Merih Öztürk

Merih Öztürk — Biography

Merih Öztürk was born on 28 December 1999 in Düzce, to an Abkhaz father from Düzce and a mother from Arhavi. She became interested in acting at the age of six and appeared on children's television programs; she later graduated from the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Kocaeli University, which is the basis of her teacher title.

In 2018, at eighteen, she placed third in the Best Model of Turkey pageant and subsequently appeared in a UK-broadcast Liverpool Victoria insurance advert. She entered acting in 2021 with the role of Güney in the science-fiction series Börü 2039, produced by Alper Çağlar, and became widely known for her first lead role, Jovanka, in the 2022-2023 TRT 1 series Balkan Ninnisi. In 2023 she appeared alongside Boran Kuzum in a TEB bank commercial, played Leyla in ATV's Başım Belada that same year, and took the role of Gülnaz in TRT 1's Kara Ağaç Destanı in 2024.

In 2026 she was cast opposite Doğukan Güngör as co-lead of Kanal D's new series Haysiyet, which premiered on 8 September 2026.