Furkan Palalı

Furkan Palalı — Biography

Modeling was the starting point for Furkan Palalı, a Turkish actor who then moved into stage and television acting. His longest-running lead was No: 309 on FOX, as Onur Sarıhan, and his other two widely watched works were Benim Tatlı Yalanım and Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. In 2026 it was announced that he would play the lead role of Musab in TRT tabii's period series Davet Musab.

His path ran through sport and engineering: in Konya he played basketball for seven years in Konyaspor's youth system and then two years with Tofaş's Konya branch, then studied geological engineering at Hacettepe and began a master's in radio and television at Marmara University. In 2011 he won Best Model of Turkey and then Best Model of the World, and was noted as the first stage actor to take the title, thanks to his work at the Tuncay Özinel Theatre. On screen he began as Aras in Küçük Sırlar and continued with Hayat Devam Ediyor and Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912. His lead-role period opened with Aşk Emek İster; he played the intelligence officer Murad Altay in Kızıl Elma, Kenan in Son Çıkış, and the lead in the film Somuncu Baba: Aşkın Sırrı.

For Nejat in Benim Tatlı Yalanım he was named best actor of the year at the 2019 Turkey Success Awards, and he won the same title at the Altın Zirve ve Kariyer Awards in 2020. That year he joined Bir Zamanlar Çukurova as Fikret Fekeli and stayed until the series ended in 2022.