Gülşah Çomoğlu

Gülşah Çomoğlu — Biography

Viewers remember Gülşah Çomoğlu above all for her characters in Unutma Beni, Yüksek Sosyete and Kasaba Doktoru; the Turkish actress had moved from the theater stage to television. She died in Istanbul on May 29, 2024, at the age of 37, and her death received wide coverage in the Turkish press.

Born in Ankara, she trained as an actress at the Conservatory of Bilkent University. She began her career on stage, and the plays she performed in include İki Efendinin Kuşağı, Troyalı Kadınlar, Kafatası, Yeşil Kuş, Tanrı, Hürrem Sultan, Camdan Kalp and Venedik Taciri. Her first step on television came in 2010 with Behzat Ç.. Her real meeting with a wide audience came while playing Asuman in Fox TV's daily series Unutma Beni, in which she stayed for a long time. She then acted in Aşkın Bedeli and raised her profile by giving life to the character Begüm in Yüksek Sosyete. Her last major role was Bahar in Kasaba Doktoru in 2022, and the news of her death mostly recalled her as that series' Bahar.

She married actor Gökhan Günal in 2018 and was a cousin of actress İlayda Alişan. She died while receiving cancer treatment; her husband announced the news, and she was buried on May 30. A first post by her husband days later and a video message from İlayda Alişan to her cousin were also widely covered in the press.