Şükrü Türen

Şükrü Türen is a theater artist who was born in Istanbul on May 29, 1959; He carries the identity of an actor and director who directs both the stage and the screen. He completed his art education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul State Conservatory, Department of Theatre, and with this foundation, he contributed to the performing arts for many years.

He has proven himself by performing and directing at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters since 1977, and served as the General Art Director between 2000 and 2002. He served as the General Art Director of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality City Theater in 2006-2007, took part in the Afife Jale Award Jury in 2007-2009 and also served as a member of the Board of Directors of ITI International Theater Institute Turkey.

In his acting career, he took part in plays such as "Hypochondriac", "The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "Ghosts", "King Lear", "Moliere's Black Conspiracy", "Tartuffe", "Peace", "Trolius and Cressida", "Straw Hat", "Byzantium Has Fallen" and "Domination of National Soup Kitchen". In the director's chair, he staged works such as "Reis Bey" (Necip Fazıl Kısakürek), "Human First" (Yılmaz Karakoyunlu), "Juliet the Lark" (Efraim Kişon), Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" and "Othello", Fehime Seven's "Türkiye Kayası" and Yaşar Kemal's opera "The Legend of Ağrı Dağı".

Türen, who has a wide range of roles in the television world, has been involved in TV series such as "Lüküs Hayat" (1989) and "Vişne Bahçe" (1991), "Külyutmaz" (1996-1997), "Yerim Seni" (1997-1998), "Merdoğlu" (1999), "Dedem, Gofret ve Ben" (2001), "Can I Call You Baba?" (2004), “Not Without You” (2005), “While My Mother Is Sleeping” (2012), “Küçük Ağa” (2014‑2015), “Zeytin Tepesi” (2014), “Rengarenk” (2016), “Anne” (2016‑2017), “Afili Aşk” (2019‑2020), He was a guest in productions such as “Seygı” (2020), “Aşk Logic Revenge” (2022), “Kurulus Osman” (2022), “Dayton” (2023) and “Bahar” (2024).

In the field of films, he took part in "The First Half of Love" (1987), "Blackout Nights" (1990) and the 2005 TV movies "Ömer Seyfettin: Fon Sadrenstein's Wife and Son" and "Ömer Seyfettin: The Haunted Mansion". He is currently married to Bestem Türen and has a child.

Şükrü Türen was born on May 29, 1959 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

• Established: Osman (2019) — Ali Bey
• Mother (2016) — Arif
• Küçük Ağa (2014) — Adnan Sipahi
• Respect (2020) — Hayrettin Altug
• Dayton (2023) — Warren Minor Christopher
• Colorful (2016) — Mumtaz
• I'll Eat You (1997)
• Blackout Nights (1990) — Nihat
• Can I Call You Dad? (2004) — Cem
• While My Mother Was Sleeping (2012) — Hasan
• Soluk (2019) — Okan
• The First Half of Love (1987)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.