Top 10 Interesting facts about Ayca Aysin Turan (2024)

Ayça Ayşin Turan is a renowned Turkish actress. She was born on the 25th of October 1992. Ayca broke into the industry with a role in the series My Dear.

Her leading role in Meryem has attained her great fame and recognition. She became interested in acting at a young age and perused her passion at the university.

She has then gone ahead to star in incredible films Cute and Dangerous, The Protector (a Netflix series), and the Star TV series Ada Masali.

The actress and model have been actively pursuing acting in 2011 in cinema and television. Aysin is the eldest of seven siblings and has been romantically linked to Alp Navruz.

In her home country, she is often compared to Miranda Kerr. Here are 10 interesting facts about Ayca Aysin Turan:

1. She is an actress and a model

Ayca’s interest in the film industry began when she was a child. The youngest among seven she began her career journey acting and violin.

She went ahead and pursued her interest at Istanbul University. Aysin made her debut performance in Meryem.

She gained fame and recognition to work hand in hand with other famous actors like Çağatay Ulusoy and Ada Masali. Ayca has also dabbled in a modeling career but pursues acting professionally.

2. Her maternal family is of Turkish heritage

Ayca’s father is from the Kastamonu capital district. It is located to the south of the province. Her mother is from Sinop.

Ayca’s maternal heritage is of Turkish descent. The whole family immigrated from Thessaloniki, Greece to mainland Turkey.

This further implies her ancestors are Turks who in fact are the world’s largest Turkic ethnic group. They also speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.

3. Ayca and her family emigrated to mainland Turkey from Thessaloniki, Greece

Her maternal family had immigrated to Thessaloniki, Greece after the Greek conquest and Ottoman Empire collapsed.

The Ottoman empire had been the mightiest and longest-lasting dynasty in world history. The empire controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa during the 14- 20th centuries.

The Islamic-run superpower for more than 600 years before. Ayca’s maternal family only returned after the Ottomans empire collapsed when Greece infiltrated and conquered the city.

4. She became interested in acting and playing violin at an early age

Ayca started nurturing her talent at a young. This allowed her to use more of her time to explore the industry and analyze it. This way she managed to figure out which performing arts is best suited to her abilities.

She had more time to practice and learn her craft to impress. She even joined Istanbul University to study film at the Faculty of Communication.

She gained the skill to aid her to bring characters to life through her acting techniques. It also gained her jobs to cater to her expenses.

Acting is a tough field to pursue and requires discipline, focus, and determination to become great. Acting is definitely an extremely rewarding, and fun career choice.

5. She studied at Istanbul university

Ayca attended one of the best universities in Turkey. Istanbul University is a prominent public research university that was founded by Mehmed II.

On the 30th of May 1453 which was a day after the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks, the institution was re-established in 1846 as the first Ottoman higher education institution based on European traditions.

The other impressive feat of the university Ayca attended was the alumnae. There are 2 Nobel laureates in the field of Chemistry and Literature.

In addition, the longest-serving President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, two Prime Ministers of Israel, six Prime Ministers of Turkey (Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Sadi Irmak, Nihat Erim, Refik Saydam, Naim Talu, Yıldırım Akbulut), Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Ayca pursued the Department of Radio, TV, and Cinema, Faculty of Communication.

6. In 2021 she won the Golden Butterfly Awards

The Golden Butterfly Awards is an award show that recognizes the best of Turkey’s TV and music world.

It has often been partnered with Pantene and Hürriyet which is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948.

The golden butterfly works the almost same as America’s people’s choice Awards. The readers vote for nominees in the fields of Turkish television and music. Ayca won best Romantic and Comedy actress in 2021.

7. She is most famous for her lead role in the film Meryem

Meryem is a film series that began in 2017. It showcases the story of a car accident on a rain-soaked road that transforms three people’s lives.

In the aftermath of an accident, a naive girl finds herself torn between an unscrupulous prosecutor and a vindictive plaintiff. She draws them into a triangle of love, ambition, and revenge.

Meryem’s dreams of marriage are shattered. Her lover Oktay sees his career as a prosecutor ruined.

Powerful businessman Savaş is helpless as his love slips away. Ayca’s role is the lead Meryem that fans adore.

8. She once fell off a roof while filming

Numerous films and movies have employed tactics to improve storylines, add drama, etc. with stunts, special effects, and CGI.

More and more films are employing these tactics as viewers respond more positively to them. Some stunts need professionals because extreme stunts pause a real threat to the actors and crew without proper guidance.

Others are quite simple for the actors to perform themselves without the need for a stunt double. Ayca was working on an easy stunt for the film Cute and Dangerous.

She was on the roof of the Grand Bazaar while filming which is not an atypical venue for acting. She accidentally fell but no major damages were reported.

9. She is the youngest among ten siblings

Ayca Aysin is from a relatively large family. She has five brothers and two sisters. She is the youngest in the family and has successfully pursued her dream career.

She has made quite a name for herself with her boldness and skillful abilities that land her great job offers.

Her beauty and grace on screen have gained her a huge fan base and marked her as a rising star. She has been compared to Miranda Kerr.

10. She was born in her mother’s city of Sinop

Sinop is a city on the isthmus of İnce Burun near Cape Sinope. It is situated on the northernmost edge of the Turkish side of the Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, in modern-day northern Turkey.

The city serves as the capital of Sinop Province. Ayca’s mother was born in Sinop. Ayca was also born in her mother’s hometown.