Fahriye Evcen Özçivit (born 4 June 1986) is a German-born Turkish actress and model. She is known for her roles as Necla Tekin in the TV series ''

Yaprak Dökümü ''Yaprak Dökümü'' (''The Fall of Leaves'') is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin, written in 1930. It is available in an English translation by W. D. Halsey Plot summary The novel revolves around a middle-class Tur ...

'' based on the novel by

Reşat Nuri Güntekin Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, '' Çalıkuşu'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. Th ...

, and as Feride in the TV series ''

Çalıkuşu ''Çalıkuşu'', or ''The Wren'', is a novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin written in 1922, about the destiny of a young Turkish people, Turkish female teacher named Feride. Plot summary The events in the novel take place in the early twentieth centu ...

'', based on the novel by

Life and career

At young age while she was on a vacation in Turkey, she took part in a program of

Oya Aydoğan Oya Aydoğan (10 February 1957 – 15 May 2016) was a Turkish actress, model, and television presenter. She was the winner of the Ses Magazine Movie Actress Contest in 1976. She suffered from an aortic aneurysm on 7 May 2016, before Mother's Day ...

, who introduced her to producer İbrahim Mertoğlu. One of her first prominent roles was that of the character of ''Necla'' in the TV series ''

.'' Her first cinematic debut with the movie ''Cennet'', released in 2008, and at the same year she was cast in a leading role in the movie ''Aşk Tutulması.'' As Evcen had not finished her studies in Germany, she enrolled in Boğaziçi University and studied history. She later played the character Feride in the TV series ''

'' produced by TİMS Productions. She later acted in the movie ''Aşk Sana Benzer opposite Burak Özçivit .'' In 2017 she acted in the TV series '' Ölene Kadar'' opposite

Engin Akyürek Engin Akyürek (born 12 October 1981) is a Turkish actor, screenwriter and author. Akyürek began his acting career in the year 2004. Having starred in many critically acclaimed series and movies, Akyürek is regarded as one of Turkey's most succes ...

and also played in the movie '' Sonsuz Aşk opposite Murat Yıldırım .'' In 2021, she acted in ''Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu'' as ''Akça Hatun'', same year she launched her own line of clothing under the name Ivy People.

Personal life

Her maternal family is of Circassian descent. Her paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kavala, Ottoman Empire. On 29 June 2017, she married actor and model Burak Özçivit in Istanbul. Their son, named Karan, was born on 13 April 2019. Fahriye is reportedly pregnant with the couple's second child.

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* * 1986 births Living people People from Solingen German film actresses Turkish film actresses German television actresses Turkish television actresses German actresses German people of Turkish descent German people of Circassian descent Turkish people of Circassian descent {{Turkey-actor-stub