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Adalet Cimcoz

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Adalet Cimcoz
Born
Adalet Tayfur

(1910-07-25)25 July 1910
Died13 March 1970(1970-03-13) (aged 59)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting placezincirlikuyu Cemetery
NationalityTurkish
Occupation(s)Voice actress, art curator, critic, translator, gossip columnist
Spouse
Mehmet Ali Cimcoz
(m. 1939)

Adalet Cimcoz (25 July 1910 – 13 March 1970) was a Turkish voice actress, art curator, critic, translator and gossip columnist. She dubbed many film stars over a period of more than thirty years. She also opened and curated Turkey's first and only woman-owned private art gallery for exhibitions of painting, sculpture, mosaic, ceramics, photography, patterns, and folk art. She critiqued literature, art, and theatre for twenty years. She translated a number of classical works of European literature from German to Turkish. She was also a gossip columnist under the pen name "Fitne Fücur" ("The Mischief-maker)".

Private life

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Adalet was born to Hüseyin Tayfur and his wife Aliye in Kilitbahir village of Eceabat district in Çanakkale Province, then Ottoman Empire, on 25 July 1910. Her father was an artillery Colonel of the Ottoman Army stationed at the Dardanelles as the commander. of Kilitbahir Castle. Her mother was a German, whom her father met during an official military mission in the German Empire. She converted to Islam from Christianity after her marriage, and took the name Aliye. Adalet had two older brothers Hayri and Ferdii.[1][2] Ferdi Tayfur would be also a voice actor.[3][4][5]

In 1916, Adalet went to Germany with her family. She finished her primary education in 1921, and then completed her secondary education in Germany.[5]

In 1939, she married Mehmet Ali Cimcoz.[2][3][4] Thanks to her husband, who was a lawyer and had a social circle of friends in arts and politics, she met and became associated with notable people in arts and literature, among them Sabahattin Ali, Nâzım Hikmet, Cemal Tollu, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Ercüment Kalmık, Avni Arbaş, Kuzgun Acar, Ara Güler, and many more.[2]

Career

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Voice actress

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Cimcoz, who was working at the Agricultural Products Bureau (Turkish: Toprak Mahsülleri Ofisi) as a translator, entered voice acting upon the recommendation of her voice actor brother Ferdi Tayfur.[1] She dubbed for lead characters in both domestic and foreign films.[3] She also provided support to her brother by dubbing for major female roles.[6] Among the actresses she dubbed for were Türkan Şoray, Hülya Koçyiğit, Belgin Doruk, Fatma Girik, Filiz Akın, Muhterem Nur, and Neriman Köksal in numerous films.[3][5] Her career in voice acting extended from 1936 until her death in 1970.[5]

Cimcoz used the language of the common people.[6] She adopted the expressions of the people heard during her childhood years in her father's house in the Kocamustafapaşa quarter of Old Istanbul.[7] Finding the opportunity to watch all the tours of the traditional theater where she lived, she also performed the shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat at home. She transferred new and original folk expressions, and imitations of dialects captured from master Karagöz artists, to film.[6] The owner of Lale Film, for whom Cimcoz worked many years, said that "she translated Ottoman Turkish language or foreign words and terms given in the screenplay into pure Turkish by making the dialogues kindly but firmly".[2]

Filmography ( Voice )

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  1. Aşk Mabudesi[8] (Türkân Şoray) - 1969
  2. Sonbahar Rüzgarları[9] (Türkân Şoray) - 1969
  3. Otobüs Yolcuları[10] (Türkân Şoray) - 1969
  4. Hayatım Sana Feda[11] (Türkân Şoray) - 1969
  5. Bana Derler Fosforlu[12] (Türkân Şoray) - 1969
  6. Köroğlu[13](Fatma Girik) - 1968
  7. İstanbul Tatili[14] - 1968
  8. Artık Sevmeyeceğim[15] (Türkân Şoray) - 1968
  9. Kahveci Güzeli[16] (Türkân Şoray) - 1968
  10. Kelepçeli Melek[17] (Türkân Şoray) - 1967
  11. Eli Maşalı[18] (Türkân Şoray) - 1966
  12. Düğün Gecesi[19] (Türkân Şoray) - 1966
  13. Fakir Bir Gencin Romanı[20] (Filiz Akın) - 1965
  14. Serseri Aşık[21] (Hülya Koçyiğit) - 1965
  15. Taçsiz Kral[22] (Ajda Pekkan) - 1965
  16. Siyah Gözler[23] (Türkân Şoray) - 1965
  17. Hayatımın Kadını[24](Türkân Şoray) - 1965
  18. Veda Busesi[25](Türkân Şoray - 1965
  19. Vahşi Gelin[26] (Türkân Şoray) - 1965
  20. Yılların Ardından[27] (Türkân Şoray) - 1964
  21. Fıstık Gibi Maşallah[28] (Türkân Şoray) - 1964
  22. Öksüz Kız[29] (Türkân Şoray) - 1964
  23. Öp Annenin Elini[30] (Fatma Girik) - 1964
  24. Çalınan Aşk[31] (Türkân Şoray) - 1963
  25. Sipsevdi[32] (Ajda Pekkan) - 1963
  26. Belali Torun[33] (Fatma Girik) - 1962
  27. Kırmızı Karanfiller[34] (Türkân Şoray) - 1962
  28. Yalnizlar Için (1962)[35] (Belgin Doruk) - 1962
  29. Zorlu Damat[36](Türkân Şoray) - 1962
  30. Otobüs Yolcuları[10] (Türkân Şoray) - 1961
  31. Melekler Şahidimdir[37] (Türkân Şoray) - 1961
  32. Aşk Rüzgarı[38] (Türkân Şoray) - 1960
  33. Aslan yavrusu (1960)[39] (Leyla Sayar) - 1960
  34. Sahildeki Kadın[40] - 1954

