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Murat Yıldırım
Born	(1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 45) Konya, Turkey
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Burçin Terzioğlu ​ ​(m. 2008; div. 2014)​ Iman Elbani ​(m. 2016)​
Children	1

Murat Yıldırım (born 13 April 1979) is a Turkish actor.

Early life

Murat Yıldırım was born in Konya, Turkey. His father is of Kurdish origin and was a teacher of literature. Yıldırım's father speaks Turkish and Kurdish. His mother is of Arab descent and speaks Arabic as well, but Murat Yıldırım is neither fluent in Kurdish nor Arabic. Due to his father's job Yıldırım grew up between Konya and Adana. He has two sisters.

He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey and he has a keen interest in mathematics. His interest in music and theatre started early on in his life as well. As a student, Yıldırım played drums in a band. During his studying period he also started performing with his University's theatrical team and attending acting lessons.

Career

After performing three years in theater, a writer who watched him perform in a comedy recommended him to attend a casting in Beşiktaş Cultural Center.

Television

Thus he played his first minor role in Ölümsüz Aşk which was written by Yılmaz Erdoğan. Later he performed in Bütün Çocuklarım and in Büyük Yalan. His first leading role was in the series Fırtına where he met his future first wife, Burçin Terzioğlu.

In 2007 he starred in Asi which was nominated for the International TV Audience Award-Best Drama TV Series at the 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival alongside Tuba Büyüküstün. After the end of Asi Yıldırım agreed to act in Aşk ve Ceza alongside Nurgül Yeşilçay.

His next role, in 2012, was Ecevit in the hit series Suskunlar which the first Turkish drama sold to the USA market for remake alongside Aslı Enver. In middle 2015 Yıldırım signed a contract with O3 productions and MBC Group for an upcoming series, which eventually premiered in early 2016 under the title Gecenin Kraliçesi. In 2017, together with his wife Iman Elbani, he played in a music video for American singer Jessica Sutta's single, "When a Girl Loves a Boy".

From 2019 to 2021, he starred as the titular character in the crime-mafia action series Ramo, alongside co-star Esra Bilgiç. From 2021 to 2022, he shared the leading roles with Damla Sönmez in the period drama Aziz on Show TV. He currently stars as one of the lead roles in the TRT1 series Teşkilat about Mit.

Film

He also had a brief appearance in the Turkish film Organize İşler. He got nominated for Golden Orange Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the film Araf. During the filming of Asi he starred opposite Beren Saat in the movie Güz sancisi about Istanbul pogrom. In late 2014, Yıldırım returned on screens, after a break of one a half years, portraying Lieutenant Sadık Turan in the movie Kırımlı based on the autobiographical novel Korkunç Yıllar. In 2015, he appeared as Sinan in the film adaptation of Turkey's 2014 best-selling novel Kocan Kadar Konuş. The romantic comedy was released on 20 March 2015, to positive reviews. Due to its commercial success, a sequel was announced shortly after the film's release. The sequel, named Kocan Kadar Konuş-Diriliş was released on 1 January 2016.

Personal life

Yıldırım met his first wife, Burçin Terzioğlu, while filming the TV series Fırtına. They were married from 2008 to 2014. On 10 March 2016, he married former beauty pageant title holder of Morocco and actress Iman Elbani. Elbani, who was pregnant with the couple's child, suffered a miscarriage in 2019. The couple suffered another miscarriage in 2020. Elbani has suffered a total of five miscarriages. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter, in October 2022.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Murat Yıldırım ile Burçin Terzioğlu boşandı". Ηurriyet. 1 July 2014.
2. "Murat Yıldırım: 'Annem Arapça, babam Kürtçe konuşur'". Akşam. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
3. "Murat Yıldırım speaks with Ayşe Arman". Elele. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
4. "Nwslttr_20090909.JPG". Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
5. "'Game of Silence': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022.
6. "Kırımlı Murat". Hurriyet.
7. "Kocan Kadar Konuş artık beyazperdede". Aksam.
8. "Kocan Kadar Konuş'un 2. Filmi geliyor!". gecce.com.
9. "Başrollerinde Ezgi Mola ve Murat Yıldırım'ın rol aldığı 'Kocan Kadar Konuş: Diriliş' filminin galası yapıldı". Hurriyet.
10. "Meryem Uzerli ve Murat Yıldırım'ın Cannes çıkarması". Hurriyet.
11. "Gecenin Kraliçesi 1. Bölüm Fragmanı Yayında". Hurriyet.
12. "J Sutta – When A Girl Loves A Boy (Murat Yildirim and Iman Elbani) ft. Pitbull". YouTube (JessicaSuttaVEVO). 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
13. "MİT'in olağanüstü deneyimlerini anlatacak 'Teşkilat' dizisi her pazar TRT 1'de izleyiciyle buluşacak". www.aa.com.tr.
14. "Murat Yıldırım ve Imane Elbani evlendi". Milliyet. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
15. "Murat Yıldırım ve eşi Faslı güzel İmane Elbani'den acı haber 'Hayırlısı Allah'tan'". Takvim. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
16. "Murat Yıldırım ve İman Elbani'nin moral tatili". CNN Türk. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
17. "Murat Yıldırım: Kızımız Miray dünyaya geldi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 October 2022.

External links

• Murat Yıldırım at IMDb

• Living people
• Turkish male film actors
• Turkish Muslims
• Turkish people of Arab descent
• Turkish people of Kurdish descent
• Turkish male television actors
• People from Konya
• Yıldız Technical University alumni
• 1979 births