Burak Yamantürk

Burak Yamantürk — Biography

Submarine technology and diving were what Burak Yamantürk first studied, before the Turkish television and film actor moved into the performing arts and then screen acting. He reached a wide audience as Kemal in Veda, and his longest-running project is Kuş Uçuşu, known abroad as As the Crow Flies, in which he played Selim across three seasons from 2022 to 2024.

He first studied submarine technologies and took diving lessons before deciding on acting; he worked at the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet and graduated in modern dance from Mimar Sinan University. His screen debut was Bahadır in the film Ayhan Hanım, which reached cinemas in 2014. His first television work was Veda in 2012, a novel adaptation in which he starred opposite Fahriye Evcen. He then played Elmas in the Tatar Ramazan remake alongside his future wife Özge Özpirinçci, and went on to Yasak, adapted from Fatma Aliye Hanım's novel Muhâdarât, Hayat Yolunda and, from 2015, Acı Aşk.

In 2017 he played Fırat in İçimdeki Fırtına and in 2019 Kenan Soykan in Sevgili Geçmiş. In 2020 he appeared as Hayati Bey in the mini period drama Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm. He married Özge Özpirinçci in 2021, and the couple have a daughter.