LOVE Island’s Tanyel Revan has confirmed that she is engaged and is already planning her big day.
The 27-year-old hair stylist from North London, exclusively told The Sun that her man popped the question whilst on a romantic boat trip in Istanbul, Turkey, just last week.
Tanyel, who starred on the ninth series of Love Island, the second ever winter season, which was filmed in South Africa, soon reunited with her Mr Right just weeks after leaving the villa.
She shocked everyone when she announced she had found her “soulmate” shortly after appearing on the ITV dating show.
But now, the pair are happily engaged and are looking to plan their destination wedding.
Tanyel explained that she had an inkling that her man, Ediz, 31, a property developer from London, would pop the question whilst on holiday in Turkey.
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She told The Sun: “I kind of had a feeling from the beginning of the holiday that he would propose.
“I thought ‘isn’t it a bit strange that my family are flying out two days later?’
“He’s older, I know he’s ready to settle down and have kids, so I had a feeling but I wasn’t 100% sure.
“It was on the second day of the holiday [8th]. We’ve got a family friend that comes out here for business a lot – he does a lot of business here and he knows someone who has a yacht.
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“He lied to me and said that he’d done us a favour and would give us a free cruise around Istanbul and that he got a photographer so that I could get some content.
“I thought ‘who the hell would do that for free?’ I was thinking, ‘there’s no chance, he’s definitely paid for a yacht and this is his cover-up story. I thought ‘that’s a bit extreme, I don’t care about content that much’.
“But I went with the flow and didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to ruin it and also didn’t want to get too excited in case it wasn’t happening.
“So I got ready and the yacht picked us up. The view was beautiful.
“I was properly dressed up, the dress I was wearing was House of CB and it literally looked like a wedding dress, it was lace.
“I went the extra mile and I think he could tell that I had a feeling because it was so over the top.”
Whilst on the romantic boat trip, Tanyel shared the exact moment her partner asked for her hand in marriage.
She added: “We were on the yacht, the photographer said about taking some lovey dovey pictures of us together. They were quite cringe because I’m not publicly affectionate.
“Anyway, they asked for solo ones, the photographer asked me to turn around and look into the distance, so they could get a picture from behind of me looking out into the view.
“My back was turned to the photographer so I couldn’t see what was going on behind me.
“They told me not to turn around – I had such a strong feeling at this point that something was going to happen.
“I turned around and he was on one knee. It was really cute.
“It was crazy. I feel like this is the quickest that anyone has gotten engaged after Love Island. It’s very mad, but it’s really exciting.
“Obviously I said yes. I was really excited. I couldn’t believe it. I was so excited. My ring is yellow gold. It’s exactly how I wanted it. The clarity is so good, it’s amazing.
“After that, we went to Novikov and then the following evening my family, his family and one of my friends came out to surprise me.
“I am over the moon. I feel like it’s natural. I felt it was coming, I knew it was time for it to come. When you know you know. There’s no way I could’ve been with anyone else.”
During her Love Island stint, Tanyel coupled up with best pal Ron Hall in a purely platonic manner, as well as Kai Fagan.
She explained: “I was in there for about four weeks, I coupled up with a few people. Ron was more of a friendship couple.
“When I left, I knew that the guys in there weren’t my cup of tea. I couldn’t see a future with any of them.”
The brunette beauty explained that her man got in touch with her shortly after she left the show.
She continued: “We’ve been together since I left Love Island, literally a few weeks after.
“He got back in touch with me and it hit off from there.
“Everyone else I met, they’re sweet boys, but my partner now takes me out all the time, he does everything for me, we like the same things, we have fun. He’s not a cheapskate, I can’t stand cheapskates.
“He would do anything for me, he’s a real man.
“He’s older, he knows what he wants, there’s no mucking around. I don’t have to tell him what to do or what not to do. He’s so easygoing.
“He’s a private person, he doesn’t use Insta much.
“He gets everything on point, he does the most for me.
“He’s so generous, so kind, so caring.
“My ring is beautiful. It’s so gorgeous, it’s so shiny.”
After the romantic proposal, Tanyel revealed that her castmate Lana Jenkins was the first person she called.
She revealed: “As soon as I got off the boat, I called Lana. I spoke to Lana and I told Ron as well. I had a little Facetime call and they were over the moon, they couldn’t believe it.
“It’s so funny because I made a bet with them that I knew he was going to do it. They said I was mad, but I knew he was going to do it.
“We spoke about where we’re at, he said he was older and I’m the love of his life and that he was ready to settle down.
“He had here and there asked me what I would like in a ring, but we hadn’t gone ring shopping. I’d sent him cheeky photos of rings but didn’t realise he’d get it so spot on.”
Tanyel revealed that the couple aren’t actually living together, but are searching for their first home.
She revealed: “We aren’t living together until I’m married. I stay at his house almost every night, we basically live together but right now, we’re looking for a property together.”
But Tanyel explained that this isn’t the first time she has been with Ediz.
She explained: “I actually knew him in the past. I was with him many years ago, when I was about 20. I was so stubborn. We were both young and immature. And I was stubborn, so if he did anything to p*** me off, I wouldn’t speak to him.
“It fizzled out. We went for quite a few years of not speaking.
“He tried to speak to me when I was going on Love Island. I was friendly with him but I ignored the dating side of it. We spoke civilly but that was it.
“He was always lingering on my mind when I was in the villa. He was constantly in the back of my mind. We had unfinished business, it was like the one who got away.
“I always said that an ex is an ex for a reason, but we both weren’t ready, we were both so young and immature.
“I met him when I was 20. We were on and off for a couple of years, I can’t even call it a serious relationship, we were so young.
“I knew he was the one for me after Love Island, I felt it.
“He reached out to me and then we bumped into each other in a bar in Mayfair. That’s when we got speaking.”
When it comes to their big day, Tanyel explained: “We love it here [Turkey], we’ve looked at a few venues out here.
“We’re going to look in Italy as well.
“The weather is rubbish in London and I love going on holiday – it will definitely be a wedding abroad.
“I think it will be very soon – he wants to do it next year, in 2024. So it’s quite dramatic and sudden.
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“I wanted the closest people around me there. If I do it abroad, I wouldn’t have more than 150 to 200 guests.
“One million per cent I would invite Ron and Lana. I wouldn’t invite a lot of the Love Island cast – and that’s not personal, it’s just because I only want people I can call my best friends. I want it to be very intimate.”
