Özgür Çevik (born 27 May 1981) is a Turkish actor and singer who gained fame and intense fan following as a result of having appeared in his country's version of the television pop music talent contest, ''

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'' and, subsequently, as a variety performer and actor. A native of Ankara, his father (Zeki) was a soldier and his mother (Nihal) was a police officer. He has one younger sister (Özge). Because of his father's job, Çevik's family moved a lot. They moved back to Istanbul after the 1999 Marmara earthquake. He studied philosophy at

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and radio and television at

Beykent University Istanbul Beykent University () is a foundation university in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching in English, Russian combined and Turkish with 30.000 students. Beykent University has agreements with European universities under the SOCRATES programme, Soc ...

. Özgür Çevik was cast as the lead in the popular TV series '' Yabancı Damat'' '' he Foreign Groom', in which he starred as the Greek bridegroom Niko whose Turkish bride Nazlı was played by the actress

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. It is first Turkish series exported to Greece. He released his first album ''Düş-ün-ce'' in 2008.

Filmography

* Yabancı Damat - Niko Angelopoulos (2004–2007) * Küçük Kıyamet - guest appearance (2006) * Kavak Yelleri - Himself - guest appearance (2008) *

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- Manav Özgür - guest appearance (2008) * Gece Sesleri - Seyhan Akalın (2008) * Vali - Levent (2009) * Balkan Düğünü - Ömer (2009–2010) * Sensiz Yaşayamam - Serdar (2010) *

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- Ferit (2011) *

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- guest appearance (2012) * Evlerden Biri - İskender (2012) * Şubat - Ali Poyraz (2013) * Ben de Özledim - (2013) * Saklı Kalan - Onur Cevher (2013) * İtirazım Var - Doktor Tolga (2014) * Kiraz Mevsimi - Derin (guest appearance) (2014) *

Kırgın Çiçekler ''Kırgın Çiçekler'' () is a Turkish drama/psychological thriller television series that premiered on 29 June 2015. It stars İpek Karapınar, Özgür Çevik, Biran Damla Yılmaz, Gökçe Akyıldız, Hazar Motan, Çağla Irmak and Ale ...

- Toprak (2015–2018) * Kaygı (Inflame) - Mehmet (2017) * Can Kırıkları - Kerem - (2018) * Canevim - Taylan Tanbay - (2019) *

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- İzzet - (2021) * Sen Ben Lenin - Deniz - (2021) * İyilik - Koray - (2022) * Kaçış - Robert - (2022) * Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu - Leon (2023) * Kurulus Osman - Komutan Lucas - (2024)

Discography

Albums

* Düş-ün-ce (2008)

External links

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Photographs of Özgür Çevik at ''Google Images''''YouTube'' videos featuring Özgür Çevik
1981 births Living people Male actors from Ankara Star Academy participants Turkish male television actors Musicians from Ankara Istanbul University alumni Beykent University alumni 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish male singers {{Turkey-actor-stub