Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter. He has dual Turkish Macedonian citizenships. He was born in
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
,
SR Macedonia
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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. He is of
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
descent. His family is the one of Turk minority in
Balkan
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.He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish. Also, he is multilungial. He can speak Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Greek, English, French.
He graduated from veterinary department for high school. Then, he studied pedagogy. He graduated from the Theater Department of the State Conservatory of Macedonia. For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the
Macedonian Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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Theater together with his brother,
Erman Saban
Erman Saban (born 1983, Skopje, Yugoslavia (today North Macedonia)) is a Macedonian actor of Turkish descent.
He graduated from the Acting Department of the Skopje Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He is acting at the Skopje Turkish Theatre with his old ...
, and
Luran Ahmeti.
Afterwards he worked in theater in France. He came to Turkey and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series
Elveda Rumeli about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. He starred in the TV series Sultan Makamı, Sağır Oda, Savcının Karısı,
Sakarya Fırat Sakarya may refer to:
Places
* Sakarya Province, in Turkey
** Sakarya (electoral district)
** Sakarya University
* Sakarya (continent), a small continent 90 million years ago
* Sakarya River, in Turkey
* Sakarya, Polatlı, a village in Ankara ...
,
Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu Qurdlar or Kyurdlyar or Kurtlar may refer to:
* Kürdlər (disambiguation), Azerbaijan
* Qurdlar, Agdam, Azerbaijan
* Qurdlar, Barda, Azerbaijan
* Kurtlar, Acıpayam
* Kurtlar, Dursunbey, Turkey
* Kurtlar, Mudurnu, Turkey
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