Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu

Actor · 47 years old

Temurtaş Bey in the series Kuruluş Orhan

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Age47
Birth dateSeptember 7, 1979
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signVirgo
Eye colorBrown
EducationHacettepe University, Theatre Department
SpouseBerrin Ağırbaş
Former spouseÇiçek Nuroğlu

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Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu — Biography

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu, whose family originally comes from Şanlıurfa, was born in Istanbul on September 7, 1979; because his father was a civil servant subject to postings, his childhood was spent in cities such as Patnos, Cyprus, Tekirdağ and Ankara. After three years studying philosophy at Middle East Technical University, he transferred to the Theatre Department of Hacettepe University, working with the State Theatres and assisting actor Semih Sergen during his student years. He moved to Istanbul to play "Revolutionary Mehmet" in Çağan Irmak's Çemberimde Gül Oya, then joined the same team's War of Independence series Kırık Kanatlar as Lieutenant Nevzat, and in 2007 played an idealist nicknamed "Reis" in the film Zincirbozan.

His first television role came in Yuvadan Bir Kuş Uçtu, but he became widely known for the character Vedat in Sen Anlat Karadeniz. He appeared in films such as Kış Uykusu, Kusursuzlar and Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz, in the series Güvercin (2019) and Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi (2023), and joined the cast of Kuruluş Orhan in 2025. Also active as a director, he staged his one-man play "Dünyada" in London as part of the 2026 Camden Fringe.

He divorced Selin Şekerci, whom he had married in 2009, in 2011, and married Çiçek Gülsen the same year; in 2014 he spent eight months in India training in yoga. That marriage ended in 2022, and in March 2023 he married Berrin Ağırbaş in a quiet ceremony.

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Their work through different eyes

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

The most striking thread in Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu's filmography is his work with Derviş Zaim: Prince Yakup in Cenneti Beklerken, then Nokta and Rüya. Cenneti Beklerken carries miniature painting into its images, and Nokta follows a man trying to free himself from his past; both are far from the quick, plain storytelling of television series and put form first. In my view these three films are where a more restrained style of acting gets tested, against the ready-made tones of television.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu's roles carry the generation of the 1970s and the 1980 coup from both sides: the young Mehmet of Çemberimde Gül Oya is a leftist, the Reis of Zincirbozan a young nationalist, and in Kırık Kanatlar he is a lieutenant of the War of Independence years. That one actor stands on both opposing sides of the period is, in my view, the most interesting thing about this work. Kuruluş Orhan and Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi then take him from recent history into a much older historical story.

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