Mustafa Alabora was born on 16 March 1946 in Şişli, Istanbul. His father was tenor Sabahattin Alabora and his mother was theater actress NurHayatFatmaPınar; As his father's cousin, Sabahattin Nuri Conker's nephew, he strengthened his family ties with the theater world. After completing his primary education at Talatpaşa Secondary School, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and received training from important names such as Sabahattin Kudret Aksal, Melih Cevdet and Ahmet Kutsi Tecer.
In 1968-1969, he performed with MüjdatGezen, CelileToyon and TuncelKurtiz in the People's Players group; A fire broke out while they were staging the play "DevriSüleyman", and he and his friends claimed that they were under DenizGezmiş's protection at that time. Then, he founded Ankara Birlik Sahnesi with VasıfÖngören, HalilErgün and ErdoğanAkduman, and performed in various roles in institutions such as Kent Oyuncuları, Istanbul City Theater and Dormen Theatre.
He left the Kenterler Theater in 1968 due to his union activities, and remained in Sağmalcılar, Mamak and Maltepe prisons for 2.5 years as a political prisoner during the 12 March Memorandum. In 1975, Muhsin Ertuğrul was removed from the City Theaters as one of the 1402 members during the 1980 coup; He earned his living by fishing in Rumeli Fortress for a while.
After NurettinSözen lifted the stage ban, he returned to the City Theaters nine years later and took part in television series such as "Kurtuluş" and "KaraMelek".
Alabora worked as a faculty member at MüjdatGezen Art Center for 20 years, was the head of the theater department and passed on his experiences to younger generations. He did a lot of dubbing work on TV; He also became known as a voice actor. In his private life, he first married BetülArim and from this marriage he gave birth to actor MemetAliAlabora.
He married lawyer AyşeNurBahçekapılı in 1990. Famous composer SelahattinPınar is his uncle; His cousin Derya Alabora, his aunt's name is Melahat İçli, his stepfather Safa Kılıçlıoğlu and his brother-in-law Abdurrahman Palay are among the names that form family ties. He currently lives with KemalZeytinoğlu's niece, BanuZeytinoğlu.
A river interview with SevecenTunç was published by Heyamola Publications in 2015 under the name "İşimGücümYaşamak: 'Mustafa Alabora' Book". It is known that in his theater career, Alabora took the stage in works such as "AslolanHayattır", "AltıDereceUzak", "KralLear", "AğrıDağıEfsanesi", "God", "BeşParaEtmez", and also took part in plays such as "DevriSüleyman", "HırçınKız" and "ÜçKuruşlukOpera".
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 48 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Poyraz Karayel (2015) — Ünsal Özbakan
- Black Melek (1997) — Nahit Saylan
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Presenter
- Schwarz Rot Gold (1982) — Recommend
- Prosecutor (1992)
- Uğurlugiller (1988)
- Hamlet (2021) — Ahmet Kesmeci
- Yanık Koza (2005) — Asaf Çelebi
- We Are Astonished As a Family (2018)
- Anthill (2006)
- I Can't Live Without You (2010)
- Satan (1974) — (Ferdi Merter Voice)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.