Turgut Tolgahan Sayışman (born 7 December 1981) is a Turkish actor and model. who rose to fame after winning the

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competition in 2005 in South Korea.

Life and career

Sayışman was born on 17 December 1981 in Istanbul, Turkey. His father is a

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from

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and his mother is from

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. He graduated from Kadıköy İntaş High School and

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, Faculty of

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. Sayışman was the runner-up in the

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competition in 2002. In 2005, he won the

men's beauty contest in South Korea, representing Turkey. He came to attention for playing the character "Namık" in the hit series '' Elveda Rumeli'', about Turks in Macedonia when the

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lost its European lands. He joined

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, the Turkish adaptation of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch", and

Kavak Yelleri ''Kavak Yelleri'' (literally "Poplar Winds", English title: Daydreaming) is a Turkish youth drama television series produced by TIMS Productions and Sony Pictures Television International. ''Kavak Yelleri'' is a Turkish remake of the American sh ...

, adaptation of "Dawson's Creek", as well as "Hepsi 1" series of

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girls music group. He played as Çınar Ilgaz in the series Lale Devri and in

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alongside

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, Selen Soyder. He was a cast in the period film "Sürgün" and "Bizans Oyunları" a remake of period comedy "Kahpe Bizans". He was in films Aşk Tutulması alongside

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, Aşk Geliyorum Demez alongside

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, Eski Sevgili alongside

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and Aynasız Haluk.

Filmography

References

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