Dilan Telkök

Dilan Telkök — Biography

Dilan Telkök is an actress who grew up in more than one country, speaks three languages and turned to acting during her university years. She took her first role in Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem, and in 2019 she appeared in both Halka and Güvercin in the same year, consolidating her presence on screen. Married to the actor Berkay Hardal, Telkök has recently left İstanbul to live in the Köyceğiz district of Muğla.

Born in the Adapazarı district of Sakarya, she spent her childhood abroad: in 2001 she moved with her family to the Netherlands and completed her primary and secondary schooling in Belgium. After returning to Turkey she graduated from the German Language and Literature Department of Sakarya University; she speaks German, English and Flemish. She also took acting training alongside her studies.

She first appeared in front of the camera in 2015 in the series Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem as Elif. She then took a part in Evlat Kokusu and played Ece in Nerdesin Birader. In Halka, shown on TRT, she played İrem, and in Güvercin she played Betül. In her private life, she and Hardal married in October 2019; the couple had a son in 2024. In November 2025 she said she and her husband had come through a serious traffic accident unharmed.