{{short description|Turkish critic, writer and translator (born 1942)}} {{use dmy|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Sevin Okyay | native_name= | image = SevinOkyay.jpg | alt = A close-up black-and-white portrait of an older woman smiling at the camera. Her fist is resting against her cheek, obscuring half her mouth. | caption = Sevin Okyay (2008) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|25|df=yes}} | birth_place= Istanbul, Turkey | death_date = | death_place= | occupation = Literary critic, journalist, writer, translator | education = | notable_works= ''Harry Potter'' translations | children = 2 | website = }} '''Sevin Okyay''' (born 11 November 1942, Istanbul)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beyazperde.com/sanatcilar/sanatci-558578/|title=Sevin Okyay|publisher=Beyazperde|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=onk/> is a Turkish critic, journalist, author, columnist, radio host and translator.<ref name=edemirtas>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetekadikoy.com.tr/gundem/haydarpasayla-olmak-ok-gzel|title=“Haydarpaşa’yla olmak çok güzel”|trans-title="It's so nice to be with Haydarpaşa"|date=2017-06-15|publisher=Gazete Kadıköy|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=zbilgehan2024/> Best known for her translations of the ''Harry Potter'' books, Okyay is Turkey's first female film critic.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Nexon |editor-first1=Daniel H. |editor-last2=Neumann |editor-first2=Iver B. |chapter=Foreign yet Familiar |first1=Ann |last1=Towns |first2=Bahar |last2=Rumelili |title=Harry Potter and International Relations |date=2006 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7425-3959-4 |pages=71–74 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKcWE3WXoj8C&pg=PA72 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=yaldogan>{{cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/sevin-okyay-kac-odul-aldigimi-bilmiyorum-1831014|title=Sevin Okyay, "Kaç ödül aldığımı bilmiyorum!"|trans-title=Sevin Okyay, "I don't know how many awards I received!"|last=Aldoğan|first=Yazgülü|date=2021-04-26|publisher=Cumhuriyet|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=intlwomendirectors>{{cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/4-uluslararasi-kadin-yonetmenler-festivali-emek-odulu-sevin-okyayin-1815957|title=4. Uluslararası Kadın Yönetmenler Festivali Emek Ödülü, Sevin Okyay’ın|trans-title=4. International Women Directors Festival Labor Award, Sevin Okyay's|date=2021-02-24|publisher=Cumhuriyet|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=onk/><ref name=pilkiz/> She writes about cinema, sports, literature and jazz<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name= pilkiz/> and hosts two radio shows: ''Caz ve Ötesi'' (''Jazz and Beyond'') and ''Cinayet Masası'' (''Murder Desk'').<ref name=edemirtas/><ref name=osolak/>
==Early life and career== Okyay and her younger brother Sinan were born to an architect-engineer father and a housemaker mother.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=bdegirmenci/> Their father was Albanian and their mother was Circassian.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/> They spent their childhood winters in Beşiktaş and the summers in Maltepe.<ref name=bdegirmenci/> They lived with their mother following their parents' divorce when Okyay was 10 or 12.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=bdegirmenci/> She credits her mother with starting her love of the arts through taking her and her brother to plays and concerts, and reading to them.<ref name=pilkiz2017/><ref name=osolak/>
While attending Arnavutköy American High School for Girls, Okyay played basketball and volleyball. Tansu Çiller was a classmate and volleyball teammate.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=osolak/><ref name=bdegirmenci/> Okyay briefly attended university before being expelled for absenteeism.<ref name=bdegirmenci/>
