Serkan Cayoglu

Biography

Serkan Çayoğlu is a German-born Turkish actor, known as Ayaz in the romantic comedy Kiraz Mevsimi and, more recently, as Sultan Mehmed II in the historical epic Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı. He was born on 31 May 1987 in Germany to a Turkish family.

Early life

Çayoğlu studied economics at the University of Erlangen in Germany, working as a model during his studies. He moved to Istanbul to pursue acting and trained with Ümit Çırak and Dolunay Soysert at Çırak’s Modern Acting Techniques Atelier.

Career

He made his screen debut in 2012 in the season finale of Kuzey Güney and appeared in Hande Yener’s music video “Ya Ya Ya” in 2013. In 2014 he became known as Ayaz opposite Özge Gürel in Kiraz Mevsimi, which in 2016 became the first Turkish series broadcast on Italian television.

He went on to star in the military drama Börü, the crime series Halka with Hande Erçel and Kaan Yıldırım, and the historical drama Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs. In 2024 he took the lead role of Mehmed the Conqueror in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı, which won Series of the Year at the 10th Anatolian Media Awards.

Personal life

Çayoğlu married his long-time partner and co-star Özge Gürel in Germany on 13 August 2022.

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