Pelin Karahan

Pelin Karahan — Biography

Mihrimah Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl and Aslı Zeybek in Kavak Yelleri are the best-known roles of Pelin Karahan, a Turkish actress and television host. Alongside acting she presents cooking and animal programs, so she appears on screen both in dramas and in lifestyle formats.

She studied tourism management and moved to Istanbul to work, where an agency got her into commercials; one of her first jobs was a Demirdöküm ad directed by Çağan Irmak. Her series career began with Cemalim, but her real breakthrough came in the teen drama Kavak Yelleri. Playing the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent in the historical epic Muhteşem Yüzyıl then brought her a much wider audience. Later she took part in Yeter and in Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs, where she played İnci Dereli. The web series Şebeke, the films Dalgalar ve İzler and Güven Bana, and stage work also form part of her output.

As a host she fronted the animal-care program Bir Evde on TRT Okul, the cooking show Nefis Tarifler on Show TV, and Star TV's Ramadan program Pelin'in Mutfağı in 2022. Born in Ankara, she is of Thessaloniki-immigrant descent on her mother's side and has Albanian roots through her grandmother. She married Bedri Güntay in 2014 and the couple, who have two children, divorced in April 2026.