Görkem Yeltan

Born

17 January 1977 (aged 49)

Place of birth

Nazilli

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Görkem Yeltan was born on 17 January 1977 in the Nazilli district of Aydın. After Nazilli High School, she entered the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University; during these years, in 1993, she stepped onto the professional stage with the Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre. In later years she appeared in plays of Tiyatro İstanbul, Tiyatro Ti, the Bakırköy Municipal Theatre and the Gazanfer Özcan Gönül Ülkü Theatre. In 1999 she completed the theatre department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory.

Her screen career began in 1993 with the series Süper Baba. She became known for the role of Ayşe in the second season of the series Kara Melek; she played Commissioner Derya in the series Yılan Hikâyesi. In cinema, she played her first leading role as Selma in the film Gölge, adapted from Peyami Safa's novel.

For the role of Clara in the film Uzak İhtimal, on whose screenwriting team she was also a member, she was named Best Actress at the 16th Altın Koza Film Festival; the screenwriting team won the Best Screenplay award at the 28th International Istanbul Film Festival for the same film. Her performance in the film Eylül brought her the same award a second time at the 18th Altın Koza.

She moved into directing with Yemekteydik and Karar Verdim, which she wrote and starred in, and then made Bağcık. She has published numerous children's books beginning with Kırmızı'nın Mektupları and written lyrics for Mehmet Güreli's albums.

Yeltan played Türkan in Avşar Film's 2008 series Aşk Yakar.