Ilhan Sen

Biography

İlhan Şen is a Turkish actor and former model who plays Serhat Yelduran in NOW’s Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı. He is also known for Aşk Mantık İntikam and Safir. He was born on 19 December 1987 in Bulgaria.

Career

Şen graduated from Pertevniyal High School and studied civil engineering at Yıldız Technical University. In 2009 he won Best Model of Turkey and was then named Best Model of Europe, and he walked in shows for fashion houses such as Dolce & Gabbana and Armani in Italy.

He made his acting debut in the short film Perspective, and his popularity grew with the romantic comedy Aşk Mantık İntikam. In 2023–2024 he played the lead role of Ateş Gülsoy, the heir of a leading family in Cappadocia, in ATV’s Safir.

Since September 2025 he has starred in Halef as Serhat, an Istanbul surgeon who is called back to his family’s home town of Urfa and to the role of heir that his roots demand.

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