Background
She was born in 1902 as Münire Eyüp at Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.
She was born in 1902 as Münire Eyüp at Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.
She graduated from Teachers" School for Girls in Istanbul, and then attended the American College for Girls Istanbul without finishing lieutenant
Her professional acting career began when she featured in the 1923 movie Ateşten Gömlek (The Daughter of Smyrna) directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul. Muhsin Ertuğrul was about to film a very popular novel written by Halide Edip Adıvar (1884-1964), which featured some dramatic events of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1922). In all the movies, the woman roles were played by the Christian or Jewish women of minorities in Turkey.
Foreign casting the supporting female role, an advertisement was published in a newspaper.
The only application came from Münire Eyüp, who was still a college student. Neyyire Neyir starred in the same year also in the Muhsin Ertuğrul"s next movie Kız Kulesinde Bir Facia (A Tragedy at Leander"s Tower).
After a brief period of acting with a theatre company in Izmir, she returned 1924 to Istanbul and joined theatre of Muhsin Ertuğrul. In later years, she performed in a movie under her real name.
However, she devoted herdelf to stage theater.
She acted on stage of Istanbul Municipal Theatre (Ottoman Turkish: Darülbedayi, of which director Muhsin Ertuğrul was appointed. Neyyire Neyir participated in guest plays of the theatre touring in Egypt and Cyprus. She assumed also the post of editor-in-chief using her real name.
A street in Bahçelievler district of Istanbul is named in her honor.