ZUMRUT CANSEL "My mother Feri Cansel was brutally murdered in front of my eyes"
Melih Ük suddenly got up from his chair, went to the American bar, and retrieved a gun from a drawer. Feri Cansel then began screaming, "This man is going to kill me, help me!" Ük then shouted, "You deserved to die. You have another lover. I won't let you help him." That's when everything happened. His daughter, Zümrüt, recounted the events as follows: I left my room while my mother was arguing with Melih, who had come to collect some personal belongings. My mother was crying. I went back in. Melih had a gun in his hand. At first, I thought he was just jokingly scaring my mother. When I reentered at the sound of gunshots, I saw my mother slumped against the wall and fall to the floor. The gun went off again, and I remember falling unconscious onto my mother. One of the bullets grazed my forehead. Two days after the murder, Melih Ük was captured in Moda. At the police station, she confessed that Feri had grabbed the gun to chase her away, and that the gun had gone off in the ensuing chaos. At the 1984 hearing, Kemal Melik Ün was sentenced to 15 years and 10 months in prison. However, Ük, who had served seven years, was released from prison under an amnesty. A three-year-old picture of Ük was found in Feri Cansel's wallet. Relatives collected money to send his body to Cyprus. Following a funeral prayer attended by a few old acquaintances in Nicosia Cemetery, he was laid to rest quietly. Zümrüt was just a little girl when her mother was murdered before her eyes. Her hands were covered in blood from touching her mother, and she was at a loss for words. Not everyone could bear the trauma she experienced, but she left all the darkness behind and continued on her path with strong steps... This is the story of a woman born from her pain, clinging to life. When Zümrüt Cansel was born in England on March 23, 1963, Yeşilçam cinema was experiencing its best years, but her life would be changed by the fate of her mother. Her mother, Feri Cansel, was born in Cyprus in 1944. At the age of 13, she moved to England to study hairdressing. She worked there for a while, doing manicures and pedicures. Feri Cansel, a restless woman at that age, was practically restless. She had many dreams, but her family married her to a British citizen at the age of 13 or 14. Although she didn't agree, she couldn't go against her family. Four years later, she welcomed the most precious thing in her life, her daughter, Zümrüt. In the 1960s, while everyone else was eager to go to Europe, Feri Cansel decided to return to Turkey and came to Turkey for six months on a tourist visa. Separated from her husband, the famous star stayed with a belly dancer friend. They rented a house in Pangaltı. In 1964, when her daughter Zümrüt was one year old, she found work as a service hostess at a Parisien club. With her physique and beauty, anyone who looked at her would later become a striptease star. It was clear from her appearance that her star would rise. That same year, she appeared in front of the cameras alongside Ahmet Mekin in the film "Blood and Pride." As the films continued to roll, she met her first great love, Yılmaz Güney, and fell so deeply in love with him that she later said: "Yılmaz is the best person I've ever met in Türkiye. He's a man who speaks his mind, straight-faced. Handsome, strong, knowledgeable, and tough, like a rock. Since I married a man 15 years my senior at 13, I've always longed to meet a man like Yılmaz, someone who would give—or rather, snatch—everything she desires. Thank God, my dreams have come true; I've found the man I've been looking for. I'm devoted to Yılmaz, I love him. I hope I won't be disappointed in the end and can end this happy relationship with a happy ending." However, this love soon ended. Feri's dreams of staying in Turkey and becoming a Turkish citizen were also dashed. In 1971, she married a doorman named Izzettin Tuzcu to obtain Turkish citizenship. He paid her 6,000 lira in exchange. The 1970s brought her both luck and misfortune. She had obtained Turkish citizenship, but Turkish cinema had entered an erotic era. Feri Cansel was forced to appear in these films. During this period, Feri Cansel starred in many films, adding to her fame. However, when the adult film era ended, like many other actors, she became a name left out in the cold. In the late 1970s, when Feri Cansel's cinematic prominence was fading, her daughter Zümrüt had become a young woman. Zümrüt began her education at Namık Kemal Elementary School in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. By high school, she, too, aspired to be a famous actress like her mother. She began her film career in 1978 with the film "Hababam Sınıfı Doku Doğuuyor" (Gives Nine Births). In it, she played the role of Ayşe, Kıvırcık's great love. Thanks to this film, she became a household name throughout Türkiye. While everything was going well for Zümrüt, life would be very cruel to her mother, Feri Cansel. Feri Cansel began singing in nightclubs during that time. #hababamsınıfı #fe...