Vahide Perçin

Vahide Perçin is a Turkish stage, film and television actress and acting teacher, known for Hünkar Yaman in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (Bitter Lands), Hürrem Sultan in the final season of Muhteşem Yüzyıl and Adını Feriha Koydum. She was born on 13 June 1965 in İzmir.

Career

Perçin graduated top of her class from the theatre department of Dokuz Eylül University. She began her career at the Ankara Art Theatre and the State Theatres, and for many years she was credited under her married name, Vahide Gördüm.

From 2003 her television work made her known across Turkey, with roles in Bir İstanbul Masalı, Hırsız Polis, Annem, Adını Feriha Koydum (Zehra) and Merhaba Hayat. In 2013–2014 she took over the role of Hürrem Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl, and she later starred in Anne (2016–2017), the Turkish version of Japan’s Mother.

As Hünkar, the iron-willed matriarch of the Yaman family in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (2018–2020), she created one of the most memorable characters of Turkish television. She then starred in Aldatmak (2022–2024) and Şakir Paşa Ailesi (2024–2025).

In 2009 she co-founded an acting school in Istanbul, and from 2021 to 2024 she was president of the Turkish actors’ union.

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