Gülcan Arslan

Gülcan Arslan — Biography

Gülcan Arslan is a television actress with close to two decades of work in Turkish series. She is remembered for Inspector Leyla Candaş in the police drama Arka Sokaklar, for Beril in Ölene Kadar and for her part in Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı. She is now in the cast of the Netflix series Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti.

She turned to acting at the urging of her sister, who lived in Germany, and studied theater at the Sadri Alışık Cultural Centre. Her first screen job was Sardunya Sokak on TRT 1 in 2007, followed by supporting parts in Sınıf, Hepimiz Birimiz İçin, Gurbet Kuşları, Kafkas and Kahramanlar. The turning point came in 2011 with Her Şeye Rağmen, her first lead; she then led Bir Çocuk Sevdim for 39 episodes and appeared in the film Entelköy Efeköy'e Karşı.

In 2013 she spent a season on Arka Sokaklar, in 2014 she played Saliha in Günahkar, and in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (2015) she played Fahriye Sultan for fourteen episodes. Ölene Kadar (2017) gave her a lead shared with Engin Akyürek and Fahriye Evcen. Later she appeared in Zengin ve Yoksul, Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir and Thank You, Next (2024).