Top 40 Tallest and Shortest Turkish Actresses in 2026
The 40 tallest and 15 shortest verified Turkish dizi actresses, ranked with sourced heights — from Çağla Şıkel and Bergüzar Korel to Hande Erçel and Demet Özdemir.
By Abin Kark
Turkish dizi has turned its leading women into some of the most recognizable faces in global television — a genre reaching an estimated 1 billion viewers in 150+ countries, with a fan base that tracks its stars' every detail, height included. Unlike a lot of national television industries, Turkish tabloid media runs regular height-ranking galleries specifically for actresses, which means this list is unusually well-sourced compared to equivalent rankings for other regions.
Here are the 40 tallest Turkish actresses with a verifiable height, plus the 15 shortest we could confirm — every number below traces back to a specific source. Want to see how any of them compare to you? Our free Height Comparison Tool draws it to scale instantly.
Featured Answer: Who is the tallest Turkish actress? Çağla Şıkel has the tallest sourced height among Turkish actresses at 182 cm (5'11.5"), agreed upon by both Turkish Wikipedia and a Habertürk gallery — though she's primarily known as a model and TV host, with acting as a secondary credit.
Featured Answer: How tall is Hande Erçel? Hande Erçel is listed at 175 cm (5'9") on Turkish Wikipedia, corroborated by an independent Ensonhaber gallery — one of the more reliably confirmed figures on this list.
A Quick Honesty Note
Turkish tabloid and lifestyle outlets (Hürriyet/Mahmure, Habertürk, Ensonhaber, A24) publish "actress heights" gallery articles far more often than equivalent content exists for most national television industries, which is why this list runs deeper than similar rankings elsewhere on this site. Where Turkish Wikipedia's uncited "Boy" field and an independent media gallery agree, we treat that as solid. Where sources conflict, we say so explicitly rather than picking a number quietly. A small number of entries near the bottom of the tallest list come from lower-tier "celebrity facts" aggregator sites rather than Wikipedia or a mainstream gallery — those are marked explicitly too, so you know exactly which figures carry the strongest sourcing and which are the best available but less certain.
The 40 Tallest Turkish Actresses
| Rank | Actress | Height (ft/in) | Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Çağla Şıkel | 5'11.5" | 182 cm |
| 2 | Bergüzar Korel | 5'11" | 181 cm |
| 3 | Şenay Akay | 5'11" | 180 cm |
| 3 | Özge Ulusoy | 5'11" | 180 cm |
| 5 | Melisa Aslı Pamuk | 5'10" | 178 cm |
| 6 | Azra Akın | 5'9.5" | 177 cm |
| 7 | Selen Soyder | 5'9" | 176 cm |
| 7 | Cansu Dere | 5'9" | 176 cm |
| 7 | Selma Ergeç | 5'9" | 176 cm |
| 10 | Gizem Karaca | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Hatice Şendil | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Bade İşçil | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Hande Erçel | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Serenay Sarıkaya | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Ahu Yağtu | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 10 | Ecem Özkaya | 5'9" | 175 cm |
| 18 | Meryem Uzerli | 5'8.5" | 174 cm |
| 19 | Birce Akalay | 5'8" | 173 cm |
| 19 | Ebru Özkan | 5'8" | 173 cm |
| 19 | Selin Demiratar | 5'8" | 173 cm |
| 19 | Tuba Büyüküstün | 5'8" | 173 cm |
| 23 | Pelin Akil | 5'7.5" | 172 cm |
| 23 | Alina Boz | 5'7.5" | 172 cm |
| 23 | Aslı Enver* | 5'7.5" | 172 cm |
| 26 | Burcu Biricik | 5'7" | 171 cm |
| 27 | Ceren Hindistan | 5'7" | 170 cm |
| 27 | Demet Özdemir | 5'7" | 170 cm |
| 27 | Berrak Tüzünataç* | 5'7" | 170 cm |
| 30 | Nur Fettahoğlu | 5'6.5" | 169 cm |
| 30 | Neslihan Atagül | 5'6.5" | 169 cm |
| 30 | Afra Saraçoğlu | 5'6.5" | 169 cm |
| 33 | Nesrin Cavadzade | 5'6" | 168 cm |
| 33 | Sıla Türkoğlu | 5'6" | 168 cm |
| 33 | Elçin Sangu* | 5'6" | 168 cm |
| 36 | Fahriye Evcen | 5'5.5" | 167 cm |
| 36 | Gökçe Bahadır | 5'5.5" | 167 cm |
| 36 | Rojda Demirer | 5'5.5" | 167 cm |
| 36 | Ayça Ayşin Turan** | 5'5.5" | 167 cm |
| 40 | Hazal Subaşı** | 5'5" | 166 cm |
* Disputed figure — see notes below. ** Lower-confidence, aggregator-sourced figure — see notes below.
