Berhan Şimşek

Berhan Şimşek was born on May 15, 1958 in Bayburt. As the tenth child of Nuri Şimşek and Alime Şimşek, he grew up in a family with eleven siblings. After completing his primary and secondary education in Bayburt, he studied high school in Istanbul at Vefa Akşam High School. Continuing his academic life in this field of interest, Şimşek graduated from Anadolu University, Open Education Faculty, Department of Business Administration in 2011.

Berhan Şimşek, who stepped into the world of cinema in 1977, worked as both an actor and a director for many years. He took part in productions such as Goodbye Tomorrow, Uruzlama, İpekçe and Işıklar Sönmesin. He won the "Best Actor" award from the Magazine Journalists Association and the "Best Actor" title at the 1994 Ankara Film Festival.

He was also among the founders of the Contemporary Cinema Actors Association and played the leading role in Yücel Çakmaklı's movie Minyeli Abdullah.

Şimşek, who also played important roles in his political career, served in the Republican People's Party (CHP) for many years. In addition to the Nazım Hikmet Foundation and the Union of 68s, he worked as a columnist in the newspapers Günaydın and Milliyet. He was elected as a member of the CHP Party Assembly in 1999 and served in this position for nine terms.

Between 2002 and 2007, he took part in the National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Commission as a 22nd term deputy of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Although he was a candidate again in the 2007 elections, he was not elected. Finally, he served as CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman in 2010-2011.

Berhan Şimşek, who is also experienced in his personal life, married Burçin Şimşek in 1999 but divorced in 2005. Şimşek, who has a child from this marriage, draws attention with his political stance as well as his academic and artistic career.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 28 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• He's Talking About Talk (1991)
• Establishment Osmancık (1988) — Sungur Tekin
• Reconciliation (1991)
• Don't Let the Lights Go Out (1996)
• Wounded (1984)
• Minyeli Abdullah (1990) — Abdullah
• Pity (1985) — Mehmet
• Timeless (1987)
• Bitter Heart (2001)
• Singer (2001) — Refik Ağa
• Ferman (1988)
• Profit (1987)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.