Cavit Çetin Güner

Cavit Çetin Güner — Biography

Cavit Çetin Güner is a Turkish actor best remembered as Doğan Alp in Diriliş Ertuğrul, the role that introduced him to a wide audience, and later as Hilmi in Yasak Elma. Besides acting he has worked as a producer, moving between theater, film and television.

Born in Istanbul, he attended Kurtuluş High School and then studied in the Theatre Department of Mimar Sinan University. He has said he paid for his schooling with jobs such as baker's apprentice, shop assistant, night watchman and porter at a flour and oil wholesaler. His career began with Hayat Bilgisi, followed by Ödünç Hayat, Yalancı Yarim, Tek Türkiye, Annem, Talih Kuşu and Dördüncü Osman. He also appeared in television commercials, and Farklı Boyut and Ustura Kemal were among his other productions of the period.

He joined the cast of Diriliş Ertuğrul in 2014 and left the series in April 2017. He then played in Yasak Elma in 2018 and in Arıza, which he also left in 2021. In September 2020 he traveled to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to meet fans of the Ertuğrul series.