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Emir Benderlioğlu

Emir Benderlioğlu

Actor · 47 years old

Sezgin in Arka Sokaklar

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Age47
Birth dateOctober 28, 1979
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signScorpio
Eye colorBrown
EducationHacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts
SpouseCeren Şekerci

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Emir Benderlioğlu — Biography

Atıf Emir Benderlioğlu is a film and television actor who also works in photography, voice acting and graphic design. He is best known for Sezgin Onuralp in Arka Sokaklar, Turan Kara in Börü and Pîrî Reis in Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı. In 2026 he made a guest appearance as Ejder in one episode of the series Çırak.

At Hacettepe University's Faculty of Fine Arts he first studied sculpture, then moved to graphic design and graduated from it; he worked as a promotion coordinator at TRT. Meeting the director Alper Çağlar in Ankara set his course: he acted in Bukalemun, 4 Saat, Kabakurgu, Camgöz, Panzehir and Dağ 2, taking the lead in all of them except Camgöz. These performances took him to Istanbul. He played Bekir in Adem'in Trenleri and İbrahim in Sessiz Fırtına, and rose to leading roles as Savaş in Dedektif Biraderler and Çetin in Keskin Bıçak. He played Burak in Kavak Yelleri, Eytan in Separation and Dumrul in the film Deli Dumrul Kurtlar Kuşlar Aleminde.

Later he played Behzat Façalı in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz and Turan Kara again in Börü 2039; in 2025 he played Kuduz (Celal Ulaca) in the series Deha. He won prizes in animation and 3D graphics competitions. His grandfather was Âtıf Benderlioğlu, who served as mayor of Ankara, and he has been married since 2010 to a fellow actor.

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

The shortest way to see Emir Benderlioğlu in action is the Börü film: a production about a police special-operations team that mixes action, thriller and war, with him as Turan Kara. Dağ 2 is a war film and Başçavuş Batur Altınbilek is his part; the pace is high, but as a sequel its story may feel incomplete on its own.

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

Emir Benderlioğlu's leading-man line is built by his work with Alper Çağlar: Dağ 2, Panzehir and the Börü series (2018). Aman Reis Duymasın (2019) is a comedy that carries a series' characters to the cinema, and Behzat Façalı opens up more to someone who knows the show; for a new viewer, Çağlar's films are, in my view, the better way in.

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