Turabi Çamkıran

Turabi Çamkıran — Biography

Turabi Çamkıran is a contestant and actor who reached a wide audience through the Survivor competitions after starting out as a dancer, and who later moved into television drama and film. Winning the Gönüllüler (Volunteers) team's title in 2014 and taking first place again the next year in Survivor All Star made him a familiar face on Turkish television.

He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Mersin University and practiced many dance styles, above all breakdance alongside hip-hop street dance. His first screen appearance came in 2008 in the dance contest Benimle Dans Eder misin?, where he finished third. He then took the stage on Yetenek Sizsiniz. His real breakthrough was Survivor in 2014, where he quickly drew attention with his distinctive remarks. In 2018 he returned to Survivor All Star, this time on the Ünlüler (Celebrities) team.

He then moved from competition into acting: in the films Sabit Kanca 2 (2014) and Ketenpere (2017), and in the ATV series Kertenkele (2016) as the character Kara Kemal.