Pelin Batu (born 27 December 1978) is a Turkish author, actress, historian, and television personality.
Biography Pelin Batu is born on the 27th of December 1978 to İnal Batu and an Albanian mother. Due to her father İnal Batu's career as a diplomat, she spent her childhood in many foreign countries including Pakistan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France and the USA. She completed high school at Marymount School in New York City and pursued musical and theatre training at Mannes College of Music. After starting literature and philosophy at New York University, she switched her subject to history and completed it at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She made her film debut in 1999, portraying the role of Circassian Nevres in Harem Suare and has gone on to act with several more films and TV series.
Batu also co-hosted a show titled Tarihin Arka Odası (The Back Room of History) which aired on HaberTürk with Murat Bardakçı and Erhan Afyoncu. Interested in poetry from a young age, she has written, translated, and published many poems. Her first book of poetry "Glass" was published in 2003, followed by "The Book of Winds" in 2009. She left the program in 2011.
She has also appeared on the Turkish TV program Yeni Şeyler Söylemek Lazım, a part of the TRT Haber news channel on 25 December 2010, in which she read her poem of "Wind of Black Stones" herself from her book. Having written poems from the age of eight, on this program she said that even though she is an atheist, if reincarnation existed she would be the reincarnation of the grandfather, Selahattin Batu, as he was also known for his interest in poetry and whom she is commonly compared to.
Batu was also a columnist for the daily Milliyet newspaper (2012–2014).
Filmography Cinema and TV films Year Title Role Notes1999Harem SuareÇerkes Cariye Nevres1999Hayal Kurma OyunlarıZeynep2001Komser ŞekspirSu2001ŞellaleNihal2002O Şimdi AskerMüzeyyen2002İçeridekiKizarShort film2003BakışShort film2006Karanlıkta MakyajVoice2006Pars: Kiraz OperasyonuTeacher2007Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla KalmayacağımGuest appearance2007Hicran SokağıMüyesser2008Yağmurdan SonraSumru2009Kanımdaki BarutForeign woman2009Kayıp ArmağanYaseminVoice2010Mandalina KabuklarıShort film2012Zor Yılların Kayıp ÇocuklarıZüleyha2014Şipşak AnadoluGuest appearance2014Bir Don Juan Öldürmek TV series Year Title Role Notes1999Akşam GüneşiJülide2003BabaDeniz2004Ayışığı Neredesin2005Sessiz GeceÇiçek2006Dün Gece Bir Rüya GördümLale TV Programs Year Title Role Notes2009–2011Tarihin Arka OdasıHerself2011Burada Laf ÇokHerself
Bibliography Glass / Cam, 113pp, 2003, Yapı Kredi, Yahudilik Tarihi, 304pp, 2007, Yapı Kredi, The Book of Winds Rüzgarlar Kitabı, 224pp, 2009, Artshop, Resim Defteri, 48pp, 2013, Artshop, Her Şey Bir Hikaye İle Başladı, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi, Labirentin, 2018, İnkılâp Kitabevi,
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External links
Short BBC documentary on the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul hosted by Pelin Batu