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İlker Aksum
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İlker Aksum

Actor · 55 years old

Bayram Cankaya in the series Altı Üstü İstanbul

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Age55
Birth dateMay 23, 1971
BirthplaceIsparta
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signGemini
Eye colorGreen
EducationHacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory

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İlker Aksum — Biography

Comedy and drama come with equal ease to İlker Aksum, a Turkish character actor who moved from the stage to television and film. Audiences know him as Ruşen in Yabancı Damat and as Uncle Afakan in Çarli, and later through the films 7. Koğuştaki Mucize and Azizler. He now appears in Altı Üstü İstanbul, which began on ATV on June 15, 2026.

After graduating from the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory in 1993, Aksum made his professional stage debut in 1994 at the Antalya State Theatre as Ophelia in Hamlet. With no staff opening available he moved to Istanbul in 1996. A one-episode guest spot in Sır Dosyası introduced him to the Taylan brothers, and he soon found himself in Çarli. Yabancı Damat (2004-2007) took him to a wide audience; he then played the French commander Laroş in Karayılan and Halim in Canım Ailem. His first feature, Küçük Kıyamet (2006), earned him the SİYAD award for Best Supporting Actor, and Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz (2011) was his first leading role in cinema. 20 Dakika and Mutlu Aile Defteri followed, along with Poyraz Karayel and Ramo.

His awards include the 2010 İsmail Cem Television Award for supporting actor in a comedy series for Canım Ailem and a 2013 Sadri Alışık Award for Mutlu Aile Defteri. He also hosted the quiz show Birimiz İkimiz İçin. He became a father at 53 with the birth of his daughter in 2025.

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

For watching at home with the whole family, start İlker Aksum with Yabancı Damat, a comedy-drama that stayed on air for three years. Canım Ailem also comes from the comic side, and Aksum won an award for it. Şahsiyet is a crime drama and 20 Dakika a tense action series, so keep those for the grown-ups.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

The Taylan brothers frame İlker Aksum's television path: a one-episode guest spot in Sır Dosyası, Ruşen in Yabancı Damat, then Muhteşem Yüzyıl, all by the same pair of directors. In my view that continuity explains how he travels from sitcom comedy to a palace drama.

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

7. Koğuştaki Mucize reached more than 5.3 million viewers, but İlker Aksum's Askorozlu sits inside a crowded cast, and it would be unfair to expect the film to show his screen ability. In my view the better measure is Küçük Kıyamet, which brought him the supporting actor award, and his first lead in Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz: those give him more room.

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