Hakan Hatipoğlu

Hakan Hatipoğlu — Biography

The Turkish water polo player Hakan Hatipoğlu, born in Çanakkale, became known on television as a contestant, actor and presenter. He reached a wide audience mainly through Survivor, and afterwards stayed on screen as a host of the TV8 program Survivor Panorama.

Sport came first: he played water polo professionally, turned out for Adalarspor, and was part of Turkey's men's national water polo team at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin. He graduated in business administration from Işık University and then completed a master's degree in business at Marmara University. He entered television through Var Mısın Yok Musun?, the game show produced by Acun Ilıcalı, where he met fellow contestant Gizem Akın; they married on July 24, 2011.

Survivor followed: he competed in Survivor Kızlar - Erkekler on Show TV in 2010 and in Survivor All Star on TV8 in 2015, where he stayed on the island for 17 weeks and 124 days and finished sixth, and he also took part in the 2018 All Star season. He moved into acting in 2011 as Selim in the series Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi and also appeared in a Rexona commercial; he kept taking roles in other series and films in later years. He co-hosted Survivor Panorama with Nur Tuğba Algül.