Tunca Aydoğan

Tunca Aydoğan — Biography

Tunca Aydoğan is an actor who moved from the stage to television drama and is remembered above all for the role of Kürşat in Yılan Hikayesi. He has also worked as a musician, assistant director and presenter, and the press still refers to him as "Kürşat from Yılan Hikayesi".

Drawn to music as a child, he took piano lessons from Gülseren Sadak, then turned to acting and entered the theater department of the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory. He studied there with teachers such as Müşfik Kenter, Zeliha Berksoy, Oğuz Aral and Cihan Ünal and graduated in 1990. He began his artistic career at the Bakırköy Municipality City Theatre and entered film work as an assistant director and actor on a television film.

Yılan Hikayesi, which aired from 1999 and ran for three seasons, was his breakthrough. He then appeared in Çaylak, Ayva Sarı Nar Kırmızı, Tutkunum Sana, Kara İnci, Her Halimle Sev Beni and Nakş-ı Dil Sultan, played Ömer in İffet and Vahit in Aşk Yeniden, and in October 2018 joined the cast of Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz as Muzi. For a time he presented programs on TRT and private channels and took part in events at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall. In recent years his changed appearance has been in the news.