Şoray Uzun

Şoray Uzun — Biography

Şoray Uzun was born on 9 June 1967 in Razgrad, Bulgaria, to a family from the country's ethnic Turkish minority; they emigrated and settled in Adana in 1974. He completed primary and secondary school there and finished high school at Bahçelievler Kocasinan Lisesi in Istanbul, then graduated from the Radio-TV Department of Marmara University's Faculty of Communication, where he went on to pursue a master's degree. Active on screen from 1987, he appeared in series including Mahallenin Muhtarları, İz Peşinde and Kaygısızlar before reaching his widest recognition as Ahmet in the long-running TRT 1 series Seksenler (2012-2022). He also moved into hosting, presenting the quiz shows Cevap Soruda and 7'de 7 as well as the travel program Şoray Uzun Yolda, and appeared in the music video for Ersen ve Dadaşlar's "Bekle Sevgilim Yaz Gelir." He has said his stage name comes from his admiration for actress Türkan Şoray. Married to Elçin Uzun since 1998 and the father of three sons, he currently writes a column for the newspaper Posta.