Turgut Tolgahan Sayışman (born 7 December 1981) is a Turkish actor and model.[2] who rose to fame after winning the Manhunt International competition in 2005 in South Korea.[2]

Tolgahan Sayışman
Born
Turgut Tolgahan Sayışman

(1981-12-07) 7 December 1981 (age 43)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2004–present
Spouse
(m. 2017)
[2]
Children2

Life and career

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Sayışman was born on 17 December 1981 in Istanbul, Turkey.[1][2] His father is a muhacir from Thessaloniki and his mother is from Trabzon.[2] He graduated from Kadıköy İntaş High School and Doğuş University, Faculty of Business Administration.[1] Sayışman was the runner-up in the Best Model of Turkey competition in 2002.[2] In 2005, he won the Manhunt International men's beauty contest in South Korea, representing Turkey.[1]

He came to attention for playing the character "Namık" in the hit series Elveda Rumeli, about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire lost its European lands. He joined Acemi Cadı, the Turkish adaptation of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch", and Kavak Yelleri, adaptation of "Dawson's Creek", as well as "Hepsi 1" series of Hepsi girls music group. He played as Çınar Ilgaz in the series Lale Devri and in Yer Gök Aşk alongside Serenay Sarıkaya, Selen Soyder.

He was a cast in the period film "Sürgün" and "Bizans Oyunları" a remake of period comedy "Kahpe Bizans". He was in films Aşk Tutulması alongside Fahriye Evcen, Aşk Geliyorum Demez alongside Bergüzar Korel, Eski Sevgili alongside Bade İşçil and Aynasız Haluk.[3]

Filmography

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Year Production Role Notes
2008 Aşk Tutulması Uğur
2009 Aşk Geliyorum Demez Ali
2014 Sürgün Sedat
2015 Mazlum Kuzey Tolgahan
2016 Bizans Oyunları Prens Adonis
2017 Eski Sevgili Barış
2022 Aynasız Haluk Haluk- Efe
Year Production Role
2006 Acemi Cadı Guest
2006 Esir Kalpler Levent Ertekin
2006 Maçolar Tuncay
2007 Dicle Ferhat
2007–2009 Elveda Rumeli Namık/Mustafa
2007 Hepsi1 Ali Koş
2009 Kavak Yelleri
2010–2014 Lale Devri Çınar Ilgaz
2011 Yer Gök Aşk
2015–2016 Asla Vazgeçmem Yiğit Kozan
2017–2018 Siyah Inci Kenan Celebi
2018 Bir Umut Yeter Yılmaz Karabey
2019–2020 Şampiyon Fırat Bölükbaşı
2020 Şeref Sözü Cihan Adabeyli
2022–2023 Barbaros Hayreddin: Sultanın Fermanı Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Tolgahan Sayışman kimdir?". Milliyet. 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Tolgahan Sayışman kimdir?". Hürriyet. 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Tolgahan Sayışman kimdir, kaç yaşında ve nereli? Barbaros Hayreddin'i canlandıran Tolgahan Sayışman evli mi, hangi dizilerde oynadı?". 23 December 2022.