Education
Karahan attended Arı College Elementary School, and completed middle school partly at Ankara Gaziosmanpaşa Primary School, partly at Ödemiş Primary School. She graduated from the Lyceum of Sokollu Mehmet Paşa and then from the School of Tourism Enterprises at Anadolu University.
Career
At the start of her career, Karahan featured in Coca Cola Light and Carrefour advertisements. She played the role of Aslı Zeybek in the teen drama television series, Kavak Yelleri, broadcast on Turkish television channel Kanal Doctorate from 2007 to 2011. In 2012, she was signed up to appear in the popular television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl ("Magnificent Century"), as Mihrimah Sultan which is about the life of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.