İlayda Akdoğan (born 21 July 1998) is a Turkish

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and

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Life and career

İlayda Akdoğan was born on 21 July 1998 in

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. She started her career at the age of six in 2004 when she appeared in a children show titled ''En İyi Arkadaşım'' and portrayed the character of Seda. In 2005, she appeared in the series ''Afacanlar Kampı''. In 2007, she was cast in the series ''Bez Bebek'' and portrayed the character of Gülay. In the same year she made an appearance in the series ''Sevgili Dünürüm''. In 2015, she made her cinematic debut with the movie ''

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'' and depicted the character of Sonay. In 2016, she made appearances in two series. Firstly, she appeared in ''Oyunbozan'', playing the character of Eylül. Secondly, she had a main role in

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TV Series ''Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz'' and depicted the character of Elif. In 2017, she made her debut in the summer series '' Dolunay'' and depicted the character of Asuman, a mischievous and rebellious girl. The show starred

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and Özge Gürel as the leading characters. She has also a YouTube channel, by the name ''İlayda Akdoğan''. She has 180K subscribers as of August 2021.

Personal life

Akdoğan was in a relationship with Iranian basketball player Roham Kabir. In 2020, she travelled to

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, Iran to meet him, but got stranded there due to the cancellation of flights during the

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. However, she returned to Istanbul four months later on 29 June 2020. Fans started speculating the couple had ended their six-year long relationship as there were no more social media updates of the two together since November 2024, and Akdoğan had removed photos of Kabir from her Instagram profile. In January 2025, İlayda confirmed the rumours on her Instagram group channel.

Filmography

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