Career
Şahin posed nude for the German edition of Playboy magazine in May, 2011, and became the first Turkish woman to appear on the cover of the magazine. In the interview published in the magazine, Şahin described her act as one of liberation and described it as a revolution akin to Che Guevara:
"My upbringing was conservative, I was always told, you must not go out, you must not make yourself look so attractive, you mustn’t have male friends. I have always abided by what men say.
As a result I developed an extreme desire for freedom.
I feel like Che Guevara. I have to do everything I want, otherwise I feel like I may as well be dead."
Her father doesn"t belong to any and her mother is Christian.
And the Playboy cover with Sila Sahin is not a religious statement.”.