Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat (born 8 February 1990^[1]) is a Turkish actress. She is known for her role as "Targun Hatun" in Kuruluş: Osman and series Afili Aşk, Teşkilat, Baba, Çilek Kokusu.

Bayat was born in Mersin. Through generations of her family is nomad Turks in Taurus Mountains. Her surname Bayat is the one of 12 Oğuz tribes .^[2] After, she graduated law at Marmara University. She graduated from theatre department of Anadolu University State Conservatory.^[3] During her university education, she worked behind the scenes in private theatres,^[4] which led to her even winning an award for one of her plays called Closer.^[5] She went to Spain to study acting at a higher level after a period of internship. Zeynep went on the TV screens for the first time in a series called Beyaz Gelincik, which was broadcast in 2006^[4] and is now starring in the popular Turkish TV series, Teşkilat.^[6][7] Also, she wrote and played in short series Dünyayı Kurtaran Kadın.^[8]