Biography
Ahmet Yelan Saraçoğlu was born on 24 September 1975 in Ankara. He trained at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and the Sadri Alışık Culture Center, and in 2005 he co-founded the Istanbul Royal Theatre.
He first appeared on camera in 1995 and became widely known as Tahsin in Yaprak Dökümü (2006 to 2010). He later played İsmet İnönü in Vatanım Sensin and Talat “Çatal” Şahin in Ateş Kuşları, and appeared in Hayat Şarkısı, Benim Tatlı Yalanım and the digital series Aktris. His films include Gözümün Nuru and Çarşı Pazar.
He married Şirin Sevinç, daughter of the theatre actor Mümtaz Sevinç, in August 2009, and their daughter Asya was born in 2015. Since 2025 he has played Arif Candan, head of the Candan family, in Kanal D‘s Güller ve Günahlar.
