Onur Bay

Onur Bay — Biography

Onur Bay is a young Turkish actor who began acting as a child and spent more than fifteen years on Kanal D's long-running series Arka Sokaklar as Tekin Çoban; today he plays Yiğit in the historical series Kuruluş: Orhan. For years he was known on screen simply as "the Tekin of Arka Sokaklar", and after leaving the show he turned to streaming productions and historical drama, appearing in very different characters.

Of Ordu family origin, Bay grew up in Istanbul. He finished primary school at Susanoğlu Primary School and took his undergraduate degree in the Cinema and Television Department of İstanbul Kültür University. He first appeared in front of a camera in 2005, as Orhan in the series Köpek. The following year he joined the cast of Arka Sokaklar and played Tekin, the son of Hüsnü Çoban, spending most of his childhood on that set. In 2010 he gained film experience in Çakallarla Dans. In the summer of 2021 he said goodbye to the series.

After the departure, he took a part in Son Yaz the same year and in 2022 played the lead as İlker in the Disney+ series Kaçış. His next step was Kirli Sepeti, where he played Bülent. In 2025 he joined the cast of Kuruluş: Orhan as Yiğit, working again, after about twenty years, on the same project as Uğur Pektaş, who played Murat Komiser in Arka Sokaklar.