Begüm Kütük Yaşaroğlu (born 27 August 1980) is a Turkish actress and model.

Biography

Begüm Kütük was born and raised in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. Her maternal family is of

Bosniak The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

descent and her paternal family is of

Kosovo Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo (, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, who inhabit the north of ...

descent. She attended Tevfik Fikret Fen High School and studied Business Administration at

Anadolu University Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associ ...

Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

where she also played in the

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

team. She started working as a professional model and competed in "Best Model of Turkey" 2001 where she finished as 2nd runner up. In 2002, she began her acting career with a lead role in the TV series ''Melek''. Recently, Kütük appeared in the films '' Gecenin Kanatları'' and ''

Romantik Komedi ''Romantic Comedy'' () is a 2010 Turkish romantic comedy film, directed by Ketche, about three close friends who live very different lives. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was one of the highest grossing Turk ...

''. Kurtlar vadisi pusu 2013. She also had a lead role in the TV series ''Çalıkuşu''. In 2014 Begum started playing the role of "Defne" in the Turkish hit series ''Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün'' opposite

Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director Kurdish descent. Life His family is of Kurdish origin. Deniz's family is originally from Ağrı but he was born in Ankara and grew up in Aydın. He is t ...

. The series has been aired at other countries including Greece and Romania, where it is very popular. Kütük has been married to Erdal Yaşaroğlu since 2010.

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* 1980 births Living people Actresses from İzmir Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Turkish female models Turkish people of Bosnian descent Turkish people of Albanian descent {{Turkey-actor-stub