Seçkin Özdemir (born 25 August 1981) is a Turkish actor, TV presenter, radio personality and disc jockey.

Early life

Seçkin Özdemir was born and raised in

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. His mother, who was born in Greece and immigrated to

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, is of Turkish descent, from

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(Turkish minority live in Xanthi). His father is from Sinop. He studied at

Kocaeli University Kocaeli University ( Turkish: Kocaeli Üniversitesi) is a state university in İzmit, Turkey. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The electrical and mechanical engineering departments, basic scien ...

and received an economics degree from there.

Career

Seçkin Özdemir worked in other professions before and while acting until 2017, when he officially went into acting. He began his career as a radio presenter at "Red Fm", but his passion for music eventually led him to become a DJ, taking him to major cities across Turkey to perform. He has acted in many commercials as well. Seçkin Özdemir had roles in several television series. His first acting role was as Burak in ''Yaban Gülü'' at around age 27. His rise to fame in the acting world was with his role in ''

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,'' followed by his starring roles in ''

Al Yazmalım ''Al Yazmalım'' () is a Turkish television series based on the novel ''My Poplar in a Red Scarf'' by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film ''The Girl with the Red Scarf''. It is broadcast on ATV (Turkey), ATV. Cast Refere ...

'' (2011-2012) and '' Bir Aşk Hikayesi'' (2013-2014). In 2014, Seçkin Özdemir starred in ''Günahkar'' with Gülcan Arslan, Hazal Filiz Küçükköse, and Korel Cezayirli. However, the series ended due to low ratings with its seventh episode. In 2015, he starred in ''Racon: Ailem İçin'' with Mehmet Aslantuğ, Hande Doğandemir, and

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, but it concluded with its fourth episode because of poor rankings. The same year, he starred in ''Acı Aşk'' alongside

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. He rose higher with his role in '' Kiralık Aşk'' in 2016, where he once again met

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, who starred beside him earlier in ''Bir Aşk Hikayesi,'' and Barış Arduç. He also became more famous with ''Ateşböceği'', where he was cast as the lead alongside Nilay Deniz in 2017. He starred in many more series, including ''Can Kırıkları'', where he played the role of a chief commissioner and once again came across Hande Doğandemir. His first role as an antagonist was in 2020 when he played the role of Flatyos in ''Kuruluş: Osman''. In 2021, he played in ''Baş Belası'' as a chief commissioner again alongside

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. His most recent work was in the 2024 series '' Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı'' as the last ruler of the

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. Seçkin Özdemir also starred in three movies. The first was ''Bir Nefes Yeter'' in 2017, where he starred with Tuvana Türkay. In 2018, he played the role of a commissioner in ''Bücür''. In 2024's ''Yaren Leylek'', which is said to be based on a true story, he had a leading role alongside Hande Doğandemir once more. Seçkin Özdemir also appeared in the Turkish cooking show ''Arda Ile Omuz Omuza'''s 212th episode in 2025.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theater

References

External links

* * 1981 births Living people Turkish television presenters Turkish radio presenters Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Male actors from Istanbul {{Turkey-actor-stub