Melike İpek Yalova (born 29 April 1984) is a Turkish actress . She is also the daughter of the former minister of state Yüksel Yalova.
After studying international communications at
Bilkent University
Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...
, Yalova studied international politics and crisis management at the
Sapienza University of Rome
The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...
. She made her debut as an actress in 2011, with a recurring role in the Turkish historical drama ''
Muhteşem Yüzyıl'', in which she portrayed a
Castilian princess named Isabella. Between 2012 and 2015, she had a leading role in the drama series ''
Karadayı
''Karadayı'' () is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on ATV. It was directed by the duo Uluç Bayraktar & Cem Karcı (who were previously associated with the direction of globally acclaimed Turkish seri ...
''. She then had brief roles in the series ''Hayat Şarkısı'', ''Çember'' and ''İnsanlık Suçu''. The next year she was cast in a leading role in series ''Bir Zamanlar Çukurova''.
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1984 births
Turkish Muslims
Actresses from Istanbul
Living people
Turkish television actresses
Turkish film actresses
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