Ayla Algan (née Kasman; 29 October 1937[1] – 4 January 2024) was a Turkish film and stage actress[2] and singer.

Algan appeared on the stage for the first time during her theatre education at the Actors Studio in New York City, United States.

[3] In 1960, Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979), then director of the Istanbul City Theatres, asked her to return to Turkey, offering her an actress cast.

[3] She performed in French language in the lead roles of Dead Souls (1842) by Nikolai Gogol, Memleketimden İnsan Manzaraları ("Human Landscapes from My Country") (1966–67) by Nâzım Hikmet at the Théâtre national de Chaillot, of Orta Direk ("The Wind from the Plain") (1950) by Yaşar Kemal at Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris, France.

[3] In 1980, she moved to Berlin, Germany, where she played worker's theatre on stage four years long with her husband Beklan Algan and some other Turkish actors such as Tuncel Kurtiz, Şener Şen and Macit Koper.

[4] She was interred at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery following a memorial ceremony at Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage and the religious service at Teşvikiye Mosque.