Zeynep Tugçe Bayat born in Mersin on February 8, 1990. Through generations of her family is nomad Turks in Taurus Mountains. Her surname "Bayat" is the one of 12 Oguz tribes . She completed primary and secondary education in Mersin. After high school, she graduated from studied Law at Marmara University in Istanbul and later from theatre department of Anadolu University State Conservatory. During her university education, she worked behind the scenes in private theaters, which led to her even winning an award for one of her plays called Closer. She went to Spain to study acting at a higher level after a period of internship. Bayat's first professional acting experience was in a television series Beyaz Gelincik at the age of sixteen. Since then she continue acting in television series. She is known for her role as "Targun Hatun" in Kurulus: Osman and series Afili Ask, Teskilat, Baba, Cilek Kokusu. Also, She wrote and played in short series Dunyayi Kurtaran Kadin.