Ali İhsan Varol

He was born in 1976 in Istanbul to Circassian parents who originate from the Circassian-majority district of Kayseri Pınarbaşı.[4][5][6] He entered the Ankara University Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences but later changed his mind and entered History, and finally he tried Public Administration. After university, he worked in a car rental business in Bodrum for 1.5 years.[7] He later continued his career in the tourism sector. He then started in the television industry as a production assistant. He took his first step into acting in 1998 with a TV series about a monkey called Çarli, which was broadcast on Star TV. Known as an animal lover, he later took on the role of caring for Çarli, the lead role in the series.[7] The Kelime Oyunu (Word Game) program, which he hosted and produced, gained him fame in Turkey.[2][3] He also later hosted a version of the show in the Circassian language.[8] In 2014 he joined Kardeş Payı as an actor, where he later worked as a scenarist.[9] In the same year, he was a guest actor the movie Recep İvedik 4 where he played himself.