Metehan Şahiner

Metehan Şahiner — Biography

Metehan Şahiner is an actor of Erzurum origin who works on both stage and television. His screen career began with Unutma Beni, and he went on to appear in series such as Beni Affet and Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu; in autumn 2025 he returned to screens as Pedri in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı. On the theater side he is among the permanent actors of the Erzurum State Theatre.

Born in İstanbul, Şahiner started acting in his high school years and graduated from the acting department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Atatürk University. His first television part was Oğuz in Unutma Beni. In September 2015 he joined the cast of Deniz Yıldızı and played Fırat. As Toprak in the Star TV series Beni Affet, whose leads were Murat Danacı and Şeyma Korkmaz, he reached a wider audience. He took a leading role in Esaretim Sensin and also acted in İlginç Bazı Olaylar.

In later years he turned to historical productions. He was in the cast of Kuruluş Osman and, in Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu, where his casting was reported in late 2021, he played Prince Yannis. He is also credited in the 2023 series Saladin: The Conqueror of Jerusalem, and the role of Pedri in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı followed.