Salih Bademci

Salih Bademci — Biography

Salih Bademci is a Turkish actor born on 15 August 1984 and a graduate of Bornova Anatolian High School, who continues stage work with Siyah, Beyaz ve Renkli, the theatre company he founded. He entered film in 2006 with Serdar Akar's Barda and television with the same director's Elveda Rumeli, in which he played Muzaffer. He became known for playing Hakan Tatlıoğlu in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki (2010-2013), Şehzade Bayezid in Fatih (2013), Akın Karatay in Zeytin Tepesi (2014) and Ceyhun in Ulan İstanbul (2014-2015), then won wide acclaim as Sinan Karakaya in Kiralık Aşk (2015-2017). After playing Fikret Boran in İstanbullu Gelin from 2017 to 2019, he took on Selim Songür in Kulüp (2021) and Dimitri in Terzi (2023), and led the cast of Sakıncalı in 2025. His performance in the play Tesir earned him a special award at the 2015 Sadri Alışık Awards, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2016 Turkey Youth Awards, and was named Actor of the Year at the 2021 GQ Men of the Year Awards. He married actress İmer Özgün in 2015. In 2026 he staged his solo play Sesler and appeared as Sarp in the series Delikanlı.