa, Istanbul.
She dropped out the high school in the last grade, and started to earn
money in order not to be a burden to her relatives.She entered as a
clerk in an agency dealing with general services in Beyazıt,
Istanbul, which ran its own theatre "Yeni Hayat Tiyatrosu" (literally
"New Life Theatre"). The theatre folded and after some time the actors
left. For its re-establishment, she was offered to go on stage. She
accepted the offer at a time when Muslim women actors were uncommon.
Her acting career began in 1919 with her first performance in Cemal
Yakup's play Kıtık Kalp ("Broken Hearth"). She was taken to the
police station by a group of people, and sued for appearing on stage
as a Muslim woman. She was acquitted in the court. She then went on a
tour in Anatolia. After her return to Istanbul, she entered Istanbul
City Theatres. In 1921, the City Theatres announced that Muslim women
were officially not allowed to perform acting on stage. She became the
second Muslim stage actress after Afife Jale (1902â€"1941).After
performing in more than two hundred plays on stage and acting in more
than eighty movies, she retired in 1977.
film actress as well es voice actress. She was the second Muslim stage
actress in Turkey.Åžaziye Moral was born to ethnic Turkish parents in
Kardzali, Bulgaria in 1903. Her mother died during her birth, and her
father died after a couple of years. After the Balkan Wars
(1912â€"1913), she moved to Istanbul, then Ottman Empire, by minglÅŸng
in (with the Rumelian immigrants. She was raised by her relatives. She
completed the primary and middle school in KocamustafapaÅŸa, Istanbul.
She dropped out the high school in the last grade, and started to earn
money in order not to be a burden to her relatives.She entered as a
clerk in an agency dealing with general services in Beyazıt,
Istanbul, which ran its own theatre "Yeni Hayat Tiyatrosu" (literally
"New Life Theatre"). The theatre folded and after some time the actors
left. For its re-establishment, she was offered to go on stage. She
accepted the offer at a time when Muslim women actors were uncommon.
Her acting career began in 1919 with her first performance in Cemal
Yakup's play Kıtık Kalp ("Broken Hearth"). She was taken to the
police station by a group of people, and sued for appearing on stage
as a Muslim woman. She was acquitted in the court. She then went on a
tour in Anatolia. After her return to Istanbul, she entered Istanbul
City Theatres. In 1921, the City Theatres announced that Muslim women
were officially not allowed to perform acting on stage. She became the
second Muslim stage actress after Afife Jale (1902â€"1941).After
performing in more than two hundred plays on stage and acting in more
than eighty movies, she retired in 1977.
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