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Danla Bilic

Neslihan Damla Aktepe (born 5 October 1994), better known as Danla Bilic, is a Turkish Internet personality and beauty YouTuber.

Danla Bilic
Personal information
Born
Neslihan Damla Aktepe

(1994-10-05) 5 October 1994 (age 30)
Kütahya, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–present
Genres
Subscribers2.6+ million[1]
Total views501+ million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: 14 June 2022

Aktepe first drew attention to herself by a series of incidents on Twitter. Aktepe, who opened a makeup channel on YouTube, gained a significant number of subscribers over a short period. Subsequently, her style of content diversified to include vlogs, joint broadcasts with singers, models, and other Internet celebrities. She also participated in various television programs. Throughout her career, Aktepe's behavior was occasionally criticized and legal proceedings were initiated by some individuals and institutions against her.

As of May 2020, Aktepe has 2.6 million subscribers on YouTube.[2]

Life and career

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Aktepe was born on 5 October 1994 in Kütahya to a family of Circassian origin.[3] As she would constantly misspell her name as Danla during her childhood, and since she was a fan of Beşiktaş manager Slaven Bilić, she decided to use the name Danla Bilic for her career on the Internet.

Breakthrough

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Aktepe first became recognized on the Internet through Twitter.[4] In late 2015, Aktepe contacted football players such as Alper Potuk, Nadir Çiftçi, Léonard Kweuke, Emre Çolak and Thibaut Courtois via direct message on Instagram and sent messages containing the phrase "Send me your number". By publicly publishing their responses on Twitter, Aktepe managed to get the attention of social media users and various media organizations in Turkey.[5][6] In her attempt to send these messages, Aktepe was influenced by the messages that Cristiano Ronaldo sent to Turkish model Cansu Taşkın.[7]

YouTube career

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Aktepe opened her YouTube channel under the name Danla Bilic in 2016.[2] The video titled "Yeditepe University 50% Scholarship Girl Makeup", which was uploaded to the channel in November 2016, helped with increasing her fame and similar videos were published afterwards.[8] In 2017, the number of followers onAktepe's YouTube and Twitter platforms increased significantly. In August 2017, she quarreled with Sinan Binay, the cameraman who shot her videos, and Binay left the job.[9] During this period, a number of Aktepe's jokes on Twitter in which she had pretended to be a trans person and had made fun of trans people resurfaced in the media and attracted criticism.[9] In November 2017, Aktepe was invited to the popular talk show Beyaz Show.[10]

In December 2017, after her channel was closed for a short time and then reopened, Aktepe announced on Twitter that she had closed the channel by mistake.[11] During the same period, due to a video published on her channel in which she was caught saying "Commit suicide, get rid of this life" the prosecutor's office opened an investigation against Aktepe after receiving complaints that she was "encouraging young people to commit suicide".[12][13]

Between 2016 and 2018, Aktepe hosted people such as Ece Seçkin, İrem Derici, Merve Özbey, Kerimcan Durmaz, İrem Sak, Ziynet Sali and Derya Uluğ on her channel.[14] In 2018, Aktepe got into a feud with writer and behavioral scientist Aşkım Kapışmak. Kapışmak later filed a lawsuit against Aktepe, claiming that she "damaged his reputation" by calling him a man "who lacked honor, with no character". In September 2018, the court dismissed the case, stating that there were not enough criminal elements available.[15] In the last months of 2018, Kerimcan Durmaz, Aktepe and Enes Batur were sued by the Association for the Protection of Children from Harassment and Social Media, on the grounds that they "had a negative impact on children".[16] Aktepe responded to the issue by saying, "When I was talking to myself at home, I thought 'Oh God, did I say something wrong now'. Ah, that's enough. We cannot talk. Am I a teacher, am I required to be a role model for everyone?" and "If a 10-year-old child watches us it's their family's fault".[17][18]

Personal life

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In 2018, Aktepe separated from her boyfriend Berat Demir.[19]

In July 2018, Aktepe underwent bariatric surgery.[20] In 2019, she underwent rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty surgeries.[21][22]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 44th Golden Butterfly Awards Best YouTuber/Instagrammer Nominated [23]
2018 45th Golden Butterfly Awards Best YouTuber/Instagrammer Nominated [24]
2019 Denebunu Awards 2019's Most Inspiring Influencer Won [25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About danlabilic". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Danla Bilic's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Danla Bilic: Çektiği Makyaj Videoları ile Ün Kazanan İnternet Fenomeni". 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Danla Bilic: "Kaşarlık' yaparak adımı duyurdum!"". Sözcü (in Turkish). 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Danla Bilic adlı kullanıcı futbolcuları böyle kandırıyor!". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Alper Potuk'a sosyal medyada Danla Bilic uyarısı". Karar.com (in Turkish). 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Ronaldo Taktiğiyle 3 Futbolcuyla Dalga Geçti". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Danla Biliç: 20 Bin Takipçim Vardı, Şimdi 2,5 Milyon Takipçim Var". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Danla Bilic ve Sinan mahkemelik oldu!". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Demet Özdemir, Serdar Ortaç ve Danla Biliç'in 'takipçi' çekişmesi Beyaz Show'a damgasını vurdu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. ^ "YouTube fenomeni Danla Bilic'in kanalının neden kapandığı ortaya çıktı - Sayfa 1". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Ünlü Youtuber Danla Bilic'e soruşturma (Danla Bilic kimdir?)". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  13. ^ "YouTuber Danla Bilic'e 'intihara teşvik'ten soruşturma". Diken. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Derya Uluğ ve Danla Bilic videosu neden tepki topladı?". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Danla Bilic'e dava açan Aşkım Kapışmak'a mahkemeden ret". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Kerimcan Durmaz Enes Batur ve Danla Bilic'e dava açıldı!". Takvim (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Danla Bilic isyan etti! "Sahipsiz sandılar, beni yemeye kalktılar"". Sözcü (in Turkish). 3 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  18. ^ Mynet (13 November 2018). "Danla Bilic ve Kerimcan Durmaz, Enes Batur'u suçladı". Mynet Magazin (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Sevgilisi Berat Demir'den ayrıldığı iddia edilen Danla Bilic'ten ilk açıklama". Sözcü (in Turkish). 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Danla Bilic: Bir yerlerimi saklamaktan bunaldığımı fark ettim (Mide küçültme ameliyatı)". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Danla Bilic: Ameliyatla Japon oldum - Sayfa 3". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Danla Bilic burun estetiği oldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 19 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Enes Batur En iyi Youtuber ödülünü kazandı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Pantene Altın Kelebek Ödüllerinde İzmitli Finalist". İşte Kocaeli Gazetesi (in Turkish). 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  25. ^ Gazetesi, Yurt (12 March 2020). "En sevilen ürünler belli oldu". yurtgazetesi.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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