Art curator

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On 5 December 1950, Cimcoz opened an art gallery named "Maya" in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. It was the country's first private art gallery curated by a woman and remained the only one until its closure in 1955.[3][5] Cimcoz started new exhibition concepts at the Maya Art Gallery. She prepared exhibitions with paintings inspired by poetry or music, and opened cartoon exhibits to support the acceptance of caricature as an art, in addition to mounting exhibitions of painting, sculpture, mosaic, ceramics, photography, patterns, and folk arts. Her presentation of the subjects in tandem realized an interdisciplinary dimension for the first time in art.[3] Among the various works exhibited at Maya Art Gallery were those by Cemal Tollu, a member of the artist collective Group D, and by Melda Kaptana. Organized by the Friends of Art Association which Cimcoz co-founded, 61 works of women painters were on display in the gallery. Cimcoz also curated exhibitions to support child cartoonists.[3]

Critic

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Between 1950 and 1970, Cimcoz critiqued literature, art, and theatre for the periodicals Yeditepe, Varlık, and Yeni Ufuklar.[3][5][6]

Translator

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Already in her early years, Cimcoz became well-known for her translations of poems from German to Turkish.[2] From 1957 on, she translated German works by such authors as Berthold Brecht, Knut Hamsun, Georg Büchner, B. Traven, Lope de Vega, Franz Kafka, T. Tibor Déry, and Max Frisch into Turkish.[2][3][5]

Gossip columnist

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Cimcoz was one of the first gossip columnists of Turkey, writing under the pseudonym "Fitne Fücur" (literally: The Mischief-maker).[5]

Awards

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Death and legacy

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Cimcoz died of cancer on 13 March 1970 in Istanbul, aged 59.[5] She was interred at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery.[3]

The state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation published a documentary film on Cimcoz's life on 1 December 2011.[3] Her life is told in a 1972-published book titled Adalet Cimcoz-Bir Yaşamöyküsü Denemesi by Mine Söğüt.[3][41]

Translations

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Following is a list of Cimcoz's translations:[5]

