Burak Hakkı

Burak Hakkı

Actor · 54 years old

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Age54
Birth dateMay 23, 1972
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signGemini
Eye colorGreen
EducationIstanbul University, Econometrics Department

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Burak Hakkı — Biography

Playing Hüseyin Kenan in Dudaktan Kalbe and Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad in Diriliş: Ertuğrul brought the widest recognition to Burak Hakkı, a Turkish actor and former model. Born on May 23, 1972, in Istanbul, he graduated in econometrics from Istanbul University's Faculty of Economics.

He spent about a decade as a model, appearing in more than a thousand fashion shows and sixteen commercials, and during those years won Best Model of Turkey in 1994, placed fourth at Australia's Manhunt International in 1995 and came second at the Top Méditerranée contest in Tunisia in 1997, while working with agencies in Italy, Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland. He moved into acting in 2000 as Volkan in the television film Aşk Aynı Adreste, then played Ali in Kaybolan Yıllar, Kaan Güler in Kızım Nerede and Kenan Karaman in I Gefyra.

In 2001 he married fellow actor Sema Şimşek; their son was born in 2008 and the couple divorced in 2012. After stepping back from acting and city life for a time to settle on a large walnut farm in Çanakkale, he returned to the screen in 2026 alongside Aslı Tandoğan in the film Kara Fatma.

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