Batuhan Karacakaya

Batuhan Karacakaya — Biography

Batuhan Karacakaya is an actor and architect who started on screen as a child and is known above all for two parts: Bülent Ziyagil in Aşk-ı Memnu and Dündar Bey in Diriliş Ertuğrul. He is still known on social media by the name Bülent Ziyagil, and in recent years his name has appeared most often in connection with the reality competition Survivor.

A graduate of Şişli Ufuk Koleji, Karacakaya began acting as a child in guest roles: Tunç in Büyük Buluşma, and Arif and Emre in Beşinci Boyut. He then had a supporting part as Murat Ertuğrul in Bıçak Sırtı. The turning point was Aşk-ı Memnu, in which he appeared between 2008 and 2010. He then moved toward cinema, playing the lead role of Mert in Dersimiz Atatürk, Salih in Bekle Beni, Özgür in Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever and Mustafa in Uzun Hikaye. On television he took the parts of Selim in Sen de Gitme and Mert Günsu in Umutsuz Ev Kadınları. His best-known part so far is Dündar Bey in the historical series Diriliş Ertuğrul, broadcast on TRT 1 in 2016-2017.

In 2021 he joined the Ünlüler-Gönüllüler season of Survivor, hosted by Acun Ilıcalı, and finished seventh. He placed third in the 2022 and 2024 All Star seasons and second in the 2025 All Star-Gönüllüler season.