Çağatay Ulusoy
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ÇaÄŸatay Ulusoy (; born 23 September 1990) is a Turkish actor and model who started his acting career in the TV series '' Adını Feriha Koydum'' (2011–2012) as Emir SarrafoÄŸlu. Since then, he has had further lead roles in '' Medcezir'' (2013–2015), a remake of the television series '' The O.C.'', in the TV series '' İçerde'' and from 2018 to 2020 he played the lead role in the first Turkish
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series '' The Protector''. Ulusoy has been a recipient of several awards, including Golden Butterfly Award, Elle style awards, GQ Man of the Year Turkey, and GQ Middle East Television Star of the year.


Life and career

Ulusoy was born in
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, Turkey. His paternal family is of Turkish descent that immigrated from Bulgaria to Turkey, his father immigrated when he was 10 years old. He has a younger brother named Atalay. His maternal family is of
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descent. After graduating from high school, Ulusoy first started studying at the Istanbul University's Department of Garden Design and Landscaping. Cagatay Ulusoy was a hyperactive kid. His parents put him in sports at an early age to utilise his energy to maximum. He dreamt of being a basketball player for nine years. He was also good at swimming and diving. As a student, he then started to work as a model at the age of 19. In 2010, he won a modelling contest in Turkey and was named '' Best Model of Turkey''. On the same night that he was named Best Model of the Year, he received his first acting job offer for the TV series ''Adini Feriha Koydum''. In 2011 he shot his first movie ''Anadolu Kartallari'', in a supporting role. Earlier in the same year, Ulusoy starred in the TV series ''Adını Feriha Koydum'' as the lead playing Emir Sarrafoğlu. While the first two seasons of the series were successful, the third season that aired under another title ''Emir'in Yolu'' (''Emir's way''), was less successful and due to low ratings, it was cancelled after a few episodes in 2012. This was mainly due to the fact that Ulusoy's co-star Hazal Kaya was not in the third season.''Adını Feriha Koydum'' was later sold and aired in various countries such as Ukraine, Pakistan, Iran, Serbia, Peru, India. On 25 January 2013, 30 Turkish actors, including Çağatay Ulusoy, were taken into custody for a drugs probe by Istanbul's narcotics police. However, in 2018, upon the request of some of the defendant's lawyers, the decision was examined by the 18th High Criminal Court. The court decided to repeal the verdict established for the crime of drug trafficking. In 2012, Ulusoy shot a short film, ''Paranoia''. From 2013 until 2015, he played the lead role Yaman Koper in '' Medcezir'' (''Tide'' in English), loosely based on '' The O.C. His character, Yaman, was based on
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’s character in The O.C,
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.'' From 2016 until 2017, Ulusoy played the lead role in the TV series '' İçerde with his co-star Aras Bulut Iynemli and Bensu Soral'' (''Inside'', partially based on the movie '' The Departed''). In 2016 alongside Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, Ulusoy shot the movie ''Delibal''. The same year he became the face of "Colin's" in Turkey and with Victoria's Secret model Taylor Hill acted in the commercial ''Bize Uyar'' for the company. Between 2018 and 2020, Ulusoy played the lead role Hakan in the
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series '' The Protector''. The Protector was the first ever Turkish Netflix series. In March 2021, Ulusoy appeared as garbage collector Mehmet in the Can Ulkay directed
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movie '' Paper Lives''. In April 2021, Turkish streaming platform BluTV announced that Ulusoy would return as the lead character Semih Ates in the period piece '' Yeşilçam''.


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Cagatay Ulusoy on TurkishStarsDaily
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulusoy, Cagatay 1990 births Living people Turkish male film actors Turkish male models Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male television actors Turkish people of Bosniak descent Golden Butterfly Award winners Turkish people of Bulgarian descent