Turgay Aydın

Turgay Aydın — Biography

Wide audiences know Turgay Aydın, a Turkish actor born in Germany, best as Sabahattin Arcan in the series Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. He built his foundation at a state theater in Germany and went on to work steadily in Turkish television and cinema; in autumn 2021 he joined the cast of the series Hz. Mevlâna.

He learned acting on stage: he completed his training at a state theater in Germany and then worked on the same stage. His first screen appearance came in 1999 in Sinan Çetin's film Propaganda. In the 2000s he took roles in productions such as Kanak Attack, Küçük Özgürlük, Korkuyorum Anne and Kırık Kanatlar, and in 2006 he appeared in the series Hatırla Sevgili.

In the 2010s he worked regularly between television and cinema. In 2011 he played Yusuf in the film Eylül. He also took roles in the series Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki, O Hayat Benim and Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz, in the last of which he played the character Nizam. In the same years he also appeared in the films Üç Yol, Güvenlik, Muna, Uzaklarda Arama, Yemekteydik ve Karar Verdim and Emanet. Hiner Saleem's Lady Winsley (2019) and Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever 2 (2020) are among his recent cinema work.