References

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  8. ^ Saydam, Nejat, Ask mabudesi (Romance, Drama), Türkan Soray, Cüneyt Arkin, Feri Cansel, Suzan Avci, Acar Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  9. ^ Dinler, Mehmet, Sonbahar rüzgarlari (Romance), Türkan Soray, Ediz Hun, Gülgün Erdem, Önder Somer, Sine-Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  10. ^ a b Göreç, Ertem, Otobüs Yolculari (Drama), Ayhan Isik, Türkan Soray, Atif Kaptan, Avni Dilligil, Be-Ya Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  11. ^ Aslan, Muzaffer, Hayatim sana feda (Drama, Romance), Türkan Soray, Cüneyt Arkin, Münir Özkul, Gülgün Erdem, Sine-Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  12. ^ Göreç, Ertem, Bana derler fosforlu (Drama, Romance), Türkan Soray, Engin Çaglar, Önder Somer, Muhterem Nur, Sine-Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  13. ^ Yilmaz, Atif, Köroglu (Adventure, Drama, History), Cüneyt Arkin, Fatma Girik, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Reha Yurdakul, Ugur Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  14. ^ Inanoglu, Türker, Istanbul tatili (Romance), Kartal Tibet, Filiz Akin, Özdemir Akin, Mehmet Ali Akpinar, Erler Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
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  16. ^ Aslan, Muzaffer (2 April 1968), Kahveci guzeli (Romance, Drama), Türkan Soray, Murat Soydan, Yusuf Sezgin, Pervin Par, Sine-Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  17. ^ Dinler, Mehmet, Kelepçeli melek (Romance), Türkan Soray, Ediz Hun, Tijen Par, Ali Ekdal, Kemal Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  18. ^ Saydam, Nejat, Eli masali (Comedy, Romance), Türkan Soray, Ediz Hun, Yilmaz Köksal, Reha Yurdakul, Saner Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  19. ^ Seden, Osman F., Dügün gecesi (Romance), Türkan Soray, Zeki Müren, Ajda Pekkan, Kadir Savun, Kemal Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  20. ^ Ergün, Nuri, Fakir gencin romani (Drama, Romance), Filiz Akin, Cüneyt Arkin, Neriman Köksal, Gürel Ünlüsoy, Akün Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  21. ^ Erakalin, Ülkü, Serseri asik (Romance), Hülya Koçyigit, Sadri Alisik, Cüneyt Arkin, Rengin Arda, Melek Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  22. ^ Yilmaz, Atif, Taçsiz kral (Drama), Metin Oktay, Gönül Yazar, Ajda Pekkan, Ayten Gökçer, Arzu Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  23. ^ Saydam, Nejat, Siyah gözler (Romance), Türkan Soray, Fikret Hakan, Cahit Irgat, Nedret Güvenç, Akün Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  24. ^ Erakalin, Ülkü, Hayatimin kadini (Romance), Türkan Soray, Gürel Ünlüsoy, Erol Tezeren, Muzaffer Tema, Saner Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  25. ^ Erakalin, Ülkü, Veda busesi (Romance), Türkan Soray, Bay Okan, Aliye Rona, Erol Tezeren, Pesen Film, Ülkü Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  26. ^ Saydam, Nejat, Vahsi gelin (Comedy, Romance), Türkan Soray, Ediz Hun, Sevda Ferdag, Nuri Altinok, Acar Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  27. ^ Alyanak, Arsevir; Utku, Ümit, Yillarin ardindan (Romance), Türkan Soray, Göksel Arsoy, Gürel Ünlüsoy, Erkan Yolaç, Melek Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  28. ^ Saner, Hulki (5 October 1964), Fistik gibi masallah (Romance, Comedy), Türkan Soray, Izzet Günay, Sadri Alisik, Mualla Sürer, Saner Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  29. ^ Aksoy, Orhan, Öksüz kiz (Family, Comedy, Romance, Drama), Türkan Soray, Zeynep Degirmencioglu, Ediz Hun, Hulusi Kentmen, Erman Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  30. ^ Ün, Memduh, Öp annenin elini (Comedy, Romance), Ayhan Isik, Fatma Girik, Hulusi Kentmen, Nejat Çetinok, Ugur Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  31. ^ Erakalin, Ülkü, Çalinan ask (Drama, Romance), Türkan Soray, Tamer Yigit, Sadri Alisik, Izzet Günay, Melek Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  32. ^ Aksoy, Orhan, Sipsevdi (Comedy, Romance), Ayhan Isik, Ajda Pekkan, Vahi Öz, Mualla Sürer, Erman Film, Saner Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  33. ^ Ün, Memduh, Belali torun (Comedy, Romance), Ayhan Isik, Fatma Girik, Hulusi Kentmen, Bedia Muvahhit, Ugur Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  34. ^ Erakalin, Ülkü, Kirmizi karanfiller (Romance), Türkan Soray, Yilmaz Duru, Suphi Kaner, Mualla Sürer, Kurt Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  35. ^ Elmas, Orhan (31 October 1962), Yalnizlar için (Drama, Romance), Göksel Arsoy, Belgin Doruk, Hüseyin Baradan, Nilgün Esen, Goksel Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  36. ^ Saner, Hulki, Zorlu damat (Drama, Romance), Ayhan Isik, Türkan Soray, Suphi Kaner, Nezahat Tanyeri, Bronz Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  37. ^ Dogan, Süha, Melekler sahidimdir (Romance, Adventure), Türkan Soray, Göksel Arsoy, Sadri Alisik, Muazzez Bora, Nil Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
  38. ^ Pesen, Nevzat, Ask rüzgari (Romance), Göksel Arsoy, Leyla Sayar, Türkan Soray, Metin Serezli, Pesen Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
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  40. ^ Arakon, Aydin, Sahildeki kadin (Adventure, Drama), Cahit Irgat, Gönül Bayhan, Sevki Artun, Nihat Aras, Birsel Film, retrieved 6 November 2020
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