Standouts Worth Knowing
Melisa Aslı Pamuk (178 cm) rounds out the top five, confirmed directly in her English Wikipedia infobox — one other source lists her closer to 176 cm, a small enough gap that we're treating 178 cm as the more reliable figure.
Hande Erçel (175 cm) is likely the most globally recognized name in the top tier, built on Aşk Laftan Anlamaz and Sen Çal Kapımı — her height is also one of the better-corroborated figures on this list, agreed on by Turkish Wikipedia and an independent gallery.
Cansu Dere (176 cm) and Bergüzar Korel (181 cm) represent the genre's earlier generation of global crossover stars, with Kara Para Aşk and Bin Bir Gece respectively still cited by international fans discovering dizi today. Tuba Büyüküstün (173 cm), a two-time Golden Butterfly Award winner, remains one of the industry's most decorated names.
Demet Özdemir (170 cm) and Serenay Sarıkaya (175 cm) anchor the current generation, both carrying multiple hit series each — proof that the tallest actresses don't dominate leading roles any more than the tallest actors do; casting in dizi skews on chemistry and screen presence well before height.
Neslihan Atagül (169 cm), globally beloved for Kara Sevda, and Fahriye Evcen (167 cm), a fixture since Aşk-ı Memnu, both sit toward the middle of this list — a reminder that the actresses topping international fan polls aren't clustered at either height extreme, but spread fairly evenly across the whole 167–182 cm range covered here.
How These Heights Compare to Turkey's National Average
Global height datasets put the average adult Turkish woman at roughly 162 cm (5'4") — which means even the actresses at the shorter end of this list, like Hazal Kaya at 158 cm, sit close to the national average, while the majority of names above sit meaningfully taller than it. That's a common pattern in televised drama generally (casting tends to skew above-average height for both genders), but it's worth the context: nobody on this list is short by population standards, "shortest" here means shortest relative to other working actresses, not short in any absolute sense. If you want the fuller picture of how Turkish heights compare globally, our Average Heights by Country guide breaks down where different nations rank.
The 15 Shortest Turkish Actresses We Could Verify
| Rank (shortest first) | Actress | Height (ft/in) | Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seren Şirince | 5'1" | 155 cm |
| 1 | Pelin Karahan* | 5'1" | 155 cm |
| 3 | Gülçin Şantırcıoğlu | 5'1" | 156 cm |
| 4 | Hazal Kaya | 5'2" | 158 cm |
| 4 | Vildan Atasever | 5'2" | 158 cm |
| 6 | Gözde Mutluer | 5'2.5" | 159 cm |
| 7 | Özge Özpirinççi | 5'3" | 160 cm |
| 7 | Burçin Terzioğlu | 5'3" | 160 cm |
| 7 | Leyla Tanlar | 5'3" | 160 cm |
| 7 | Hande Soral* | 5'3" | 160 cm |
| 11 | Burçu Özberk | 5'4" | 162 cm |
| 11 | Damla Sönmez | 5'4" | 162 cm |
| 11 | Emel Çölgeçen | 5'4" | 162 cm |
| 14 | Gonca Vuslateri | 5'4.5" | 164 cm |
| 15 | Elifcan Ongurlar | 5'5" | 166 cm |
* Disputed figure — see notes below.
