Işık Kaan Arslan

Işık Kaan Arslan — Biography

Işık Kaan Arslan is a center-back from Bahçelievler who came up through the Galatasaray academy, which he joined in 2012. He reached the Süper Lig with Galatasaray's senior side in January 2022, then spent two loan spells in the 2. Lig; he moved to Boluspor in 2024 and agreed terms with Sarıyer in June 2026. He represented Turkey at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level, and was called up to the under-21 side in 2021.

He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on August 23, 2019. His first senior experience came on loan at the 2. Lig club Ergene Velimeşe in the second half of 2020-21. For Galatasaray he first played on December 28, 2021, in the Turkish Cup against Denizlispor, and his first Süper Lig match was on January 8, 2022, against Giresunspor, where he was in the starting eleven. He spent the next two seasons in the 2. Lig again, on one-year loans to Sarıyer from August 17, 2022, and to Fethiyespor from July 20, 2023. On July 31, 2024, Galatasaray announced his move to Boluspor, and he played for the first-division side. In June 2026 he reached an agreement in principle with Sarıyer, the club he had once played for on loan.