Name: Afife Jale
Genre: Biography
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Müjde Ar, Tarik Tarcan, Macit Koper

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Biography of Turkish stage actress and the first Muslim theatre actress in Turkey.

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