Burak Özçivit
Early life
Burak Özçivit was born on 24 December 1984 in Istanbul, to a family of migrants from Gaziantep. He was educated at Kazım İşmen High School and graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography.
Career
In 2003, Burak Özçivit was elected the Top Model of Turkey and began working with several modeling agencies. In 2005, he was chosen as the second best model in the world. Özçivit's acting career began with the television series Eksi 18 in 2006. After the iconic actor Kartal Tibet directed in series "Zoraki Koca", his breakthrough came with the character Ömer in "Zoraki Koca".
He later starred in series Baba Ocağı and İhanet. He appeared in the movie Musallat and as Çet/Çetin starred in the television series Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish adaptation of Gossip Girl. He then starred in Muhteşem Yüzyıl as Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey.
Özçivit then appeared as Kamran in the TV adaptation of Çalıkuşu opposite Fahriye Evcen. Together with Evcen, he made the movie Aşk Sana Benzer and later played in the movie Kardeşim Benim opposite Murat Boz. In 2015, he starred in the Turkish drama series Kara Sevda as Kemal Soydere.
The series became a global hit. Özçivit also owns a production company named BRK's production. He later went on to portray the lead role of Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire in Turkish historical fiction TV series Kuruluş: Osman, for a record six seasons. The series gained popularity worldwide and is very well-received in South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
Personal life
Burak Özçivit is a practicing Sunni Muslim. He resides in Istinye, Sarıyer, Istanbul.
He became engaged to Turkish actress Fahriye Evcen on 9 March 2017 in Germany, and they married in Istanbul on 29 June 2017. Together the couple have two children, a boy named Karan (born 2019) and a boy named Kerem (born 2023).
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📚 Source: Wikipedia
