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1981 BCE
Death
She fell ill and died at the age of 61 at the Alkazar Cinema on March 8, 1981. Her funeral was held in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery after the ceremony held on the stage of Muhsin Ertuğrul City Theatre. There is the Golden Orange Cahide Sonku Award given in her memory every year. -
1951 BCE
She Was Chosen As "Best Actress"
In the competition opened by Yıldız magazine in 1951, Vatan and Namık Kemal were selected as "Best Film", and one of the leading actors, Cahide Sonku, was selected as "Best Actress". -
1933 BCE
First Acting
She was introduced to art during secondary school. She entered Darülbedayi when she was only 16 years old, and over time, he took her place among the favorite actors of Istanbul City Theaters. She started acting with "Zeynebi of the Seven Villages", first at the Halkevleri Theatre, then at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, and then, with the discovery of Muhsin Ertuğrul, at Darülbedayi (1932-City Theatres).She stepped into the cinema in 1933 with the movie Söz Bir Allah Bir. -
1930 BCE
Childhood
The family settled in their pasha grandfather's mansion in Fatih. Cahide, who had a difficult childhood, had her house burned down in a fire that broke out after the death of her grandfather İbrahim Pasha. Necati Bey, who was aware of the situation, wanted to take Cahide and her sister with him. The elder sister accepted, but Cahide preferred the elections with her mother. I finished primary and secondary school in Fatih. She graduated from Cumhuriyet Girls Secondary School in Sultan Selim. -
1919 BCE
Birth
She was born in Sana'a, which was an Ottoman state at that time. Her father was an Ottoman officer, Captain Necati Bey, and his grandfather, Çorapsız İbrahim Pasha, was the 7th Army Commander in the Ottoman Army. In the same years, she was under the command of his father's grandfather.After the beginning of World War I and the capture of Yemen from the Ottoman Empire, the family left Sana and came to Istanbul. Her father Necati Bey left his family after a while her mother divorced Necati Bey. -
Second Marriage
She married and broke up with actor Talat Arkaynak. Later, in 1943, she married businessman İhsan Doruk, known as the "Tobacco King", and after a while she separated from this husband. Cahide, who later remarried to İhsan Doruk, had a daughter named Ender from this marriage. Then he divorced again. The artist, who became famous with the movie Bataklı Damın Kızı Aysel, generally appeared before the audience in her films as the beautiful woman who broke the hearts of men and ran away. -
She Started Her Own Company
In 1950, he founded the Sonku Film company under his own name. She tried directing for the first time with the movie Fedakar Ana the competition opened by Yıldız magazine in 1951, Vatan and Namık Kemal were selected as "Best Film", and one of the leading actors, Cahide Sonku, was selected as "Best Actress".[3] -
She received the Cinema Writers Association service award
She went bankrupt when the building of the Sonku Film company he founded burned down in 1963. He worked at the City Theater for a short time, thanks to Muhsin Ertuğrul, for the rest of his life.She then left there and struggled with alcohol addiction in the last years of his life. She received the Cinema Writers Association service award in 1979.