Bülent Şakrak

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, voice actor. Born August 26, 1977 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department.

Bülent Şakrak was married to Özge Borak, also an actress, between 2006 and 2010 and later divorced. He married his co-star Ceyda Düvenci, with whom he fell in love in the TV series "The Law of Love", on December 21, 2015 in a family wedding in the Mount Ida Mountains.

He started his career in theater in 1996 at Kartal Sanat İşliği Theater, acting in youth and children's plays. After Kartal Sanat İşliği Theater, Bülent Şakrak worked at Müjdat Gezen Theater and Yayla Art Center Theater, and since 2004, he has been a member of the cast of Kent Actors. He acted in various plays such as To the Death, 39 Steps, Gambler's Choice and Captain from Inishmore.

Bülent Şakrak, who is also a TV program presenter and voice actor, has been acting in theater plays since 1998; Since 1995, he has acted in TV series such as Bizim Aile, Pembe Patikler, Arka Sokaklar, Küçük Kadınlar, Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu and in the movies Halk Çocukğu, Sır Çocukları, Eyvah Eyvah, İksir: The Secret of My Grandfather, and the movie films Yaktın Beni. He continues to take part in new projects.

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Buğra Gülsoy

Theater actor, director and writer, film and TV series actor, director, producer and script writer, voice actor. He is 175 cm tall. Born on February 22, 1982 in Ankara, he completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara. After graduating from the architecture department of Eastern Mediterranean University in 2004, Buğra Gülsoy acted in various plays at the Cyprus State Theater during his stay in Cyprus.

Buğra Gülsoy, one of the founders of the Cyprus Film Association, has also directed some short films. He received training on filmmaking in a competition organized within the scope of the United Nations Development Project. He was discovered by Mahsun Kırmızıgül.

First, the handsome actor, who had a short 1-year marriage with his actress friend Burcu Kara in 2011, married Nilüfer Gürbüz in 2018 and established a happy home.

Buğra Gülsoy, who starred in the 2008 TV series Hepimiz Birimiz İçin for the first time, stepped onto the big screen with the character of Berat in the movie Güneşi Gördüm, directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül. Buğra Gülsoy, who gave life to the character of Tolga in the series called Unutulmaz, accompanied Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ in the leading role in the series Kuzey Güney.

He played the character Vural in the series Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? for one season. He shared the lead role with Özge Özpirinçci in the series Aşk Yeniden, and shared the lead role in the movie Acı Tatlı Ekşi with the same actress.

Buğra Gülsoy, who has acted in many movies and series so far and has done voice-overs for some of them, continues to take part in new projects.

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Shawval Sam

Musician, voice artist, movie and TV series actress, fairy tale writer. Her full name is Türkdeniz Şevval Sam. Born on November 11, 1973 in Istanbul, her mother is singer Leman Sam and her father is Selim Sam. Following in the footsteps of her mother Leman Sam, she had a childhood intertwined with art.

Sam attended primary and secondary school at Hasan Ali Yücel Elementary School and high school at Istanbul Zincirlikuyu Construction Technical and Building Vocational High School in the restoration department. He completed his higher education at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphics. Between 1993 and 1999, she was married to Metin Tekin, the legendary former football player of Beşiktaş nicknamed Sarı Fırtına, and had a son named Tarık Emir from this marriage.

Şevval Sam, who turned to art after completing her higher education, gained great acclaim especially with her role in the series "Super Baba", which was reflected on television screens between 1993 and 1998.

Şevval Sam, who continued her TV series life after the series "Super Dad" and started to act in movies at the same time, could not stay away from the music she has been in since she was a little girl.

And Şevval Sam stepped into her music career with her studio album "Sek" released in 2006.

Şevval Sam, who reinterpreted 20 Turkish Art Music works, three of which were instrumental, in the album released by Kalan Music, attracted great interest from music lovers, especially with her clear voice.

After her first album, Şevval Sam quickly started working on her next album.

Sam released his second album "Istanbul's Secrets" in 2007.

Şevval Sam, who accompanied the modern ethnic rhythmic music with her voice in the album, received full marks from her listeners again.

The hip hop style arrangement of the folk song "Ben Seni Sevduğumi" by the Black Sea artist "Kazım Koyuncu", who succumbed to cancer, became the hit of the album.

