Gamze Özçelik Opens Up About Her Marriage To Reshad Strik: "I Miss Speaking Turkish"
Gamze Özçelik, remembered by Turkish TV audiences as Commissioner Zeynep of Arka Sokaklar, has spoken for the first time about her marriage to Reshad Strik, whom she married in the summer of 2024. According to Gamze Özçelik, what challenges the couple most is not their different cultural backgrounds but a far more everyday detail.
Source: Sabah
Gamze Özçelik became famous as Commissioner Zeynep in Arka Sokaklar and returned to acting years later with Operasyon Alesta.
Gamze Özçelik first made her name through Elite Model Look in 1999. After series such as Tatlı Hayat, Serseri and Cinlerle Periler, she won over viewers as Commissioner Zeynep Akyüz in Arka Sokaklar and reached an even wider audience as the host of Popstar Türkiye.
In 2017 Gamze Özçelik founded the Umuda Koşanlar association and stepped away from the cameras, devoting herself to humanitarian aid work that has taken her from Africa to other regions. After a long break she returned to the set with Operasyon Alesta, a military-themed series on the tabii platform.
A village in Ghana brought Gamze Özçelik and Reshad Strik together, and the couple married in June 2024.
Love found Gamze Özçelik on one of these aid journeys. As Reshad Strik told the Turkish daily Milliyet, he had visited a village in Ghana first. Two years later Gamze Özçelik went to the same village with the Umuda Koşanlar team, heard his name from the villagers, reached out to Reshad Strik and invited him to join the association.
'I fell in love with her generosity and her soul,' said Reshad Strik, the Australian actor and presenter of Bosnian descent. Their story turned into a surprise wedding in June 2024. Reshad Strik moved to Türkiye in 2013, took Turkish lessons and became familiar to Turkish audiences through his role in the series Filinta.
Gamze Özçelik admitted she struggles to argue in English and said she misses speaking Turkish.
Despite Reshad Strik's efforts to learn Turkish, the couple's shared language at home is English, and that is where the real challenge begins for Gamze Özçelik. The actress, who has kept her private life out of the spotlight for some time, said coming from different cultures has not caused any problems in their marriage; the language is what she finds hard.
Gamze Özçelik explained that speaking English all the time can be tiring, especially when she is trying to get her point across during an argument. 'I miss speaking Turkish,' she said.
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