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Yeliz Akkaya

Yeliz Akkaya

Actor · 44 years old

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Age44
Birth dateDecember 6, 1981
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signSagittarius
Eye colorGreen
EducationMüjdat Gezen Culture and Art Centre, Theatre Department

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Yeliz Akkaya — Biography

Two roles brought Yeliz Akkaya to a wide audience: Esra in Yabancı Damat and Melek in Binbir Gece; both characters are associated with her name abroad as well, especially in Bulgaria. A theater-trained actress, she has worked across television and cinema for more than twenty years and in recent years appeared on screen in series such as Duy Beni and Son Nefesime Kadar.

After finishing Göztepe High School she trained in acting at the Theatre Department of the Müjdat Gezen Culture and Art Center. Her first step in front of the camera came in 2002 with Hızma; she then played in the series Melek and Azize. In 2004 her name became known through Yabancı Damat, and in 2006 Binbir Gece consolidated that breakthrough. The following years brought many productions, among them Aşk Üçgeni, Gönül Ferman Dinlemiyor, Karadağlar, Güneydoğudan Öyküler Önce Vatan, Küçük Hanımefendi, Farklı Desenler, Vicdan, Kalbim Ege'de Kaldı and Hayat Sevince Güzel.

In cinema she appeared in O Kadın, Meryem, Geçmiş (as the character Şule) and Cinnet. In 2017 she played Hatice Bayat in Savaşçı, and in 2022 she played Suna in Duy Beni and Suzan in Son Nefesime Kadar. In 2024 she was a guest on the program Memet Özer ile Mutfakta.

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Yeliz Akkaya's Esra sits inside the comedy of prejudice that Yabancı Damat builds around a Turkish-Greek marriage; her Melek is in Binbir Gece, a world shaped by money and family pressure. In my view these two series show the face of Turkish family drama that travels across a border: Binbir Gece was the first Turkish series shown in Bulgaria, so it is no surprise that her name is known there too.

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Yabancı Damat stayed on air from 2004 to 2007 and carried Esra, the part Yeliz Akkaya is best known for. What follows is marked by short-lived work: Güneydoğudan Öyküler ended after eleven episodes, Son Nefesime Kadar after five. In my view that is the weak side of Akkaya's later television period: few of these productions leave a role room to grow over seasons.

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