Sam, who uses rap style as well as Hip Hop in his songs, stated that he resisted this style of songs at first, but a very nice album came out.

The following year, the artist delivered her 3rd studio album titled "Karadeniz" to her fans. Şevval Sam reinterpreted 16 Black Sea folk songs in her album.

Şevval Sam's long-awaited "Black Sea" album, whose Black Sea folk songs she had previously performed with Kazım Koyuncu in TV series, was composed of the most popular Black Sea folk songs.

Şevval Sam has never broken away from acting as well as her music life. Şevval Sam, who starred in many TV series, also appeared in commercials.

Şevval Sam, one of the most successful names of project albums, released the album "Has Arabesk" in 2010, where she interpreted the arabesque songs of the 70s in her own unique style. The project, which was worked on for more than two years, was based on an academic research that sheds light on the socio-political history of Turkey from the 30s to the 90s through arabesque music.

In the album, in which no electronic instruments were used in accordance with the character of arabesque music, the songs of the iconic arabesque artists of the period, from Orhan Gencebay to Ferdi Tayfur, from Gülden Karaböcek to Esengül and Müslüm Gürses, who left their mark on the history of arabesque, were included. Şevval Sam, "Drunk" from the album "Has Arabesk" He prepared an animated music video for his song and received great appreciation from his listeners.

Şevval Sam realized her 10-year dream with her album "Has Arabesk".

From Black Sea melodies to arabesques, Şevval Sam, whose misty voice suits every song she sings, once again appeared before her listeners in 2012 with her album "II Tek", which she describes as "the style that touches my heart in the first degree", just like her album "Sek", which includes classical Turkish art music pieces.

In August 2013, in the album "Tango", the product of two years of preparation, Şevval Sam gave life to modern and classical Tangos blended from Turkey and the world as well as new compositions with her warm voice. She reinterpreted classic works such as Astor Piazzola's "Libertango" and Carlos Gardel's "Por Una Cabeza" with Turkish lyrics. The violin solos in the "Tango" album bear the signature of the famous violin virtuoso Cihat Aşkın.

In June 2015, he presented his album "Toprak Kokusu" (The Smell of Soil), which he prepared based on the concerts he performed in 2012 and 2014 and named "The Smell of Soil", which bears the same name as the concerts, to his listeners. In the album, which contains every color of this country and consists of 18 pieces, he sang the melodies of a geography extending from Rumelia, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Aegean and Caucasus.

In 2016, Şevval Sam prepared a wonderful album for preschool children. In the album titled "Nanninom", Şevval Sam not only used her voice but also her pen and wrote beautiful fairy tales for children. Consisting of 10 songs and 2 stories, "Nanninom" album's graphic designs and illustrations are also by Şevval Sam.

Inspired by the TV series "Bodrum Masalı", in which she was the lead actress in 2017, she met with her fans on February 14th, Valentine's Day, with her single "Aşk Olsun", whose lyrics and music belong to her.

Şevval Sam, who attracts attention with her simple life, has acted in many films and series such as Super Dad, Seagulls and Istanbul, On the Edge of Life, Magnificent Century, Bodrum Tale, Scent of Money, Forbidden Apple since 1993, as well as her music works. He was especially acclaimed for his role as Ender in the series Forbidden Apple, which he starred in since 2018.

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Ece Dizdar

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, dubbing artist, translator. He is 1.67 meters tall and weighs 56 kg. He was born on November 23, 1981 in Istanbul. Due to his father's duty as a submariner, he lived in many cities in Turkey and in countries such as Pakistan, Belgium and England during his childhood. In the places he traveled, he usually studied at DODDS American schools.

During her middle school years, she studied musical acting, voice and dance in Belgium and performed on stage for 2 years as part of the children's conservatory. After graduating from Marmara University Faculty of Communication, the actress moved to London, completed her acting education with a scholarship at ARTSED acting academy and started her professional acting career.

Ece Dizdar has translated plays such as Shopping and F...ing and Festen for Theater DOT. She is a professional commercial and promotional dubbing artist. She continues to take part in theater, television and cinema productions in the UK and Turkey as an actress and translator.

