Birkan Sokullu

Birkan Sokullu — Biography

Romantic dramas and historical productions both feature in the work of Birkan Sokullu, a Turkish television actor. He is best remembered for Demir in Küçük Sırlar, Kerim Cevher in Hayat Şarkısı and Han Derenoğlu in the TRT 1 psychological drama Masumlar Apartmanı. He is now in the cast of the Netflix series Palas Pandıras, directed by Selman Nacar, which began filming in June 2026.

He came to acting through modeling and sport. In middle and high school he took up basketball and played for Tekel Spor Kulübü; in 2003 he finished third at Best Model of Turkey. He studied acting with Dolunay Soysert and took his first steps in Elif and Melekler Korusun, then stood out as Ayaz in Küçük Kadınlar. The youth series Küçük Sırlar (2010) brought his first popular leading role. He went on to play a journalist in Uçurum, Şehzade Mustafa in Fatih and Petro in Kurt Seyit ve Şura. Hayat Şarkısı (2016) made him a familiar face for romantic-drama audiences.

Later came Yüz Yüze, Yaşamayanlar, Bir Aile Hikayesi, the Netflix production Rise of Empires: Ottoman (as Giovanni Giustiniani) and Yüz Yıllık Mucize. He also appeared in the film Romantik Hırsız and in TOD's series Zamanın Kapıları. He is a graduate of Maltepe University's Radio and TV Programming department.