He won the Turkish Cinema Award for Most Promising Actor for his debut in Kader (2006) and later starred as Cevat in Destiny.
He graduated from Ankara University in 2002, studying languages and history.
He appeared in the TV series Karayilan, set during France’s occupation of Turkey.
His father worked in government, and his mother stayed home. He was raised alongside one brother.
He studied at the same university as Abdullah Ocalan.
