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Yurdaer Okur (born 29 October 1974) is a Turkish film, television and stage actor.[1][2]

Yurdaer Okur
Born	(1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 47) Rize, Turkey
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Dilara Yalçın
Children	1

Life and career

Yurdaer Okur was born on 29 October 1974 in Rize.[3] After finishing his high school in Bafra, he enrolled in Akdeniz University's tourism management program. After studying at this school for three years, he decided to change his major and in 1994 enrolled in Hacettepe University State Conservatory's theatre program. He later received his master's degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.[1]

After being introduced to drama actor Genco Erkal in 1999, he joined the Dostlar Theatre and got a role in the play Barefoot in Athens. In the following year, he started working for the Istanbul State Theatre as a part time actor. In 2002, he joined the cast of Diyarbakır State Theatre. Starting from 2000, he acted in and directed various plays for the Turkish State Theatres. He also taught drama and acting lessons in Diyarbakır. Alongside his career on stage, Okur soon began appearing in a number of movies and television series.[4]

He had a recurring role in the Netflix original series Hakan: Muhafız. Okur was also among the cast of 7. Koğuştaki Mucize. In 2020, he starred in the historical drama series Kuruluş: Osman as Balgay.[5] In the following year he began portraying Tuğrul Bozan in another historical drama, titled Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu.

Theatre

As actor

• Barefoot in Athens : Maxwell Anderson – Dostlar Theatre – 1999
• Spaghetti mit Ketchup : Rainer Hachfeld – Istanbul State Theatre – 2000
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane : Martin McDonagh – Istanbul State Theatre – 2000
• Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım : Edip Cansever – Istanbul State Theatre – 2001
• Benerci Kendini Niçin Öldürdü : Nâzım Hikmet – Istanbul State Theatre – 2001
• Dünyanın Ortasında Bir Yer : Özen Yula – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2003
• Hortulus : Plautus – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2003
• Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz : Aziz Nesin – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2004
• Así que pasen cinco años : Federico García Lorca – Tiyatro Oyunevi – 2006
• The Pillowman : Martin McDonagh – Talimhane Theatre – 2009
• Ölümü Yaşamak : Orhan Asena – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2010
• Babamın Cesetleri : Berkun Oya – Krek – 2012

As director

• Benim Güzel Pabuçlarım : Dersu Yavuz Altun – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2004
• A Marriage Proposal : Anton Chekhov – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2006
• Ich Feuerbach : Tankred Dorst – Trabzon State Theatre – 2011
• Mãos de Eurídice : Pedro Bloch – Ankara State Theatre – 2012

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role
2002	Sır Çocukları
2005	Gen
2006	Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika
2011	Labirent	İsmet
2011	Türkan
2016	Saruhan	Kadı
2017	Direniş Karatay	Baiju Noyan
2019	7. Koğuştaki Mucize	Yarbay Aydın
2022	Demir Kadın: Neslican
Television series
Year	Title	Role
1999	Ferhunde Hanımlar
2000	Dadı	Guest appearance
2000	Üzgünüm Leyla
2001	Tatlı Hayat
2001	Çifte Bela
2002	Aslı ile Kerem
2005	Aşk Oyunu
2005	Belalı Baldız
2006	Kabuslar Evi
2006	Köprü
2010–2012	Sakarya Fırat	Kerküklü Süleyman
2010	Kılıç Günü
2012–2015	Karadayı	Turgut Akın
2015–2016	Yeter	Yekta Harmanlı
2018	Hakan: Muhafız	Kemal Erman
2019	Nöbet	Major Barış Kalender
2019	Sevgili Geçmiş	Tekin Malik (guest)
2020	Kuruluş: Osman	Balgay
2020–2021	Kefaret	Ahmet Çınarlı
2021–2022	Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu	Tuğrul Bozan
2022	Hakim	Azem Demirkıran

References

External links

• Yurdaer Okur at IMDb
• Yurdaer Okur on Instagram

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