Osman Alkaş

Osman Alkaş — Biography

Osman Alkaş is a long-serving actor of Turkish Cypriot theater and television; audiences in Turkey know him from character parts in series such as Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, Yabani and Kalpazan. Today he works both in the company of the Nicosia Municipal Theatre and on productions made in Turkey.

He grew up in Nicosia, entered the acting department of the Ankara State Conservatory despite his family's objections, and graduated in 1976. That year he returned to the island and joined the Turkish Cypriot State Theatre as a contracted artist; when he was dismissed from the institution in 1980 after appearing in a play by the Fine Arts Association, he founded the Nicosia Municipal Theatre with Yaşar Ersoy, Işın Cem and Erol Refikoğlu. On Bayrak Radio he made children's, women's, morning and cooking programs; in 1994 he created the hugely popular Turkish Cypriot program Torba with Tolgay Tarıman and founded Tempo TV; and in 2001 he acted in and contributed to the script of the eight-episode Gimme 6.

His opening to Turkey came with Gölgeler ve Suretler and Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki. He went on to appear in films such as Uzun Hikâye, Hükümet Kadın 2, Sarmaşık (where he was particularly praised), Baba Parası and Anadolu Leoparı, and in the series Bu Şehir Arkandan Gelecek, Hayat Şarkısı and Seni Kalbime Sakladım. In 2024 he played Orhan in Kalpazan, and in 2025 he appeared in Confidente. He received the Satirigo Theatre's “Success and Peace Award” in 2009.