About Serhan Yavaş Serhan Yavaş (born 27 March 1972 in İstanbul) is a Turkish actor and model. Biography He was born in İstanbul on 27 March 1972. He entered the Sports Academy of Marmara University. He worked as a Tennis instructor and joined a modeling agency. In the year 1995, he had a small role in a soap opera called Ester ve Sarah. In the year 1998, he acted in Örümcek which was his breakthrough. He got married in 1999. Presently he plays the character of Menderes in Yemin. He has also appeared in many advertisements like Deniz Bank, Bosch, Tofaş, Papia and Nestle Kit Kat