İlker Kaleli

İlker Kaleli — Biography

İlker Kaleli is a Turkish actor born on March 5, 1983 in Istanbul. He graduated from the Art Management Department of Kültür University and then trained as an actor under Şahika Tekand. After graduating, he worked as a DJ for a while before moving to London to continue his education there.

He made his first major screen breakthrough with the series Kayıp Şehir (2012), appeared the same year in Son and then in Kayıp (2013), and acted in the film Silsile (2014). In the Kanal D series Poyraz Karayel (2015), he shared the lead role with Burçin Terzioğlu, and his portrayal of Poyraz marked the peak of his career. More recently, he appeared in the series The Turkish Passion (2024).