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Erdal Ozyagcilar

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, voice actor. Born January 1, 1948, İznik / Bursa. 1.75 meters tall and 76 kilograms. He acted in many plays staged in Istanbul City Theaters for many years and retired from this institution.

In addition to the theater, Erdal Özyağcılar has acted in many movies and television films and made voice-overs. He was widely known and loved by the masses with the series Bizimkiler and Elveda Rumeli. He has acted in around 100 movies and TV series so far and made voice-overs. He is one of the veteran character actors of Yeşilçam.

Erdal Özyağcılar is married to Güzin Özyağcılar and has two children, Zeynep Özyağcılar and Seyfettin Emrah Özyağcılar.

In recent years, Erdal Özyağcılar played the character of Yaman Günaltay in the Champion series, which he starred in 2019.

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Sherif Erol

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, screenwriter, voice actor. He is 1.79 cm tall and weighs 75 kilograms. Born October 8, 1963 in Karşıyaka, İzmir. He decided to become a physicist after his high school physics The Teacher told his class, "You can't be a physicist," and enrolled in the Physics Department of Boğaziçi University. In fact, he realized that he did not want to study physics and switched to Economics. He was a member of Boğaziçi University Actors for a long time and started working for Açık Radyo in 1997.

Due to her desire for theater, she studied theater and gave lectures. During this time, she played plays in the Studio Actors Theater in Nişantaşı. In 2008, he continued his play "Fear of Darkness" at Studio Actors and in 2014 he played the lead role in the play "My Father's Bodies" at the Krek Theater established at Bilgi University. Since 2000, he has written the TV series Bir İstanbul Masalı, Hırsız Polis and Bıçak Sırtı and recently played the role of "Hasan Kılıç" in the episodes of the TV series Şeref Meselesi. For a while, he did voice-over work for TRT.

Şerif Erol won great acclaim for his role as "Bahar Çeşmeli's well-meaning stepfather Enver Sarıkadı" in the series "Kadın", which he played during 2017-2020. He continues to take part in new projects.

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Eser Yenenler

Actor, television program host, script writer, voice actor. Born on February 14, 1984 in Bursa. At the age of 6, she lost her father. He attended primary and secondary school in Bursa. He completed high school at Bursa Gazi Anatolian High School. Then he graduated from Marmara University, Department of Business Administration.

He took part in Bursa Municipality Youth Theater, Bursa State Theater, Istanbul Akademi Hayat and finally in BKM (Beşiktaş Cultural Center) Kitchen directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan in 2006.

Eser Yenenler played the character of Özgür in the series Aliye, directed by Kudret Sabancı and starring Sanem Çelik, Nejat İşler, and Halit Ergenç, which was his first television experience in 2003. For a while, he presented the competition program Eyvah Düşüyorum on Star TV.

Eser Yenenler replaced Sergen Yalçın as a jury member in the new season of the talent show "Yetenek Sizsiniz Turkey" in 2013. The following year, he served as a jury together with Acun Ilıcalı, Özgü Namal and Murat Boz in the 2014-2015 season of Yetenek Sizsiniz Turkey, which was prepared and presented by Acun Ilıcalı. In 2014, he presented the program "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" as a guest host in Kenan Işık's absence.

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Ahmet Rıfat Şungar

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, voice actor. Born July 9, 1983 in Istanbul. After graduating from Kartal Süleyman Demirel Anatolian High School, he graduated from the theater department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. In 2021, he married graphic artist Esra Gülmen.

He first met with the audience with The Disappearing Years. After this series, Şungar was part of the cast of Janjan, directed by Aydın Sayman, and in 2008, he had the opportunity to show his talents to more people with a short role in the second season of Hatırla Sevgili. After appearing in many films and TV series, he starred in the feature film Av: The Hunt in 2019 and played the character Cem in the TV series If I Had My Current Mind in 2020. In 2020 and 2021, he starred in new movies and series. He continues to take part in new projects.

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Işıl Yücesoy

Voice artist; theater, cinema and TV series actor, theater director. Born on October 2, 1945 in Kırklareli. He was born in a family intertwined with art. Her father was music The Teacher Selahattin Yücesoy, her grandfather was composer Asım Bey and her aunt was Muazzez Kurdoğlu, a famous actress of Turkish theater. He began his first musical studies at an early age, learning to play the piano under the guidance of his father. During her secondary school education in Istanbul, she was the captain of the school's volleyball team for six years. When she graduated from high school, she was recruited by Rasimpaşa Sports Club, but she had to give up professional sports when art took precedence.

