➡ Murat Yıldırım Biography

Actor Murat Yldrm is from Turkey, born on April 13, 1979, in Konya. Murat Yildirim is one of Turkey’s most handsome and appealing actors, and he has managed to pack several profitable films into his career thus far. Now, it is time to get to know more about the successful actor.

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Murat Y?ld?r?m

1. About His Family

He was born in Konya. His father was a literature teacher and is of Kurdish descent. The Father of Yldrm is bilingual in Turkish and Kurdish. Murat Yldrm is not proficient in either Kurdish or Arabic, even though his mother is of Arab heritage and speaks Arabic as well.

2. Education

Murat graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey, and had a keen interest in mathematics from a young age.

3. Discovering A New Passion

He had an interest in music and theater, which encouraged him to join his high school’s play program. Yldrm played the drums in a band while still a student. He started acting classes and performed with his university’s theater team while he was still in school.

4. Getting I The Entertainment Industry

After performing in theater, a writer who watched him perform in a comedy recommended him to attend a casting for a role. He then made numerous other fleeting cameos in dramas after playing his initial little role in Olumsuz Ask.

5. First Lead Role Of His Life

 His first leading role was in the series Fitrina, the same year he got nominated for Golden Orange Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the film Araf. In 2007 he starred in Asi which was a hit. ^[1]

6. Dramatic Personal Life

The actor had a complex personal life. The actor met his first wife, Burçin Terzio?lu while filming the TV series F?rt?na. The two remained married from 2008 to 2014. After the actor divorced her, he married the former beauty pageant titleholder of Morocco and actress Iman Elbani on 25 December 2016.

7. Tough Time For The Couple

Elbani was carrying the couple’s child but sadly experienced a miscarriage in 2019. In 2020, the couple experienced a second miscarriage. The couple has lost five pregnancies in all.

8. Sentenced To Prison

The Istanbul Court sentenced Murat to 10 months in prison in 2015 for drug use, although the allegations of “establishing, controlling, and being a part of a criminal organization” were dropped. As the sentence was shorter than a year, the court decided to postpone the imprisonment.