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Erkan Bektaş
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Erkan Bektaş

Actor · 54 years old

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Age54
Birth dateMarch 11, 1972
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Height1.78 m
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBrown
EducationAnkara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Acting Department
SpouseÇiçek Acar

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Erkan Bektaş — Biography

Erkan Bektaş is an actor from a theater background who has worked in television and cinema for over twenty years. His real breakthrough with viewers was Salih in Ihlamurlar Altında; in recent years he has played Halil in Siyah Kalp and Cevher Yanıkdağ in Teşkilat.

He grew up in Ankara and graduated from the Acting Department of Ankara University's Faculty of Language and History-Geography. On stage he worked with the Ercan Yazgan-Bülent Kayabaş Tiyatrosu, Tiyatro Tempo, Oyun Atölyesi and Stüdyo Oyuncuları, and in 2010 founded his own company, Tiyatro Baykuş. On screen he played Yavuz Moran in Aşk ve Ceza, Yavuz in Umutsuz Ev Kadınları and Cezmi in the film Geriye Kalan. As Kalender Çelebi in one episode of Muhteşem Yüzyıl he sang an Alevi hymn in his own voice. He has also worked as a voice actor and dubbing director.

After 2015 he appeared across several seasons as Ateş in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz and as Abdülkadir Keskin in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. He played Habtor Bin Said in Sipahi; in film he was Murat in Bornova Bornova and Hasan in Snow and the Bear.

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

To watch Erkan Bektaş in motion, Ateş in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz is a good start, since the character is carried over several seasons. Kurtlar Vadisi is the long-standing name in crime-and-political action, and Teşkilat mixes action and politics; the Cevher Yıldırım part fits there. Together the three are the way to see Bektaş inside the action of long-running series casts.

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

Erkan Bektaş's work does not get stuck in one type. The move from the crime world of Kurtlar Vadisi to Kaptan in Onur Ünlü's absurdist comedy Leyla ile Mecnun is, in my view, the range that says most: he can carry absurdity with a dry, serious face. Abdülkadir Keskin in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova gives a calmer weight in a world where psychological thriller meets melodrama. Ateş in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz rounds out the picture.

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