Füsun Demirel

Personal context

Summary

Füsun Demirel is a Turkish actor and translator known for films including Züğürt Ağa, Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar and Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk, and for the television series Sıdıka. Her work and public commentary have often addressed women’s lives, sexual education and violence against women. She has described herself as feminist and socialist, said she devoted her life to women’s liberation, supported the Gezi movement and joined the Justice March. Her public record includes repeated criticism of political pressure on artists and of violence against women.