Okyay has been a translator since 1963.<ref name=arasiravedaima>{{cite web|url=https://724kultursanat.com/sevin-okyay-eski-kelimelerle-yaziyor-neden-mi/|title=Sevin Okyay eski kelimelerle yazıyor neden mi|trans-title=Why does Sevin Okyay write with old words?|date=2018-11-15|last= Rençberler|first=Yavuz|publisher=7/24 Kültür Sanat|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=zbilgehan2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/zeynep-bilgehan/cevirmen-yazar-ve-sinema-elestirmeni-sevin-okyay-nuri-bilgeyi-daha-ilk-filminde-kesfettim-42572500|title=Çevirmen, yazar ve sinema eleştirmeni Sevin Okyay: Nuri Bilge’yi daha ilk filminde keşfettim|trans-title=Translator, writer and film critic Sevin Okyay: I discovered Nuri Bilge in his first film|last=Bilgehan|first=Zeynep|publisher=Hürriyet|date=2024-10-27|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref> Her first translation was a 333-page detective novel by Georgette Heyer about a 19th-century thief in London, which she found challenging due to the slang.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=coktemer/> She became a political correspondent for ''Politika'' in 1975 to financially supplement her translation work.<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=onk/> While at ''Politika'', she was given an assignment to speak to members of the Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey. The team was leaving as she arrived and they advised her to wait for them to return. They did not. She was later arrested by police for loitering and spent four days in jail.<ref name=pilkiz2017/> She started at ''Milliyet Ekler'' in 1983 and worked closely with Enis Batur. Batur sent her to see Federico Fellini's ''And the Ship Sails On'' in 1984;<ref name=zbilgehan2024/><ref name=bdegirmenci/> while the job was ostensibly meant for her colleague Ömer Madra, he refused to write the column and encouraged her to do so instead. This made her Turkey's first female film critic.<ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak/><ref name=edemirtas/> Over the course of her career, Okyay has worked for ''Radikal'', ''Dunya'', ''Ayrıntılı Haber'', ''Hürriyet'', ''Gergedan'', ''Şehir'', ''Kapris'', ''Star'', ''Gösteri'', ''Elele'' and ''Kadın''.<ref name=ulusalyarisma>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulusalyarisma.com/juri-single2.html|title=Sevin Okyay|publisher= Ulusal Yarışma|language=tr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125459/https://www.ulusalyarisma.com/juri-single2.html|archive-date=2017-10-27}}</ref><ref name=pilkiz/> She also translated for UNICEF's magazine.<ref name=coktemer>{{cite web|url=https://www.agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/2426/sevin-okyay-herkes-yazdigina-gore-yakinda-okur-kalmayacak|title=Sevin Okyay: Herkes yazdığına göre yakında okur kalmayacak|trans-title=Sevin Okyay: Since everyone has written, there will be no readers soon|last= Öktemer|first=Can|date=2012-09-14|publisher=Agos|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref> She began writing about sports while working for ''Nokta''.<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=osolak/>
Okyay presented ''Ve Sinema'' on TRT for five and a half years.<ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak>{{cite web|url=https://dedektifdergi.com/sevin-okyay-ile-roportaj/|title=Sevin Okyay ile Röportaj|trans-title=Interview with Sevin Okyay|date=2020-06-21|interviewer-last=Solak|interviewer-first=Özlem|publisher=Dedektif Dergi|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> Though she has a been involved in radio programming since 1995, with her detective program ''Cinayet Masası'' (''Murder Desk'') on air for 26 years as of 2024,<ref name=zbilgehan2024/> it wasn't until the COVID-19 pandemic that she joined Açık Radyo and later NTV Radio to broadcast her music show ''Caz ve Ötesi'' (''Jazz and Beyond'').<ref name=edemirtas/><ref name=osolak/> Earlier in her career, she appeared in the 1999 film ''Run for Money'' and translated plays including ''The House of Bernarda Alba'', ''Hamlet 2001'' and ''Othello''.<ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/>
