Erdal Beşikçioğlu (; born 5 January 1970) is a Turkish actor and politician. He is mayor of the

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district of

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Biography

Erdal Beşikçioğlu is of paternal Laz and maternal

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descent. He is a maternal nephew of

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. Beşikçioğlu attended İzmir Private Turkish College and Mehmet Seyfi Eraltay High School after which he studied at the

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State Conservatory. He participated in creative workshops with

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among others. Upon graduating, he started working in several state theatres and was head of the Diyarbakır State Theatre between 1995 and 1996. He has acted in a number of films such as '' Eve Giden Yol 1914'', '' Barda'', '' Hayat Var'', ''

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