Nejat İşler

Actor · 54 years old

Chief Inspector Nevzat in the series İstanbul Hatırası

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Age	54
Birth date	February 29, 1972
Birthplace	Eyüpsultan
Profession	Actor
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Eye color	Brown
Education	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory

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Nejat İşler — Biography

Nejat İşler is an actor and writer whose career runs from the stage to cult productions in Turkish cinema and television. Wide audiences know him mainly as the serial killer Ercüment Çözer in Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, the title role in Keşanlı Ali Destanı, and Kaybedenler Kulübü and its sequel Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda. In 2026 he plays Chief Inspector Nevzat in İstanbul Hatırası, a Netflix series adapted from Ahmet Ümit's novel; filming began in April.

He started in theater at high school, entered the theater department of Mimar Sinan University's State Conservatory in 1991 and graduated in 1995. As a student he worked in state theater and in series; after graduating he co-founded the Kahramanlar ve Soytarılar Kumpanyası with two friends and began writing for his own plays. On television he established himself with Gurur, Deli Yürek and Şehnaz Tango, and found real recognition with Gülbeyaz and Aliye. His first film was Eylül Fırtınası (1999); for Mustafa Hakkında Her Şey he was nominated in the best actor category at the Antalya Golden Orange in 2004. Barda and Yumurta followed.

From the 2010s he ran independent cinema and television side by side: Kapalıçarşı, Behzat Ç., Keşanlı Ali Destanı, İntikam and Bodrum Masalı; Kış Uykusu (2014), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, is the international credit of this period. Later he played Çağatay in Çukur and Cihan in Aile. He has written the books Gerçek Hesap Bu and Ben Hep Senin Yanındaydım, and in 2015 was elected president of the Bodrum club Gümüşlükspor.