Burak Sevinç (born 27 October 1985) is a Turkish actor and musician.

Early life

Burak Sevinç was born on 27 October 1985 in

Zonguldak Zonguldak () is a List of cities in Turkey, city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District.oud player Özcan Sevinç. After finishing his primary, secondary and high school education in Zonguldak, Sevinç moved to

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and enrolled in

Yıldız Technical University Yıldız Technical University ( Turkish: ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent public technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences, as well as social sciences recentl ...

's School of Arts and Designing, studying music and performing arts, but left his studies unfinished in the second year to develop his career as a musician. In an interview, he described his educational background "Everywhere it says I graduated from Yıldız Technical University, but I dropped out of YTU in my second year. I was studying in the Department of Music Ensembles at the School of Arts and Designing." Sevinç, who is interested in music as well as acting, started taking lessons on the qanun instrument at the Turkish Classical Music Association at the age of 11 with the guidance of his father. After 6 months of education, he started playing musical instruments such as violin, oud, qanun and guitar, and started performing at the Zonguldak Art Music Association in 1997. He also worked for a while as a professional musician in the Enbe Orchestra conducted by Behzat Gerçeker. Sevinç, who is also interested in carpentry besides acting and musicianship, said in an interview, "I have been very interested in carpentry for years, I love dealing with wood. Many items in my house are made by me. It's a form of therapy for me. I can go on for hours without thinking about anything." Sevinç, who has also been interested in diving since an early age, took diving training for 5 years. He has been diving professionally for more than 7 years after his long training. He is also interested in sports such as

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Career

2011–16: Early years

Sevinç made his acting debut in 2011 with his role as Alpay in the TV series '' Babam İçin'', directed by Ahmet Katıksız. He then portrayed the character of Yusuf in the 2012 TV series '' Yol Ayrımı''. He subsequently had minor roles in the series '' Merhaba Hayat'' (2013) and '' Yalan Dünya'' (2013). In the same year he was cast in a recurring role in the series ''Ben Onu Çok Sevdim'' (2013). He acted alongside Mehmet Aslantuğ, İdil Fırat and

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, playing the role of driver Hasan. After acting in the series for 15 episodes, he appeared in the series ''

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