Acun Ilıcalı
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| Born | 1969 (age 42–43) Edirne, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Occupation | sport journalist, television personality and producer |
Acun Ilıcalı (born 1969 in Edirne) is a Turkish television personality, producer and sport journalist. He is also the founder and head of Acun Medya.
[edit] Biography
Acun Ilıcalı was born in May 29, 1969 in Edirne to a family, who was actually from Ilıca, Erzurum. He completed his basic education in Edirne. He went to high school in İstanbul at Kadıköy Maarif College and Anatolian High School. He enrolled in ELT department at Gazi University but he dropped out and decided to work on television.
Ilıcalı has been married twice, and has three children. He lost his parents just after his first child Banu was born, and got divorced from his first wife. During the trial of his divorce with his second wife due to his alleged infidelity, his vested interests were revealed as around 50 million Turkish Lira which was equivalent to 25 million Euros by the time.[1] Later he reconciled with his wife and the divorce was stopped. He is married to Zeynep Ilıcali since 2003 and they have two daughters named Leyla and Yasemin.
[edit] Career
Acun Ilıcalı started his career in television with the help of one of his friends. He stated as a sports reporter, and got promoted due to his success. After a couple of years he started to host his own parts in some different television programs.
Eventually, he founded a production company called Acun Medya in 2004. With this production company, he produced and hosted many television shows such as O Ses Türkiye, Yetenek Sizsiniz Turkiye (Got Talent), Survivor: Greece vs. Turkey and Yok Boyle Dans (Dancing with the Stars). Today, he is very famous and successful.
