Alican Öztürk
1 plays
Born in Istanbul in 1998.
In 2012, he completed a two-year preparatory training program at Müjdat Gezen Art Center.
In 2016, he graduated from the Theatre Department of Pera Fine Arts High School. During his high school education, he performed in Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck, Roland Schimmelpfennig’s One Long Night, and Bertolt Brecht’s A Respectable Wedding.
In 2020, he graduated from the Theatre Department, Faculty of Art and Design at Kadir Has University. During his university education, he performed in Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Thomas Vinterberg’s The Celebration (Festen). He also took part in various projects, including Murat Mahmutyazıcıoğlu’s Bomba as part of the international “24 Hours” project, in which a play is written, directed and performed within 24 hours, as well as HAS!TR, a project focusing on digital theatre.
During the 2019–2020 season, he played the character of Oscar in Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, directed by Zeynep Özden and staged at Tiyatro Pera. For this performance, he was awarded the title of “Promising Young Talent of the Year” by the Ekin Yazın Theatre Awards.
In 2021–2022, during the period when theatres were closed due to the pandemic, he took part in Kanlı Yayın, an improvisation-based digital theatre project.
In the same year, following the lifting of restrictions, he staged David De Silva’s musical Fame as part of the Kadir Has University Clubs Union.
In 2023, produced by Sahne+, he directed Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie in its original language, English, and played the character of Tom.
In 2024, he became a member of Neshkola, a collective formed by Russian actors who had fled the war, and performed in the play Fear.
In 2025, he performed the role of “Treplev” in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Nesrin Kazankaya at Tiyatro Pera.
