Defne Samyeli

Defne Samyeli (born 1 July 1972) is a Turkish TV presenter, columnist, singer and actress.

Defne Samyeli
Samyeli on Tolga Çevik's Tolgshow in 2018
Born	(1972-07-01) 1 July 1972 (age 53)[1] Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation(s)	TV presenter, actress, columnist, singer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Eren Talu ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2011)​
Children	2[2]

Life

Samyeli was born as the first child of an Istanbul admiral Haluk and hotel manager Sendegül who is from Adana's Ramazanoğullarli family.^[3] In 1991, she ranked third on Turkey's beauty pageant.^[4]

Samyeli, who started her career as a journalist and graduated from Boğaziçi University, was a news reporter in the main news bulletin of Kanal D under the direction of Tuncay Özkan. She received 2 international awards for her different news presentation in the main news bulletin of Kanal D. Samyeli has been a columnist for Milliyet newspaper, the editor and presenter of Show TV's main news bulletin, and a writer for Güneş newspaper. As of May 2010 for a while she presented the program Defne Her şey Bambaşka on ATV.^[5] Samyeli who worked as a columnist for Milliyet for so many years, parted her ways from the newspaper on 3 January 2015.^[6]

Filmography

Film

• 2023: Prestij Meselesi

TV programs

• 1991–1994: Salı Pazarı (Star TV)
• 1992–1993: İyi Günler Türkiye (Star TV)
• 1994: Pazar Show (Show TV)
• 1994–1995: Show'da Show (Show TV)
• 1996: Şakalamaca (Kanal D)
• 1996–1999: Defne Samyeli ile Gecenin İçinden (Kanal D)
• 1998: Defne Samyeli ile Flaş Haber (Kanal D)
• 1999–2002: Kanal D Ana Haber Bülteni (Kanal D)
• 2002: Seçim 2002 (Show TV)
• 2002–2007: Show TV Ana Haber Bülteni (Show TV)
• 2004: Seçim 2004 (Show TV)
• 2006: Vizyon (Show TV)
• 2007: Seçim 2007 (Show TV)
• 2010: Herşey Bambaşka (ATV)
• 2011: 45 Dakika (A Haber)
• 2011: Söz Teması (A Haber)

TV series

• 2013: Babam Sınıfta Kaldı (Çiğdem) (Fox TV)
• 2015–2016: Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (Asya/Zeynep) (Kanal D)
• 2018: İstanbullu Gelin (Star TV)
• 2020: Hekimoğlu (Kanal D)
• 2020–2021: Sol Yanım (Asena) (Star TV)
• 2022–2023 : Aldatmak (Elmas Heves) (atv)

Discography

• 1994 – Tek Başına^[7]
• 2015 – Son Arzum (single)^[8]
• 2019 – Ağla Ağla (single)^[9]
• 2022 – Abidin (single)

Newspapers she has written for

• 2000: Milliyet
• 2002–2009: Güneş
• 2013–2015: Milliyet

TV channels she has worked for

• 1991–1994: Star TV
• 1994: Teleon TV
• 1994–1995: Show TV
• 1996–2002: Kanal D
• 2002–2007: Show TV
• 2010: ATV
• 2011: A Haber