Gürbey İleri

Gürbey İleri — Biography

Gürbey İleri is a well-known young actor of Turkish television drama. He is best known for playing Şehzade Mehmed in Muhteşem Yüzyıl and Sancar Bey in Diriliş Ertuğrul, and the Şehzade Mehmed role made him known abroad as well. Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the acting department of Beykent University.

He began in 2007 with a supporting role in the teen drama Arka Sıradakiler, playing Kerem until 2011, and made his film debut in 2008 as Berkin's friend Çağatay in Ayakta Kal. After appearing as Kaan in Kalbim Seni Seçti, he reached a wide audience in 2012-13 as Şehzade Mehmed in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. In a 2021 interview he admitted he had been inexperienced then. He went on to roles in Yasak (Nabi) on ATV, Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün (Kerem Serter, nephew of Kahraman Yörükhan, alongside Özcan Deniz and Hatice Şendil) on STAR TV, and Eve Dönüş (Aras) on ATV.

On TRT 1 he played the young man Asım in Sevda Kuşun Kanadında and, in 2017-18, Sancar Bey in Diriliş Ertuğrul. He returned to cinema in 2019, playing a young man with stomach cancer in Ali and Fatih in Özgür Dünya. In June 2025 he was a guest on the program Sormam Lazım on Akşam TV's YouTube channel.