Serkan Çayoğlu

Serkan Çayoğlu — Biography

It was as Ayaz Dinçer in the romantic comedy Kiraz Mevsimi that Turkish actor Serkan Çayoğlu became known, and he then carried his leading-man weight into military, crime and historical series. The most visible point of his career is playing Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı on TRT 1, which began in 2024; the series was named "Series of the Year" at the 10th Anatolian Media Awards. He has also appeared on Italian television shows and drawn interest in Italy.

Born in Germany, Çayoğlu worked as a model while studying economics at Erlangen University, then turned to acting and took lessons in Istanbul from Ümit Çırak and Dolunay Soysert. He first appeared on screen in the 2012 season finale of Kuzey Güney and also acted in a Hande Yener music video. After Zeytin Tepesi, Kiraz Mevsimi, which began on FOX in 2014 and in which he shared the lead with Özge Gürel, introduced him to wide audiences.

After that breakthrough he played Demir Cerrahoğlu in Hayatımın Aşkı, Kaya Ülgen in Star TV's Börü, Cihangir in Halka, Adem in Yeni Hayat and the lead Ali İhsan Cenkeri in Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs. He continued with Kader Bağları, Aaahh Belinda and She Said Maybe, and appears opposite Hilal Altınbilek in the Disney+ production Öngörü. In 2022 he married Özge Gürel in Germany.