Hülya Avşar (born 10 October 1963) is a popular Turkish actress, pop folk singer, businesswoman, columnist, fashion designer, magazine editor, professional tennis player, and former beauty pageant titleholder.

Biography

Hülya Avşar was born to a Kurdish father and a Turkish mother. In a television talk show she hosted, she told that her father's Kurdish name is Ello, and her Kurdish birth name is Malakan.

In 1982 Avşar married Mehmet Tecirli, an engineering student; however, they divorced shortly after she became pregnant at the age of 16. Avşar married for a second time in 1997 to Kaya Çilingiroğlu which ended in divorce in 2005; they have one daughter named Zehra. She has also dated former 1987-88 European Golden Shoe football player Tanju Çolak and businessman Sadettin Saran between 2007-10.