Ercan Mehmet Erdem

Ercan Mehmet Erdem (born 2 May 1981, Eskişehir) is a Turkish playwright and screenwriter. Most popular is Behzat Ç., adapted from the novel by Emrah Serbes. He is known for his TV series Ankara Detective.

He grew up in Eskişehir and completed his primary and secondary education in this city. In 2002, he entered the dramatic writing program of Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Theatre, and graduated in 2006. The first play he wrote in the same year, Curse, was chosen first in the play writing competition organized by Mitos-Boyut Publications and was published by the publishing house.

Television and cinema

He wrote skits and TV series for TRT in 2007-2008. In 2010, Behzat Ç., based on Emrah Serbes's novel Every Contact Leaves a Trace. He wrote the script of An Ankara Detective. The series won the best series script award in the drama category at the 2nd Antalya Television Awards in 2011. Erdem brought the character of Vale to life in front of the camera in the 69th episode of the series.

Behzat C. He brought his universe to the cinema and Behzat Ç. He wrote the script of the movie Ankara Yaniyor. In the following years, he worked as a screenwriter on the TV series Mehmed Bir Cihan Fatihi, Kara Kutu in 2015 and 46 Yok Olan in 2016. The script of the movie Paper Lives, released on Netflix in 2021, also belongs to him.

Erdem, who sets his characters in a morally gray world that is open to social criticism and humor, lives in Istanbul.