Türkü Turan was born in Bodrum, Mugla. Studied sociology at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Her first meeting with silver screen was the technology program at S'nek TV as an anchor then she continued with Dream TV "Soundwave" Program in 2007. Her first appearance was in the Turkish TV series "Annem- My Mother" (2007) in the role of "Pinar". Later, she was discovered by the director, Reha Erdem and acted in his feature-film Kosmos (2009) which was selected by International Berlin Film Festival. For her performance of Neptune, she was nominated as "the Best Actress" at almost all film festivals in Turkey. In 2010, she was seen in the TV series "Cakil Taslari" and "Gönül Ferman Dinlemiyor." Followed by "Adini Feriha Koydum", "Nuri" and "Oyle Bir Gecer Zaman Ki", "Subat", "Tatar Ramazan", "Maral","Aci Ask" "Dolunay". She was a guest star in the film "Gise Memuru/Toll Booth". Turan, starred in "Musallat 2" (2011), "Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Acikli Asiri Hikayesi/The Tragedic Story of Celal Tan and His Family" (2011) and "Topragin Cocuklari"(2012). She played homeless girl disguised as man in surreal drama series "Subat". She played the "Duru" character at the long feature film "Sakli" which was premiered at 39th Montreal Film Festival in 2016. Lastly, Türkü Turan co-stars in the internet series"Yasamayanlar" on Blu Tv.