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Bora Akkaş

Bora Akkaş

Actor · 36 years old

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Age36
Birth dateOctober 12, 1990
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Height1.78 m
Zodiac signLibra
Eye colorBrown
EducationKadıköy Private Fine Arts High School
SpouseOben Alkan

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Bora Akkaş — Biography

Known offstage by his full name, Doğa Bora Akkaş, the actor was born on October 12, 1990, in Istanbul and finished his schooling at the Kadıköy Private Fine Arts High School. After training in city theaters, he made his screen debut in the 2002 film Gönlümdeki Köşk Olmasa, a performance that earned him a Golden Orange award.

He was also active in music around the same period, playing bass in the band Hakunamatata before recording as a solo rapper under the name Doğa Bora and finishing runner-up, alongside Deniz Gürzumar, in the 2008 Miller Music Factory contest. Between 2009 and 2011 he reached a wide audience as Zekai Kirişçi in the series Geniş Aile, a profile he carried into later roles in Unutma Beni, Annem Uyurken, Çifte Saadet, Dayan Yüreğim, Aslan Ailem, Tutunamayanlar, Üç Kuruş and Erşan Kuneri. His film work includes Küçük Kıyamet, Adab-ı Muaşeret, the Kocan Kadar Konuş series and Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman.

In his personal life he married actress Seda Türkmen in 2017, the couple divorcing by mutual agreement in 2019; he married blogger Oben Alkan in February 2023, and the couple had a daughter later that year. In the 2025 series Veliaht he played Zafer Karslı, a character killed off in the show's 2026 storyline, marking his exit from the production.

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

To watch Bora Akkaş with the family, start with Geniş Aile: a light comedy about the everyday life of a big family, and his Zekai Kirişçi has two films as well. Annemin Yarası is a heavy drama in the shadow of the Bosnian War, so keep his role as Salih for adults and teenagers. Do not put Erşan Kuneri on for the little ones either.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Zekai Kirişçi moved from Geniş Aile on television into two films, Geniş Aile:Yapıştır and Geniş Aile: Her Türlü. When Bora Akkaş repeats a character built for the small screen in cinema, it risks, in my view, stretching the same joke. A role at the center of the story like Salih in Annemin Yarası asks something very different of him, and that is where we see more than comic timing.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Bora Akkaş's television path shifts noticeably: Çırak in the six-season sitcom Avrupa Yakası, Cengiz Gümüş in the Netflix comedy Erşan Kuneri, Kaner in the comedy-action Ayak İşleri, Zafer Karslı in the action-drama Veliaht. It runs from sitcom apprentice to harder genres, and seeing the same actor in a new tone at each step is, in my view, the real draw of this career for a series viewer.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes on this person's screen work, written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader comments are below.

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