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Neslihan Yeldan

Neslihan Yeldan

Actor · 57 years old

Sevtap in the series Kızılcık Şerbeti

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Age57
Birth dateFebruary 25, 1969
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBlue
EducationIstanbul University State Conservatory, Theatre Department

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Neslihan Yeldan — Biography

Trained on the stage, Neslihan Yeldan works as a Turkish actress and voice artist. Wide audiences first knew her as Füreya in the series Bir Demet Tiyatro, and in recent years she played Sevtap in Kızılcık Şerbeti; press reports say she left that series in August 2026.

She began acting in 1987 with the Ortaoyuncular troupe and graduated from the Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1995. She then worked with Kent Oyuncuları, Dormen Theatre and Duru Theatre before joining the Beşiktaş Cultural Centre; with BKM Oyuncuları she appeared in Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, and she also took part in the play Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor. Her screen career began in 1993 with Yaz Evi, and Tatlı Kaçıklar, Kaçıklık Diploması and the revenge series Sahra, in which she was one of the leading actresses, belong to that early period.

From the 2000s she appeared in films such as Organize İşler and Karınca Kapanı and in series such as Kuzey Güney and Kavak Yelleri. She played Önem Dinçer in Kiraz Mevsimi (2014), Senem in İstanbullu Gelin (2017), Aydan Bolat in Sen Çal Kapımı (2020) and Süreyya in Evlilik Hakkında Her Şey. She was nominated for best supporting actress at the Afife Theatre Awards and the Sadri Alışık Awards.

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Their work through different eyes

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Neslihan Yeldan's two starting points are BKM jobs from Yılmaz Erdoğan's pen: Füreyya İşbilir in Bir Demet Tiyatro and Lalezar in Organize İşler. Both come from a school of comedy where types collide, and in my view Yeldan knows that school's measure well, which is carrying a type without overplaying it. In later romantic-comedy series such as Sen Çal Kapımı the same training seems to pay off.

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For about thirty years, Neslihan Yeldan's series set three versions of the family story on Turkish screens side by side: the comedy of a working-class Istanbul family in Bir Demet Tiyatro, the problem of fitting in to a large, tradition-bound household in İstanbullu Gelin, and the clash of a conservative and a secular world in Kızılcık Şerbeti. She stands beside a different family order each time, and in my view her work is a useful way to watch how the family on screen has changed.

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