Nur Sürer: I was someone who didn't know the taste of a banana; we were poor, but we were cheerful.

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan's program "Empathy," which is broadcast on NTV, featured master actress Nur Sürer as this week's guest. In the program, where real-life stories are shared, Sürer spoke about her childhood spent in poverty.

Sürer said, "As a child who grew up without a father, I always think, 'I wish I had a father.' The traces of poverty remain, they don't go away. Some wealthy people would come to school bringing clothes, and even if they were big, they would say, 'It's fine now' as they put them on us... My mother was a working woman, my father did not work. The year I started primary school, he left our lives, and we were left with my mother and my four siblings. My mother couldn't read or write, but she raised all four of us; she was a brave woman, a mother worth applauding. I came from a poor family. Looking back now, we were poor, but we were happier. I was someone who didn't know the taste of a banana," she said.

"MY NAME WAS ON THE POOR LIST AT SCHOOL"

The master actress continued her words by explaining that her name was on the poor list at school;

"I studied at a school where the children of the Child Protection Agency went. My name was on the poor list at school. My siblings were the same; we were all like that. I was always an odd child, and I have asked, 'Why is this kind of help being given to us?' I would think, 'Why did they choose me?'