Dağhan Külegeç

Dağhan Külegeç — Biography

Dağhan Külegeç is a television actor and assistant director best known to wide audiences as Efe Kaygısız in the series Kavak Yelleri, which began in 2007. He also runs the Erbulak Acting and Writing House, which he founded and owns, and manages Dağhan Külegeç Publishing; in 2023 he played Ercan Korkut in the series Dokuz Oğuz.

He grew up in an artistic family: he is the grandson of theater artist Altan Erbulak and the son of the actress and writer Ayşe Erbulak and the calligrapher Rıza Külegeç. He studied at Istanbul University's Faculty of Letters. He came to the screen in 1998 with Baba Bana Reyting Al, worked behind the scenes of productions for a while and appeared in commercials. After youth-oriented projects such as Aslı ile Kerem, Lise Defteri and Hırsız Polis, Kavak Yelleri became the turning point of his career. In the following years he appeared in Fatih, Paşa Gönlüm, Kiraz Mevsimi (as Mete Uyar) and Yeni Gelin (as Kaan), and took part in several seasons of the Survivor competition.

He is still remembered as Efe from Kavak Yelleri; in spring 2026 his chance meeting with his former co-star İbrahim Kendirci drew wide press coverage. He married Tuğba Aytaş in 2023.