Emir Benderlioğlu

Atıf Emir Benderlioğlu was born on October 28, 1979 in Ankara. He started his education life at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts; He first studied at the sculpture department, then transferred to the graphic arts department and graduated from there. Benderlioğlu, who started his career as a promotion coordinator at TRT, continued to improve himself in different branches of art.

He started taking part in the projects of director Alper Çağlar, whom he met in Ankara. These collaborations include Chameleon, 4 Hours, Pumpkinfiction, Antidote, Mountain II and There are movies like Börü. The actor, who played the leading role in most of the productions in question, attracted attention especially with his performance in Çağlar's films. Then, he decided to continue his career in Istanbul by registering with Harika Uygur casting agency.

Benderlioğlu, who played various roles in cinema and television, played the character of Bekir in the movie Âdem's Trains and the character of İbrahim in the TV series Sessiz Fırtına. In 2008, he appeared before the audience as the leading actor with the role of Savaş in the TV series Detektif Biraderler.

He played the character of Mine's lover Burak in the TV series Kavak Yelleri, which was broadcast between 2008 and 2010. The artist, who was also interested in photography during the same period, won awards in animation and 3D graphics competitions.

In 2010, he played the character of Dumrul in the comedy movie Deli Dumrul Kurtlar Kuşlar Aleminde. Then, he played the character of Eytan in the TV series Ayrılık, which was broadcast on TRT 1 between 2009 and 2010. He married actress Ceren Şekerci in July of the same year. In 2010, he played the role of Çetin in FOX's TV series Keskin Bıçak.

Later, he took part in productions such as Arka Sokaklar, Börü series, Bandit Does Not Rule the World and Barbaroslar: Sword of the Mediterranean. Finally, he played the character of Turan Kara again in BluTV's Börü 2039 series.

Emir Benderlioğlu, who was born in Ankara, graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts. The actor first studied Sculpture, then transferred to the Graphics Department, and then worked as TRT promotion coordinator. He met Alper Çağlar in Ankara and later, under the direction of Alper Çağlar, Emir Benderlioğlu took part in the films: Bukalemun, 4 Saat, Kabakurgu, Camgöz, Antizehir, Dağ II, and played the leading role in these films except Camgöz.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 29 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Underground (2026) — Yavuz
• Earth Sky Love (2010) — Yılmaz Hancıoğlu
• Kavak Yelleri (2007) — Burak
• Don't Let It End Like This (2012)
• Ottoman Slap (2013) — Ateş
• Gassal (2024) — Affan
• Fi (2017) — Ali
• Centennial Night (2026) — Muhsin Köse
• Lie (2024) — Cengiz Yıldız
• Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean (2021) — Piri Reis
• Börü (2018) — Turan Kara
• Trap (2022) — Mahir

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.