Halil Babür

Halil Babür — Biography

Halil Babür is a versatile actor best known on screen as Trafo Mert in Pis Yedili and Veysel in Çukur, and who also works on stage as a playwright and director. He was born in Bitlis and came to Istanbul at the age of three. He continues to work in both television and film: shooting on the film En Mutlu Günümde wrapped in August 2026, and he is also in the cast of the ATV series Mercan Köşk.

He started acting in school theater and directed his school's plays two years running. He graduated from the Theatre Department of Haliç University, worked professionally in children's, youth and independent theaters, and was in the core company of İstanbul Yeni Sahne, founded in 2009. He first got used to the camera with his own short-film group and entered television in 2007 with Tek Türkiye. After productions such as Yaprak Dökümü, Melekler Korusun and Ömre Bedel, he reached a wide audience in 2011 with Pis Yedili. Tövbeler Tövbesi followed, then Karadayı in 2014 (as Doğan) and Çukur from 2017; his character Veysel left the series in 2019. He then played Soner Sancaktar in FOX's Son Yaz, appeared in Kulüp, and in 2024 played Kenan Ataman in Yaban Çiçekleri.

In 2017 he won the Promising Young Actor Award at the 24th International Adana Film Festival for the film Kar. He is the author of the plays 11'e 11, Kasap, He-Go and İçimdeki Yangın.