Merve Oflaz

Merve Oflaz — Biography

Merve Oflaz became known as the first woman to win Survivor Türkiye and then turned to acting; her longest-running role was Commissioner Bahar in Kanal D's police drama Arka Sokaklar from 2017 to 2021. She graduated from the Marmara University School of Physical Education and Sports.

Her screen path began in 2008 with the contest Var Mısın Yok Musun; she was the face of Molped for two years, and in 2012 she hosted the Saturday children's contest before Survivor's main show. She trained in acting with Laçin Ceylan and joined a workshop run by Eric Morris, and took coaching training at Craft Atölye. In 2011 she reached television drama as Ayşe Hatun in Show TV's Muhteşem Yüzyıl, then played Aslı, one of the leads, in Kalbim 4 Mevsim, İclal Hoca in the youth series Not Defteri and, as a guest, Oya in Star TV's Güzel Köylü. She also appeared as a village girl in the 2014 film Gulyabani.

She took part in Survivor All-Star, which began on February 22, 2015, and was eliminated in the seventh week. The same year she played İpek in atv's Eve Dönüş, and in 2016 she shared the lead in atv's Rengarenk with Selin Şekerci and Kaan Taşaner. In an interview she said that when she goes into a grocery shop people greet her with "Komiserim, hoş geldin" (Welcome, Commissioner).