Who did Hamide Akkuş, Aylin in Kızılcık Şerbeti, get engaged to, and when?

14 September 2026 — Happy news from the cast of Kızılcık Şerbeti, Show TV's drama now in its fifth season: Hamide Akkuş, who plays Aylin, got engaged to her boyfriend Tugay Ercins. Habertürk Magazin broke the story on 12 September 2026 as a photo gallery headlined "Kızılcık Şerbeti's Aylin, Hamide Akkuş, exchanged rings with her boyfriend Tugay Ercins" and wrote that the couple "shared the excitement of the engagement with their loved ones". TGRT Haber and Haberler.com, however, dated the engagement 13 September; the discrepancy may simply reflect a weekend ceremony reported at different times, but the exact day is not stated uniformly across sources.

Where and how was it held?

According to TGRT Haber, the engagement took place in Istanbul at La Forêt Istanbul; the guest list was about 100 people, families and close friends, and the atmosphere was described as "simple and intimate". Hamide Akkuş's outfit was prepared by stylist and image consultant Erdal Güvenç. As Milliyet and Mynet reported, the well-known Anatolian engagement custom "makas kesmiyor" ("the scissors won't cut") was performed as the rings were exchanged: the person about to cut the ribbon declares that the scissors "won't cut" until guests put money on the tray; according to the reports, when the tray holder found the first amount insufficient, guests "rained" money onto the tray. Because the reports differ in wording, no figure is given here.

Who attended, who posted?

According to Habertürk, guests shared moments from the ceremony on social media, and that is how the news reached the public. TGRT Haber wrote that Feyza Civelek, Akkuş's co-star on Kızılcık Şerbeti, posted photos after the ceremony in support of the couple; Civelek plays Nilay and, according to TMDB, has appeared in 138 episodes. No statement or quote from the couple's own accounts appears in the reports reviewed.

Hamide Akkuş and Aylin

In the press Akkuş is referred to without exception as "Kızılcık Şerbeti's Aylin". The role is one of the supporting characters in a story built around a young woman's conflicts with her boyfriend's family. There is a gap on the records side: TMDB's aggregate cast list for the series, 66 people long, contains neither Hamide Akkuş nor a character named Aylin, so the role's episode count and start date cannot be verified here. The actress's date of birth, education and earlier work do not appear in the reports reviewed either, and such details are not written without a source.

Who is Tugay Ercins?

Even Haberler.com's piece titled "Who is Tugay Ercins?" offers nothing beyond "the boyfriend of actress Hamide Akkuş": no age, hometown or profession is reported. Since publishing unverified details about a person without a public profile would breach this site's no-invention rule, this page carries only the engagement information about Ercins.

What is happening on the series side?

According to TMDB, Kızılcık Şerbeti premiered on Show TV on 28 October 2022, has completed 5 seasons and 174 episodes, and its new season premiere is scheduled for 18 September 2026. Because the engagement news landed in the same week as the new-season trailers, viewers discussed the two together. The reports contain nothing suggesting the engagement affects Aylin's storyline or Akkuş's future on the show; this is a development in the actress's private life and has no bearing on the script.

What is known and what is not

Known: the engagement, the venue (La Forêt Istanbul), the approximate guest count, the customs performed and the co-star's post. Unknown: how long the couple has been together (the reports say only "for some time"), how they met, a wedding date, and who Tugay Ercins is. TGRT Haber wrote that the wedding date is "a matter of curiosity"; the couple has not announced one. This page relies only on publicly available news sources, does not spread unverified private-life details and will be updated when the couple makes a statement.