Güliz Kucur

Güliz Kucur died on 6 November 2026 at the age of 61. FilmSan Vakfı, which represents workers in Turkish film and television, published a condolence message asking for God's mercy for her and offering strength to her family and those who loved her. No official cause of death was released. Some reports said she had previously been treated for cancer, without confirming that illness as the cause of her death. Her funeral was held on 7 November 2026 after the noon prayer at Hacı Sarıgül Camii, with burial at Bahçeköy Mezarlığı.

Güliz Kucur was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1965. She completed her higher education at Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Fine Arts, in the Cinema, Television and Photography department. That training in image and narrative prepared her for a career writing for the screen rather than remaining only in academic study. From İzmir she moved into the professional television industry that was expanding rapidly in Turkey in the early 1990s, as new channels created demand for long running evening dramas and comedies.

Kucur's professional credits stretch from the early 1990s into the 2010s. She contributed to Süper Baba (1993) and Son Söz Sevginin (1993), then to İkinci Bahar (1998) and Deli Yürek (1999), including treatment work on those projects. She was also part of the writing team for Aynalı Tahir. In the mid 2000s she helped shape two of Turkish television's best known family dramas, Yabancı Damat (2004) and Aliye (2004), both of which drew very large audiences. Later credits included Babam ve Biz, Seni Yaşatacağım, Alacakaranlık, Tatlı Bela Fadime, Son Ağa and Küstüm Çiçeği. Across genres she was valued for readable structure, warm characterisation and an ear for dialogue that suited mass evening viewing.

Public coverage of Kucur's private life was limited. Tributes after her death consistently described her as a hayvansever, someone known for her care for animals. She kept a relatively low personal profile compared with the fame of the series she wrote, and media accounts focused on her professional body of work rather than detailed family biography.

Kucur is remembered as one of the screenwriters who helped define Turkish mainstream television in the 1990s and 2000s. Series such as Süper Baba, İkinci Bahar, Deli Yürek, Yabancı Damat and Aliye remain reference points for producers, writers and viewers who grew up with those evening dramas. Her name appears whenever Turkish media list the writers behind that generation of hit series, and her work continues to circulate in rebroadcasts and online discussion of classic Turkish diziler.