Özgür Çevik (born 27 May 1981) is a

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actor and singer who gained fame and intense fan following as a result of having appeared in his country's version of the television pop music talent contest, ''

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'' and, subsequently, as a variety performer and actor. A native of Ankara, his father (Zeki) was a soldier and his mother (Nihal) was a police officer. He has one younger sister (Özge). Because of his father's job, Çevik's family moved a lot. They moved back to Istanbul after the 1999 Marmara earthquake. He studied philosophy at

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and radio and television at

Beykent University Beykent University () is a foundation university in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching in English, Russian combined and Turkish with 29,401 students. Beykent University has agreements with European universities under the Socrates and Erasmus programmes, ...

. Özgür Çevik was cast as the lead in the popular TV series ''

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'' '' he Foreign Groom', in which he starred as the Greek bridegroom Niko whose Turkish bride Nazlı was played by the actress

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. It is first Turkish series exported to Greece. He released his first album ''Düş-ün-ce'' in 2008.

Filmography

- Niko Angelopoulos (2004–2007) *

Küçük Kıyamet ''The Little Apocalypse'' (Original Turkish language, Turkish title: ''Küçük Kıyamet'') is a 2006 Turkish cinema, Turkish psychological horror film directed by the Taylan brothers. (Yağmur and Durul Taylan) Plot Bilge had lost her mother in t ...

- guest appearance (2006) *

Kavak Yelleri ''Kavak Yelleri'' (literally "Poplar Winds", English title: Daydreaming) is a Turkish youth drama television series produced by TIMS Productions and Sony Pictures Television International. ''Kavak Yelleri'' is a remake of the American show ''Daws ...

- Himself - guest appearance (2008) *

Avrupa Yakası ''Avrupa Yakası'' (''European Side'') is a Turkish sitcom, produced by Sinan Çetin and written by Gülse Birsel. The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV (Turkey), ATV on 11 February 2004. Although the ...

- Manav Özgür - guest appearance (2008) *

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- Seyhan Akalın (2008) * Vali - Levent (2009) * Balkan Düğünü - Ömer (2009–2010) * Sensiz Yaşayamam - Serdar (2010) * Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır - Ferit (2011) *

Leyla ile Mecnun ''Leyla ile Mecnun'' (''Leyla and Mecnun'') is a Turkish television comedy series. The series, set in Istanbul and directed by Onur Ünlü, premiered in 2011 on Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, TRT. It is a surreal, Absurdism, absurdist ...

- guest appearance (2012) * Evlerden Biri - İskender (2012) * Şubat - Ali Poyraz (2013) * Ben de Özledim - (2013) * Saklı Kalan - Onur Cevher (2013) * İtirazım Var - Doktor Tolga (2014) *

Kiraz Mevsimi ''Kiraz Mevsimi'' is a Turkish drama series ran on Fox (Turkish TV channel), Fox TV. It is also dubbed in Arabic in the Middle East on MBC 4 (Middle East), MBC 4, Urdu in Pakistan on ARY Zindagi, Indonesian in Indonesia on Trans TV and in Italian ...

- Derin (guest appearance) (2014) *

Kırgın Çiçekler ''Kırgın Çiçekler'' () is a Turkish drama/psychological thriller television series that premiered on 29 June 2015. It stars İpek Karapınar, Özgür Çevik, Biran Damla Yılmaz, Gökçe Akyıldız, Hazar Motan, Çağla Irmak and Aley ...

- Toprak (2015–2018) * Kaygı (Inflame) - Mehmet (2017) * Can Kırıkları - Kerem - (2018) * Canevim - Taylan Tanbay - (2019) *

Yeşilçam Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also old known as ''Yeşilçam'' literally means ''The Green Pine'' in Turkish language), () or Türk sineması is the sobriquet that refers to the Turkish film art and industry. It is an important part of ...

- İzzet - (2021) * Sen Ben Lenin - Deniz - (2021) * İyilik - Koray - (2022) * Kaçış - Robert - (2022) * Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu - Leon (2023)

Discography

Albums

* Düş-ün-ce (2008)

External links

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Photographs of Özgür Çevik at ''Google Images''''YouTube'' videos featuring Özgür Çevik
1981 births Living people People from Ankara Star Academy participants Turkish male television actors Musicians from Ankara Istanbul University alumni Beykent University alumni 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish male singers {{Turkey-actor-stub