She continues to write about cinema, literature, jazz and sports for ''Milliyet'', ''221B'' and ''BirGün'', among other publications.<ref name=edemirtas/><ref name=pilkiz>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/hurriyet-cumartesi/acilislara-sevin-okyayin-ablasiyim-deyip-giriyorum-40580041|title=Açılışlara ‘Sevin Okyay’ın ablasıyım’ deyip giriyorum|trans-title=I'm going to start with the opening "I am Sevin Okyay's sister"|date=2017-09-15|publisher= Hürriyet|last= İlkiz|first=Pınar|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milliyetsanat.com/yazar-detay/sevin-okyay-/ille-de-kotu-adamlar/599|title=İlle de kötü adamlar|trans-title=Not necessarily the bad guys|last=Okyay|first=Sevin|publisher=Milliyet|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> She also sits on juries for multiple associations, including the award committees for the International Crime and Punishment Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lacivertdergi.com/soylesi/2015/10/06/her-tur-ayrimciliga-dikkat-cekmek-istiyoruz|title=Lacivert Yazı İşleri: Her tür ayrımcılığa dikkat çekmek istiyoruz|trans-title=Lacivert Yazı İşleri: We want to draw attention to all kinds of discrimination|publisher=Lacivert Dergi|date=2015-10-06|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=bdegirmenci/> the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts' Talât Sait Halman Translation Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iksv.org/tr/haber/tal-t-sait-halman-ceviri-odulu-nun-sahibi-zafer-ceylan-oldu|title=Talât Sait Halman Çeviri Ödülü'nün sahibi Zafer Ceylan oldu|trans-title=Zafer Ceylan became the winner of the Talât Sait Halman Translation Award|date=2023-01-13|publisher=Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denizli24haber.com/amp/kultur-sanat/prof-ali-volkan-erdemir-iksv-ceviri-odulunun-sahibi-oldu/65911|title=Prof. Ali Volkan Erdemir, İKSV çeviri ödülünün sahibi oldu|trans-title=Prof. Ali Volkan Erdemir won the İKSV translation award|date=2024|publisher= Denizli Haber|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfulliving.com.tr/gundem/talt-sait-halman-ceviri-odulu-fuat-sevimaya-takdim-edildi-i-14533|title=Talât Sait Halman Çeviri Ödülü, Fuat Sevimay’a Takdim Edildi|trans-title=Talât Sait Halman Translation Award Presented to Fuat Sevimay|date=2018-01-16|publisher=Artful Living|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=bdegirmenci/> Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dha.com.tr/foto-galeri/altin-portakalin-ulusal-uzun-metraj-yarismasinda-yer-alacak-filmler-aciklandi-2307602/2|title='Altın Portakal'ın 'Ulusal Uzun Metraj Yarışması'nda yer alacak filmler açıklandı|trans-title=The films that will take part in the 'National Feature Competition' of 'Golden Orange' have been announced|date=2023-09-06|publisher=Demirören Haber Ajansı|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> and the Turkish Film Critics Association.<ref name=bdegirmenci/> In 2017, journalist Pınar İlkiz wrote a book about Okyay's life called ''Hakikaten-Sevin Okyay Anlatıyor''.<ref name=pilkiz2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/herkesin-sevgilisi-sevin-okyay-kendini-anlatiyor-177981|title=Herkesin sevgilisi Sevin Okyay kendini anlatıyor|trans-title=Everyone's darling Sevin Okyay tells about herself|date=2017-09-06|publisher=BirGün|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref>
==Personal life== Okyay married at 21<ref name=zbilgehan2024/> and had two children, son Kutlukhan Kutlu and daughter Elif Kutlu.<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=pilkiz/><ref name=edemirtas/> She and her spouse later divorced.<ref name=bdegirmenci/> Kutlukhan is also a translator and worked with his mother on the ''Harry Potter'' books, while Elif directs broadcasts for NTV.<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=pilkiz/> Okyay has lived in Kadıköy for more than 25 years.<ref name=edemirtas/>
==Awards== * 2010: Made an honorary member of SİYAD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edebiyathaber.net/sevin-okyay/|title=Sevin Okyay|date=2010-05-14|publisher=Edebiyat Haber|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> * 2012: Cinema Honor Award at the International Istanbul Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/sevin-okyay-radikale-yazmam-icin-yazi-istemeleri-lazim,200888|title=Sevin Okyay: Radikal'e yazmam için yazı istemeleri lazım|trans-title=Sevin Okyay: They need to ask for an article for me to write to Radikal|date=2012-04-03|publisher=T24|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref> * 2013: Cinema Labor Award, SİYAD<ref name=zbilgehan2024/> * 2013: Cinema Honor Award, İKSV<ref name=zbilgehan2024/> * 2014: Honorary award for contributions to translation, Çeviri Derneği<ref name=onk/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetevatan.com/kultur-sanat/sevin-okyay-a-ceviri-onur-odulu-709589|title=Sevin Okyay'a çeviri onur ödülü...