Seda Sayan

Seda Sayan — Biography

Seda Sayan is a pop-arabesk singer who moved from the nightclub stage to become one of Turkey's best-known daytime presenters, active in music, film and television. Her real name is Aysel Gürsaçer. In recent years she fronted Star TV's morning show Sabahın Sultanı Seda Sayan, and since 2025 she has presented Seda Sayan ile Her Şey Masada.

She began singing at wedding halls as a teenager and, after working as an opening act in small clubs, became headliner at organizer Turgut Akyüz's Stardust club, which gave her the stage name. In 1978 she had a court change her birth date to 1959 so she could perform, and in 2017 another court restored December 30, 1962. She made her name as a headliner at the Maksim nightclub; her discography began with Yandı Pilav Tavası (1983) and ran through Anılarım, Seviyor musun?, Ya Benim Olursun, Sıkı Sıkı and Aşkla to 2012, after which she released EPs and singles. In cinema she acted opposite Kadir İnanır in İmparator (1984) and appeared in productions such as Hababam Sınıfı 3,5.

She turned to television in the early 1990s, co-hosting a show with Osman Yağmurdereli on Kanal 6 and then presenting alone on TGRT. Her best-known programs are Sabah Sabah Seda Sayan and Sabahların Sultanı Seda Sayan on Kanal D, followed by Evleneceksen Gel, O Ses Türkiye (as a judge) and Yemekteyiz. In 2022 she married the musician Çağlar Ökten.