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She was born in 1902 in Istanbul to Hidayet and his wife Methiye. She had a sister Behiye and a brother Salh. Afife Jale became impoverished after leaving her acting career. In 1928, she met Selahattin Pnar (19021960), a tambur virtuoso, at a Turkish classical music concert she attended. The couple married in 1929, and moved to an apartment in Fatih district of Istanbul. The marriage life did not go well, and the couple divorced in 1935 when Afife's morphine addiction affected their marriage negatively.Selahattin Pnar composed a number of musical pieces, which later became classical, referring to his relationship with her wife during their marriage. Concerned about her substance dependence, Jale's friends from the conservatory took her to the Bakrky Psychiatric Hospital for therapy. She spent her last years in the hospital, where she died on July 24, 1941. Her burial place was forgotten.