Hazal Kaya (158 cm) is the strongest-sourced entry in this entire list — three independent galleries (A24, Onedio, and Ensonhaber) converge on the same figure, which is rare for this category.
A Note on Disputed Heights
A handful of names here have real source conflicts, and we'd rather show both figures than quietly guess:
- Aslı Enver — 171–172 cm per Habertürk, vs. 165 cm in an A24 gallery — a notable gap.
- Berrak Tüzünataç — 170 cm per Habertürk, vs. 175 cm per Ensonhaber.
- Elçin Sangu — two entries in the same Ensonhaber gallery list her at both 167 cm and 169 cm.
- Pelin Karahan — 155 cm per an A24 gallery, vs. 160 cm elsewhere.
- Hande Soral — 160 cm per Onedio, vs. 163 cm per A24.
- Melisa Aslı Pamuk — 178 cm per her English Wikipedia infobox, vs. approximately 176 cm in another source — a small gap; we used the Wikipedia figure as the more reliable of the two.
- Belçim Bilgin — excluded from the ranked list entirely: one Ensonhaber gallery lists her at 163 cm, while Habertürk separately lists her at 170 cm, a 7 cm gap too large to confidently place her anywhere on a "shortest" ranking.
Two more names — Ayça Ayşin Turan (167 cm) and Hazal Subaşı (166 cm) — round out the list at 40, but deserve a different kind of caveat: every source we found for both traces back to lower-tier "celebrity facts" aggregator sites rather than Wikipedia or a mainstream Turkish media gallery. We included them because they're the best publicly available figures for these two names, not because the sourcing meets the same bar as the rest of this list — treat them accordingly.
See How You Compare
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who is the tallest Turkish actress?
Çağla Şıkel, at 182 cm (5'11.5") — a figure agreed upon by both Turkish Wikipedia and an independent media gallery, making it one of the more trustworthy entries on this list.
2. How tall is Hande Erçel?
175 cm (5'9"), corroborated by Turkish Wikipedia and an independent Ensonhaber gallery.
3. How tall is Demet Özdemir?
170 cm (5'7"), per both Turkish Wikipedia and a Habertürk gallery.
4. Who is the shortest Turkish actress?
Seren Şirince and Pelin Karahan are tied at the shortest verified height, 155 cm (5'1") — though Pelin Karahan's figure is disputed by another source citing 160 cm.
5. Is Cansu Dere taller than Hande Erçel?
Yes — Cansu Dere is listed at 176 cm versus Hande Erçel's 175 cm, though the 1 cm gap is small enough to fall within typical measurement variance between sources.
6. Why do some actresses on this list have two different heights listed?
Because two independent sources genuinely disagree, most often a Wikipedia infobox figure (usually sourced from a modeling-agency profile) versus a tabloid gallery estimate. We flag every case we found rather than silently choosing one.
7. Are these heights officially confirmed?
No — most trace back to modeling-agency profiles or media estimates, not certified measurements. Treat them as the best publicly available figures.
8. Can I compare my height to these actresses?
Yes — our free Height Comparison Tool lets you add anyone from this list by name and exact height and see the comparison drawn to scale instantly.
9. How does the average Turkish actress's height compare to the national average?
Most names on this list sit above Turkey's national average female height of roughly 162 cm (5'4") — even the shortest verified entry, Hazal Kaya at 158 cm, is close to it rather than dramatically below it, since drama casting generally skews toward above-average height for both genders.
10. Do Turkish actresses' heights affect casting decisions?
There's no public evidence of a strict height requirement — the range across this entire list (167 cm to 182 cm among the tallest, down to 155 cm among the shortest) shows successful leading actresses across a wide span, suggesting chemistry and screen presence matter far more than a specific number.
Final Thoughts
Turkish dizi's leading women are as globally recognized as the shows that made them famous, and thanks to Turkey's habit of publishing actress-height galleries, this is one of the better-documented actress rankings we've been able to build. Çağla Şıkel and Bergüzar Korel anchor the tall end; Hazal Kaya's 158 cm is the single most reliably confirmed figure at the shorter end — and across the whole list, height tracks almost nothing about who actually leads Turkey's biggest hit shows.
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