Ayta Sözeri

Ayta Sözeri (born 31 March 1976) is a Turkish actress, singer and LGBT activist.

Biography
Sözeri was born on 31 March 1976 in West Germany. Her mother was of Circassian descent. Her family settled in İzmir in 1982 and she underwent sex reassignment surgery at the age of 20. She graduated from the Ege University Business Administration Department and took Turkish classical music at Dokuz Eylül University. Later she started performing as a backing vocalist for a number of artists, including Sezen Aksu.

Discography

 * Singles
 * "Büklüm Büklüm" (2018)
 * "Yanayım Yanayım" (2018)
 * "Gülü Susuz Seni Aşksız Bırakmam" (Aşkın'ın Şarkıları) (2019)
 * "Rustik" (ft. Uraz Kaygılaroğlu) (Eltilerin Savaşı soundtrack) (2020)
 * "Anılarıma Yazık" (2020)

Awards

 * 50th Cinema Writers Association Awards, Best Supporting Actress Performance, Aile Arasında, 2018