Enes Kaya

Enes Kaya — Biography

South Korea is home to Enes Kaya, a Turkish entrepreneur and former television personality. He owes his recognition on Korean television to the talk show Non-Summit, in which foreign panellists speak Korean; today he works in the country as an entrepreneur and trade consultant.

He came to Korea in 2001 to study, on his father's recommendation. He first spent a year learning Korean at Konkuk University, then moved to Hanyang University on an IT-management scholarship. He also modeled and appeared on talk shows for foreigners on Arirang TV, SBS, MBC and KBS. He made his film debut in 2010 in Haunters and then decided not to pursue acting full time. He said that his culture and religion make him selective about roles and that he wants to strengthen his country's good image in Korea, calling the two countries "brother countries". In 2014 he was regarded as the most conservative panellist on Non-Summit. At the end of that year he left the programs he appeared on. In 2015 he made a return to acting in a supporting role in the Korean thriller Perfect Proposal.

In Turkey he took small parts in several films and appeared in the 2010 series Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi. After his television career he moved into business.