After graduating from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, he started working at the State Theater in 1969. After 6 years, he quit his job due to some problems. She started to perform as a singer in 1975 by evaluating the offers that came in those days.

He released his first 45 in 1975 with the title "Çalamazsın Mutluluğu/Köye Geldi Bir Gelin". In the meantime, he met and had the opportunity to work with songwriters such as Fikret Şenes, Fikret Bostancı and Noray Demirci. In 1977, he released his second 45 "Unopened Letter/İçmeden Sarhoş" and in the same year he released "Bir Var Bir Yok/Sen Seni". The song "Sen Seni" in this album was composed by Selami Şahin. In 1978, "Sen İnanma / Ya Seninle Ya Sensiz" from his last 45's "Sen İnanma / Ya Seninle Ya Sensiz" had a great impact on the music market. This album, released by Orient Plak, the music company he founded himself, reached 100 thousand sales in the week it was released. Işıl Yücesoy, who sang foreign songs with Turkish lyrics on her first records, sang English, Italian and Russian songs on stage.

The artist was negatively affected by the political environment of the 1970s and left his music career. In 1981, she entered the movie industry. After taking part in many TV series and movies after this year, the artist started to make a name for herself again with the 2004 TV series "Çemberimde Gül Oya" produced by Çağan Irmak in 2004.

Işıl Yücesoy starred in the movie "Unutursam Fısılda" directed by Çağan Irmak in 2014 with Humeyra, Mehmet Günsür, Farah Zeynep Abdullah and Kerem Bursin. In September 2014, she joined the series "Kara Para Aşk", which started in March 2014, in the second season in September 2014 and starred with Engin Akyürek and Tuba Büyüküstün in the lead roles and Erkan Can, Saygın Soysal, Öykü Karayel in other roles. The artist played the role of Esma in the series "Hayat Mucizelere Gebe", which started airing in 2015.

Işıl Yücesoy plays the role of Refika, Ali's mother, in the latest TV series "Aşk ve Mavi". She is a dignified, authoritarian woman. She is the main leader of the mansion and the Göreçki family... The most important thing in this life is their son... She will consider her daughter-in-law Mavi as her eternal enemy for making an attempt on her son's life.

The artist continued to act in theater plays, which he started in 1969, until 2000, portraying many characters. In 2010, she directed the play "King Kong's Daughters: Theresia Walser", which was staged by the Istanbul State Theater in 2010.

She is the mother of a daughter, Meneviş, from her marriage to journalist and writer Tanju Cılızoğlu (July 1, 1989).

Işıl Yücesoy, who has acted in many films and series as well as theater acting, has continued to take part in new projects in recent years. She was loved with the character of Refika Göreçki, which she brought to life in the series Aşk and Mavi. In 2019, she took part in the Ferhat and Sirin series.

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Yetkin Dikinciler

Theater, cinema and TV series actor, voice actor. He is 1.94 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms. He was born on August 15, 1969 in Istanbul as the only child of his family. He is the only child of a retired officer father and a Red Crescent nurse mother. Since his father was a retired officer, he spent his childhood traveling around Anatolia. Due to his father's profession, he traveled Anatolia until school age. Ağrı, Erzurum, Yozgat, Ankara, Pınarhisar and Trabzon. Yetkin Dikinciler attended primary school in Trabzon and completed high school at Istanbul Şehremini High School.

While studying philosophy at Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, he attended a theater course, and upon Yıldız Kenter's invitation, he switched schools in his third year and graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, Department of Theater in 1993. His acting adventure started at Bakırköy Municipality Theaters while he was a student at the Conservatory and he worked at Antalya State Theater for two years and Diyarbakır State Theater for four years.

Since 1999, he has been working as a permanent actor with the Istanbul State Theater and takes part in various TV series, films and theaters in addition to his theater work.

Yetkin Dikinciler married Esra Akkaya in 1999 and divorced in 2000. In 1999, when he took the stage at a theater festival organized to bring Turkish and Greek youth together, he had the opportunity to meet and work with the world-famous director of Attis Theater "Theodoros Terzopoulos". And as a Turkish guest actor of Attis Theater, he traveled to countries such as Colombia, Spain and Germany and performed in plays.

