Mert Yazıcıoğlu


Mert Yazıcıoğlu is a Turkish actor.

Early life

Mert Yazıcıoğlu was born on 10 May 1993 in Istanbul. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul, he enrolled in the Management Department of Istanbul Aydın University.

Career

Upon getting invited to the shooting of a TV series in which his friend was acting, he took the first step towards becoming an actor. First, he joined the Cast 33 agency founded by Sumru Onat and then met actor Ümit Çırak. He soon started to take acting lessons from Ümit Çırak in 3 Mota Eğitim workshops. After studying acting for a while, he made his cinematic debut with the movie Dedemin İnsanları. In 2013, he played the character of "Baran Şamverdi" in the series Karagül, which was broadcast on Fox and starred Ece Uslu, Özcan Deniz, and Ayça Ayşin Turan. Later, he played the character of "Fırat" in the series Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz, and portrayed the character of "Korkut" in the series Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi. He continued his cinematic career by playing the role of "Cenk" in the 2018 movie İyi Oyun. Between 2018–2019, he had a leading role in Kanal D series Bir Litre Gözyaşı, in which he portrayed the character "Mahir Yetkin". Since 2020, he has been starring on Netflix original series Aşk 101.

Personal life

Mert Yazıcıoğlu is dating Turkish actress Afra Saraçoğlu, more then a year they started dating in the movie Iyi Oyun in which she was his co-star, in December 2019, the couple went for watching a football match between Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş.

Filmography