Onur Rüzgar Erkoçlar (born 26 March 1986) is a Turkish former actor and model.
Erkoçlar debuted with TV adverts as a child. In 2002, he achieved national recognition after an advert of Molped, a sanitary napkin brand. After the advert's popularity, he started to play in the series such as ''Seni Yaşatacağım'', ''Bütün Çocuklarım'', and ''Emret Komutanım''.
In February 2013, Erkoçlar
came out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...
as a
trans man
A trans man or transgender man is a man who was assigned female at birth. Trans men have a male gender identity, and many trans men undergo medical and social transition to alter their appearance in a way that aligns with their gender identi ...
and debuted his new image and name "Rüzgar" (meaning wind).
The award winning 2022 documentary ''Blue ID'' narrates the story of his transition and struggles for state recognition.
Filmography
Personal life
Erkoçlar married Tuğba Beyazoğlu in 2017. His brother, Görkem Batu Erkoçlar, is also transgender.
References
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1986 births
Living people
Turkish male television actors
21st-century Turkish male actors
Transgender male actors
Turkish transgender men
Turkish LGBTQ actors
Turkish LGBTQ models
Transgender male models
21st-century Turkish LGBTQ people
Turkish male models
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