He made his directorial debut with the movie "Leopard's Tail" in Diyarbakır in 1998. In 2010, he presented a contest called "Dodgeball" on Star TV.

In addition to his theater work, Yetkin Dikinciler has starred in many films and series since 1993. He continues to take part in new projects.

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Keremcem Dürük

Musician, interpreter and composer, TV series actor, voice actor. Born December 28, 1977, Milas / Muğla. His full name is Keremcem Dürük. Born to a lawyer father, Keremcem's name was formed by combining the names Cem given by his mother and Kerem given by his father. He completed his primary education at Milas Sakarya Primary School.

His involvement with music began in primary school. Her musical background was formed by her father, who enjoyed classical music, and his rich archive of Turkish Art Music and Turkish Folk Music.

Although it didn't last very long, she started taking piano lessons when she was only six years old. After completing his secondary education at İzmir Private Fatih College, he graduated from Muğla Turgutreis High School in 1995. He met the guitar during his high school years. During these years, he started to go out with his cousin in the bars in Güllük, which is close to Bodrum. In an interview he gave years later, he stated that the idea of making an album dates back to his high school years. When he failed to pass the university entrance exam on his first attempt, he went to a tutoring center in Ankara. In the meantime, he developed a love for music and started composing on his own. In 1996, when he graduated from university, he wrote the lyrics and music for the song "Elimde Değil", which would later be included in his first album. He completed his higher education at Ege University, Department of International Relations and graduated in 2003.

After meeting Yunus Adak during his university years, the artist started to focus more on his compositions together. In 2001, after producing the song "Eylül", he came to Istanbul to develop his music studies. Meeting Yonca Evcimik and her encouragement of Keremcem were influential in his arrival in Istanbul.

As she herself stated, Yonca Evcimik was the first professional artist who believed in her and her songs. After working for three years, she met Aysel Gürel through Yonca Evcimik in 2004. The work that came with this meeting actually shaped her musical life in a way.

Her first album "Eylül", the product of these efforts, was released in 2004 with the label İremrecords. This album, which he had been working on for many years, brought the artist the success he was expecting. The album brought him the "Best Debut Male Artist" awards at the POPSAV and Golden Butterfly competitions. Immediately after the release of the album, he starred in the series "Kerem ile Aslı" broadcast on TRT. After introducing himself to the masses, it was the series "Aşk Oyunu" (Love Game), which was filmed in 2005 with high ratings, that established the artist on the throne of hearts.

In the same year, the duo released a duet album "Maria" with Seden Gürel, in which they reinterpreted Sezen Aksu and Özdemir Erdoğan's beloved song "Küçük Bir Aşk Masalı". In 2006, the artist presented her second album "Aşk Bitti" to music lovers. With this album, he received the "Best Male Artist" award at the Kral Music Awards. After a three-year hiatus, he released his album "Dokun" in 2009, again under the label of İremrecords and produced by Aysel Gürel.

In the album, music videos were shot for various songs and the video clip titled "Hayallerin Peşinde" was a first in Turkey in terms of using a 3D animated character and a real image together. After the album, he gave hundreds of concerts in Turkey and abroad in many countries. Keremcem later released two more albums, "Hayata" in 2011 and "Keremcem" in 2013, bringing his popular songs to his fans.

In the meantime, Keremcem, who focused on TV series, became the favorite of young people by playing in the series called "Keskin Bıçak", which started to be broadcast on Fox TV in 2010, "Tövbeler Tövbesi" in 2011, and "O Hayat Benim" in 2014.

In 2014, the artist starred in the movie "Elixir: The Secret of My Grandfather" in 2014. The artist also acted in various musicals and also took part in the voice-overs of many movies. On November 13, 2014, he married actress Seda Güven in Paris. However, they divorced 9 months later in 2015.

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Ceyda Düvenci

Ceyda Düvenci (b. April 16, 1977, Bursa), Turkish actress. She started TV series acting and television acting in the 1990s.

She became known when she was the host of the program "Sabah Şekerleri". Düvenci, who acted in theater plays, wrote children's books based on the treatment and life of her daughter Melisa, who is being treated for cerebral palsy.

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