Gerçek Alnıaçık

Gerçek Alnıaçık — Biography

Gerçek Alnıaçık, known before marriage as Gerçek Sağlar, is an actress remembered in television drama for two roles: Gülsüm in Kurşun Yarası and the terrorist Küpeli Necla in Sakarya Fırat. After training in ballet and theater she has been on screen for more than twenty years and most recently plays Melina Miryano in Taşacak Bu Deniz (2025-2026).

Her breakthrough came in 2003: she became known as Gülsüm in Kurşun Yarası, a series drawn from the story behind the folk song Çökertme, and the same year played Aysel in Gurbet Kadını. Naciye'yi Kim Sevmez (Naciye), Kabuslar Evi: Çizgisiz Zamanlar (Genç Sevil), Kod Adı and Kod Adı: Kaos (Berna Keskinok) and Vurgun followed. The turning point was Sakarya Fırat, from 2009 to 2012, where the character Küpeli Necla was regarded as one of the most talked-about performances of her career. She then played the imam's wife in the short film Vakit (2010), appeared in the film Beni Sen Anlat (2014), and played Neşe in Seviyor Sevmiyor (2016), Serra in Fi (2017) and Elmas Karacabey in Yalnız Kurt (2022). Kahraman Babam (2021) is also in her filmography.

She trained in ballet for six years at the Ankara State Theatre and completed the institution's theater department. She is the stepdaughter of former Minister of Culture and Tourism Fikri Sağlar; her biological father was the film and stage actor Mehmet Büyükağaoğlu, who died in 2000. In 2013 she married Kürşat Alnıaçık, her co-star in Sakarya Fırat.