Hakan Karsak (born 1 April 1975) is a Turkish stage, television and film actor. Karsak joined the Ankara Youth Theatre and Yahya Kemal Beyatlı High School Theatre Group in 1992 and started his career as an amateur stage actor. Shortly after, he started to work as a trainee in the Ankara Art Theatre Acting Workshop. After high school, he enrolled in the

Afyon Kocatepe University Afyon Kocatepe University is a state university in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. It was established on July 3, 1992. Academic units https://www.studyinturkey.gov.tr/UniversityTurkey/Detail?uId=100869 Faculties *Faculty of Education *Faculty of Fine ...

Construction Department. After graduation, he entered the Philosophy Department of

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and eventually graduated from there. After the

1999 Düzce earthquake The 1999 Düzce earthquake occurred on 12 November at with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), causing damage and at least 845 fatalities in Düzce, Turkey. The epicenter was approximately to the east ...

, he worked as a theatre instructor in

Düzce Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Province in Turkey. The population is 367,087 and in 2009 was 125,240, an increase from 61,878 in 1990. Overview Düzce is the eighty-first and the newest province of Turkey. ...

for 2 years, working with

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

in order to help children and young people affected by the disaster. Hakan Karsak was awarded the "Best Actor Award" at the Bosphorus International Film Festival in 2013. He is best known for his role in the TV series ''Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz'', which has been on air since 2015.

Theatre

*''Polisler'' : Mrozek - Duru Theatre - 2020 *''Lysistrata'' : Diyarbakır City Theatre *''Toros Canavarı'' : İzmit Yeni Meydan Theatre *''Sihirli Ülke'' : Ankara Contemporary Art Theatre *''Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz'' : Diyarbakır City Theatre - Theatre De Un Der Ruhr *''Özgürlüğün Bedeli'' : Diyarbakır City Theatre *''Dullar'' : Diyarbakır City Theatre

Filmography

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* * Living people Turkish male television actors 1975 births Turkish male film actors {{Turkey-actor-stub