|trans-title=Translation honorary award to Sevin Okyay...|date=2014-12-22|publisher=Vatan|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> * 2016: Mavi Anka Award, Fantasy and Science Fiction Arts Association<ref>{{cite web|url=https://724kultursanat.com/mavi-anka-onur-odulu-sevin-okyaya/|title=Mavi Anka onur ödülü Sevin Okyay’a|trans-title=Mavi Anka honorary award to Sevin Okyay|date=2016-11-27|last= Rençberler|first=Yavuz|publisher=7/24 Kültür Sanat|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref> * 2019: Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award, Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival<ref name=onk>{{cite web|url=https://www.onkajans.com/sevin-okyay-onk-ajansta|title=Sevin Okyay ONK Ajans'ta|date=2019-02-11|publisher=ONK Ajans'ta|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref> * 2021: Orhan Kemal Labor Award at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival<ref name=yesilgazete2021>{{cite web|url=https://yesilgazete.org/orhan-kemal-emek-odulu-sevin-okyay-ve-ertunc-senkayin-oldu/|title=Orhan Kemal Emek Ödülü Sevin Okyay ve Ertunç Şenkay’ın oldu|trans-title=Orhan Kemal Labor Award went to Sevin Okyay and Ertunç Şenkay|publisher= Yeşil Gazete|date=2021-09-08|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=bdegirmenci/> * 2022: Contribution to Cinema Award at the International Crime and Punishment Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/573286/kültür/ev-sinemasından-vizyona-bu-hafta-savaş-kahramanı-bir-kadın-buluttaki-gölge|title=Ev sinemasından vizyona bu hafta: Savaş kahramanı bir kadın; Buluttaki Gölge|trans-title=Honorary awards announced|last=Erdogan|first=Mehmet|date=2022-11-07|publisher=The Independent Turkey|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> * 2021: Labor Award, Cinema Writing at the International Women Directors Festival<ref name=intlwomendirectors/> * 2022: Mass Communication Award at the Ankara Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanattanyansimalar.com/livaneli-gokmen-ve-okyay-a-onur-odulu/6997/|title=Livaneli, Gökmen ve Okyay'a Onur Ödülü|trans-title=Honorary Award to Livaneli, Gökmen and Okyay|date=2022-10-12|publisher=Sanattan Yansımalar|access-date=2025-04-20|language=tr}}</ref> * 2023: Labor Award at the İzmir International Film and Music Festival<ref name=bdegirmenci>{{cite web|url=https://www.ozgurpolitika.com/haberi-bir-sinema-tutkunu-sevin-okyay-177943|title=Bir sinema tutkunu: Sevin Okyay|trans-title=A movie enthusiast: Sevin Okyay|last= Değirmenci|first=Bircan|date=2023-06-21|publisher=Politika|access-date=2025-04-18|language=tr}}</ref>
==Bibliography== * 1996: ''Ilk Romanim'' (''My First Novel'') - children's book<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/><ref name=coktemer/> * 1996: ''120 Filmde Seyriâlem'' (''A Cinema Tour in 120 Films'') - selected movie critiques<ref name=ulusalyarisma/> * 1998: ''Çiçek Dürbünü'' (''Kaleidoscope'') - collected essays<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/> * 2002: ''Gol Atan Kaleye'' (''Goal to the Goalkeeper'') - essay<ref name=ulusalyarisma/> * 2010: ''Masal Pınarı'' (''Fairytale Spring'') - play; staged by Pınar Selek<ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mimesis-dergi.org/2010/11/masal-pinari-pinar-selek-icin/|title=“Masal Pınarı”: Pınar Selek için…|trans-title="Fairy Tale Spring": For Pınar Selek...|date=2010-11-28|publisher=Mimesis|access-date=2025-04-21|language=tr}}</ref> * 2018: ''Ara Sıra Ve Daima'' (''Sometimes and Always'') - "portrait articles" about people who changed her life; originally published in ''Radikal''<ref name= arasiravedaima/><ref name=ecelik>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kitap-sanat/yuzlerce-arkadasi-olan-bir-asosyal-sevin-okyay-41012060|title=Yüzlerce arkadaşı olan bir ‘asosyal’: Sevin Okyay|trans-title=An 'asocial' with hundreds of friends: Sevin Okyay|date=2018-11-08|publisher=Hürriyet|last=Celik|first=Ece|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref><ref name=osolak/>
