Gökay Müftüoğlu

Gökay Müftüoğlu — Biography

Gökay Müftüoğlu is a stage-trained actor who has moved between theater and television and appeared in dozens of Turkish series over the past decade. He reached his widest audience as Salih in Kara Sevda and as Hasan in the Kanal D series Muhteşem İkili, and played another Hasan in Ömer in 2023-2024.

He went to school in Bornova, Izmir, and graduated from the acting department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University, then studied use of space and acting at the University of Amsterdam. His stage career began at the Bornova Municipal Theatre and the Istanbul State Theatre, and he took part in plays such as Marat & Sade. On television he appeared from 2010 in Bitmeyen Şarkı and Cennetin Sırları, then in Ağır Roman: Yeni Dünya (as Türker), A.Ş.K. (Fırat) and Emanet (Caner). Kara Sevda (2015-2016), with 50 episodes, became his longest-running job.

After 2018 his range widened: Çalınmış Hayatlar, Arıza (Fatih), Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı (Diego), Hür, Ateş Kuşları and Çift Kişilik Oda (2025). In cinema he has acted in Karışık Kaset, Sivil, Son Şaka, Mitat and Döngü.