Devrim Evin

Devrim Evin — Biography

A Turkish actor who moved from the stage to the screen, Devrim Evin is best known for playing historical figures. He reached a wide audience as Sultan Mehmed II in Fetih 1453 (Conquest 1453), and played the title role in Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi. On television he most recently appeared in the series Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı (Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean).

He trained in the Acting Department of the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, graduating first in his class. His early career was spent in state and municipal theatres: he joined the Eskişehir City Theatres in 2003 and the Adana State Theatre in 2005, and took part in many productions. His best-known stage work is the one-man play "APEx / Çıkış Yolu Yok", written for the stage from Franz Kafka's story "A Report to an Academy"; he toured it to London, Berlin, Frankfurt and Ankara.

The turning point was Fetih 1453, produced and directed by Faruk Aksoy and released on 16 February 2012, a film described as the largest-budget production in Turkish cinema. Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi followed in 2014. In 2021 he played Antuan in the TRT 1 series Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı and also appeared in it as Murad.