===Selected translations=== During the COVID-19 pandemic, Okyay translated ''Othello'' and ''Fırtına''.<ref name=bdegirmenci/><ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/> She has also translated the plays ''Seeking for Helen'' and ''Benim Cyrenos''<ref name=onk/><ref name=ulusalyarisma/> and the lyrics for Nuri Pakdil's play ''Horror''.<ref name=onk/><ref name=osolak/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Original title !! Author !! Translation !! Publication year !! Publisher !! ISBN !! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | ''Tales of the Early World'' || Ted Hughes || ''Ilk Dünya Hikayeleri'' || rowspan="3" | 1999 || rowspan="11" | Yapı Kredi Yayınları || {{ISBN|975-363-784-5}} || <ref name=seherbazbio>{{cite web|url=http://seherbaz.com/?page_id=169|title=Sevin Okyay Biyografisi|trans-title=Sevin Okyay Biography|publisher=seherbaz.com|language=tr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125523/http://seherbaz.com/?page_id=169|archive-date=2017-10-27}}</ref> |- | ''Delights of Turkey'' || Edouard Roditi || ''Türkiye Tatlari'' || {{ISBN|975-363-909-0}} || <ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction'' || J.D. Salinger || ''Yükseltin Tavan Kirisini, Ustalar ve Seymour - bir Giris'' || {{ISBN|975-363-318-1}} || With Coskun Yerli<ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Animal Farm'' || George Orwell || ''Hayvanlar Çiftliği'' || 2000 || {{isbn|9789757736776}} || <ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' || rowspan="7" | J.K. Rowling || ''Harry Potter ve Sirlar Odasi'' || rowspan="3" | 2001 || {{ISBN|975-08-0295-0}} || <ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' || ''Harry Potter ve Azkaban Tutsagi'' || {{ISBN|975-08-0311-6}} || rowspan="2" | With Kutlukhan Kutlu<ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' || ''Harry Potter ve Ates Kadehi'' || {{ISBN|975-08-0331-0}} |- | ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' || ''Fantastik Canavlar Nelerdir, Nerelerde Bulunurlar?'' || 2002 || {{ISBN|975-08-0413-9}} || With Gül Sarioglu<ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' || ''Harry Potter ve Zümrüdüanka Yoldasligi'' || 2003 || {{ISBN|975-08-0645-X}} || rowspan="3" | With Kutlukhan Kutlu<ref name=seherbazbio/> |- | ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' || ''Harry Potter ve Melez Prens'' || 2005 || {{ISBN|975-08-0995-5}} |- | ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' || ''Harry Potter ve Ölüm Yadigarları'' || 2007 || {{isbn| 9789750812989}} |- | ''Death on the Nile'' || rowspan="2" | Agatha Christie || rowspan="2" | ''Nil'de Ölüm - Malikanedeki Esrar'' || rowspan="2" | 2010 || rowspan="2" | NTV Yayınları || rowspan="2" | {{ISBN| 9786055813673}} || rowspan="2" | |- | ''The Secret of Chimneys'' |- | ''The Pony Mad Princess - a Surprise for Princess Ellie'' || Diana Kimpton || ''Midilli Tutkunu Prenses – Prenses Ellie'ye Sürpriz'' || 2011 || Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları || {{ISBN|9786053603627}} || |- | ''The Call of Cthulhu'' || rowspan="5" | H. P. Lovecraft || rowspan="5" | ''Cthulhu’nun Çağrısı ve Diğer Tuhaf Öyküler'' || rowspan="5" | 2019 || rowspan="5" | DEX || rowspan="5" | {{isbn|9786050959512}} || rowspan="5" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfulliving.com.tr/edebiyat/cthulhunun-cagrisi-ve-diger-tuhaf-oykuler-i-18131|title=Cthulhu’nun Çağrısı ve Diğer Tuhaf Öyküler|trans-title=Cthulhu's Call and Other Strange Stories|date=2019-03-13|publisher=Artful Living|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref> |- | ''The Colour Out of Space'' |- | ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' |- | ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'' |- | ''At the Mountains of Madness'' |- | ''Remember This House'' || James Baldwin || ''Ben Senin Zencin Değilim’i'' || 2020 || Kırmızı Kedi Yayinevi || {{isbn| 9786052986516 }} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/bugun-gunlerden-cumhuriyet-kitap-1750121|title=BUGÜN günlerden Cumhuriyet Kitap! (08.07.2020)|trans-title=|publisher=Cumhuriyet|date=2020-07-09|access-date=2025-04-19|language=tr}}</ref> |}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060712214557/http://www.gazetem.net/sevinokyay.asp A collection of her critiques (in Turkish)] *[http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2006/ankara/festival_sokyay.htm/ An article in English by Okyay on the 9th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival]
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