Biography
Şevket Çoruh was born on 30 June 1973 in Istanbul, the only child of a tailor mother and a dolmuş-driver father. His father’s family is from Artvin and his mother’s is Georgian and Laz. After Kartal Anadolu Lisesi he trained at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and made his television debut in Köşe Kapmaca (1996). He then appeared in Çiçek Taksi, Yılan Hikayesi and Sultan Makamı, and won the SİYAD Best Actor award for the film İnşaat (2003).
Since 2006 he played Komiser Mesut Güneri in Kanal D‘s Arka Sokaklar, for 20 seasons until the show ended in 2026. He is also known for comedy films, as Kayınço Gökhan in the Çakallarla Dans series, which began in 2010. Its eighth film, Şututgart Çıkarması, is due in cinemas on 6 November 2026.
He founded his own Istanbul theatre, Baba Sahne, and in 2020 received the comedian’s honour Dümbüllü’s Kavuk from Rasim Öztekin. He has been married to Özge Turna since 2018 and has two daughters, Gülenay and Turna.
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