Kerem Alışık

Kerem Alışık — Biography

Kerem Alışık (born 5 June 1960, Istanbul) is a Turkish actor and television presenter. He is the son of the master actors Sadri Alışık and Çolpan İlhan and the nephew of the poet Attilâ İlhan. In his youth he played football for a while at Anadolu Üsküdar 1908. He began acting in 1995 as Ferit Demiröz in the series Fırtınalar and made his cinema debut with the film Dansöz (2001), directed by Savaş Ay.

He portrayed Fatin Rüştü Zorlu in the series Ben Onu Çok Sevdim (2013) and Ayhan in Kara Sevda (2015); in the film Arif V 216 (2018) he revived his father's legendary Turist Ömer character under the name Cambaz Ömer. He also appeared in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (2018) and Sipahi (2022). An instructor at the Sadri Alışık Culture Center founded by his mother, Alışık was married to actress Sibel Turnagöl between 1988 and 1993. In 2026 he returned to the screen as Sadık Karlıova in Kanal D's series Haysiyet.