Togan Gökbakar (born 29 May 1984) is a Turkish film

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Biography

Togan Gökbakar studied in the Cinema and TV Department at

Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...

and his 2004 graduate short film ''Run Daddy Run'' was shown at the If Istanbul and Altın Koza film festivals where it won a prize in the student category. His first features was the 2006 Turkish horror film ''

Gen Gen may refer to: * ''Gen'' (film), 2006 Turkish horror film directed by Togan Gökbakar * Gen (Street Fighter), a video game character from the ''Street Fighter'' series * Gen Fu, a video game character from the ''Dead or Alive'' series * Gen l ...

'' from a story idea by Alper Mestçi and his older brother

Şahan Gökbakar Şahan Gökbakar (born 22 October 1980) is a Turkish comedian, actor and producer. Early life Born in İzmir, Gökbakar grew up in Turkey's capital, Ankara, attending the primary school and high school attached to the Middle East Technical Univ ...

, who also made a cameo appearance in the film. He went on to direct his brother in a series of successful Turkish comedy films, starting with ''

Recep İvedik ''Recep İvedik'' is a Turkish movie starring Şahan Gökbakar, which was released on February 21, 2008. It was filmed after the character of Recep İvedik was caught on TV. The trailer of the film, whose trailer was watched approximately 5 milli ...

'' in 2008.

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* * 1984 births Living people Turkish film directors Turkish male screenwriters {{Turkey-film-director-stub