Turkish actor Burak Özçivit in 2019. Photo by CASH on Wikimedia Commons

Top 10 Facts about Burak Ozcivit


 

Burak Ozcivit was born on 20 December 1984 in a middle-class Islamic family to his father, Bulent Ozcivit and mother, Ceyhan Ozcivit. He is a Turkish actor and model who was chosen as the top model in Turkey and later started his acting career at 18 when he was featured in the television series Eksi.

He is famous in Turkey and his fan has been following along since he started his debut in the industry in 2003 to becoming a great actor in the Turkish industry and gaining international fame.

Burak has made a name for himself, amassed many awards and created the best life for himself and his family. He is said to be one of the highest-paid actors in Turkey.

He is known for his amazing acting skills and roles in the Turkish industry. He has a huge interest in football and likes to play and is also a fitness freak.

Learn more about Borak Ozcivit in these top 10 amazing facts about him.

1. Barak Ozcivit family and education

Marmara University, Sultanahmet Campus, Istanbul. Photo by Robert Cutts on Wikimedia Commons

Barak was born on 24 December 1984 in Istanbul, Turkey, to Bulent ozcivit (father) and Ceyhan ozcivit (mother) and he has one sibling, Burcun Denis.

He has a Caucasian ethnicity and holds Turkish nationality. He completed his primary education at Kazim Ismen High School.

After his primary education, he graduated from Marmara University, facility of Fine Art, Department of Photography.

2. Barak Ozcivit started with a modelling career

After completing his studies, he started his modelling career, for which, in 2003, he was selected as one of the top models in turkey.

He received a wide appreciation and fan following, which made in get signed to participate in various fashion shows.

Barak started working with various top Turkish modelling Agencies, and he attained great success in the modelling field.

In 2005, he was chosen as the second-best model in the world. This recognition made him participate in the most important fashion shows worldwide.

3. Barak Ozcivit’s acting career

Barak started his acting profession with a television series act Eksi 18, in 2006. The following year he was featured as Suat in the Musallat movie and television series Kucuk-Sirlar, the Turkish adaption of Gossip Girl.

Burak also starred as Malkocogla Bali Bag in Muhtesem Yuzyil then played as Kamran in the adaption of Calikusu novel with Fahriye Evcen.

In 2015 he starred in the Turkish drama series kara Sevda as Kemal Soydere. The series acclaimed popularity across the world.

Ozcivit is famous for his versatile acting and is one of the most handsome men in the world’s highest-paid actors in turkey. Burak fame has gained worldwide popularity in Central Asia, Latin America, the middle east and south Africa.

In 2019 he was featured in a television series called Kurulus, portraying the founder of the Ottoman Empire as Osman 1 and the series gained worldwide popularity.

4. Burak Ozcivit launched his own company

Ozcivit established his own production company called BRK’s production. Miss turkey of 2014, Amine Gulse assumed a role in his first film.

He later made a few changes; Fahriye Evcen would get the main role. Burak and Fahriye Evcen would play darlings once more.

5. Burak Ozcivit relationship

Fahriye Evcen. Photo by Georges Hobeika on Wikimedia Commons

Burak married his long-term girlfriend, Fahriye Evcen. They got married on 29 June 2017 at the Sait Halim Paha mansion.

They started having to like each other in 2013 while doing the show wren (Calikusu) and dating in 2014.

Fahriye Evcen is a German Turkish actress popularly known for her roles as Neda Tekin on Yaprak Dokumu based on the novel by Resat Nurl Gyntekin and as Ferido in television series.

They are blessed with one child, a boy named Karan, who was born in 2019.

6. The actor’s fame

Burak’s acting profession reached its peak, yet Burak still needed to gain international fame. This opportunity came in 2011.

In 2011, Burak got an opportunity to stare at a television series telling stories of the Ottoman empire. He was given a role of a dauntiess and a bold officer, administrator of the Ottoman armed force.

Burak executed his role splendidly and earned significance in numerous nations and among many nationalities gaining a huge fan following.

In 2013, Burak was given the opportunity to assume the role of an attractive man Kamran in the third screen variant of a well-known novel composed by Turkish essayist Resat Nuri Guntekin Golderest.

7. The year of success

2003 was successful for Burak. He took the second prize in the challenge Best Model of the World and best Model of Turkey.

His photos were taken for fronts of the present-day magazines Marie-Claire and Gloria Magazines. 

He became a popular model in turkey, collaborated with numerous European brands and was sought after as a model and later joined the acting industry , he was featured in popular television series like calikusu.

8. Burak social media

Burak Özçivit 2011. Photo outsourced from Wikimedia Commons

Burak has a very huge and bold position in social media with a large fan base. He has more than 11 followers on Instagram, more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter and more than 500 thousand followers on Facebook

9. Burak Ozcivit has amassed many awards throughout his career

Burak has been successful in his acting career, has won many awards and has been nominated for many others.

He has been nominated for almost ten awards and more than ten awards and recognition are due to his name.

Dome of the awards includes Elle style Actor of the year award in 2014, Best Drama Actor in 2015, Best Male Actor of the year in 2020, and Best International Actor by Soap awards France in 2021, among many others.

Those awards and recognition are mainly to reward his amazing acting career.

10. Burak keeps a private life

Being a popular person sometimes makes it hard to lead a private life, but Burakies so much to keep it private.

He mostly keeps his child, marriage and his personal life private because no one should know everything about what your family is going through.

 

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