Selim Bayraktar

Selim Bayraktar
Selim Bayraktar
Born	1975; Kirkuk, Iraq
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Selim Bayraktar (born 1975) is a Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

Life and career

Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, into a family of Iraqi-Turkish origin. As a child he began performing in gymnastic competitions. During the final days of the Iran-Iraq War, a body double of Sadam Hussein visited Bayraktar’s schools in order to recruit boys into the army; when Bayraktar was chosen to serve in the army his family decided to smuggle him into Turkey.^[1] He started working at the Turkish State Theatre after graduating from Hacettepe University in 2000.^[2]

Bayraktar speaks Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish.^[1]

Filmography

Actor
Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
2006	Köprü	Erdal	TV Series
2006	Bir Bulut Olsam	Mahmud Paşa	TV series
2011-14	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Sümbül Ağa	TV Series

References

^ ^a ^b Batuman, Elift (Feb 17, 2014). "Letter From Istanbul: Ottomania A his TV show reimagines Turkey's imperial past". The New Yorker. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Turkish Cultural Foundation. "Selim Bayraktar". Retrieved 2014-06-16.

External links

Selim Bayraktar at IMDb

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[TheNewYorker-1] Batuman, Elift (Feb 17, 2014). "Letter From Istanbul: Ottomania A his TV show reimagines Turkey's imperial past". The New Yorker. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[TCF-2] Turkish Cultural Foundation. "Selim Bayraktar". Retrieved 2014-06-16.

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