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Selim Bayraktar (born 17 June 1975) is an Iraqi-Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. He received international recognition with his role in the Netflix original series Rise of Empires: Ottoman.

He is of Iraqi Turkmen background, from the city of Kirkuk.

Life and career

Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, to Iraqi Turkmen parents. 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 school 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. He started working at the Turkish State Theatre after graduating from Hacettepe University in 2000.

Bayraktar speaks Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, and English.

Filmography

References

1. "Selim Bayraktar ile Emel Karaköse dünyaevine girdi". NTV. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
2. McCarty, Stephen (23 February 2020). "In 'Rise of Empires: Ottoman' on Netflix, education meets entertainment". South China Morning Post.
3. "Selim Bayraktar". IMDb. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
4. ^ Batuman, Elift (Feb 17, 2014). "Letter From Istanbul: Ottomania - A hit TV show reimagines Turkey's imperial past". The New Yorker.
5. Turkish Cultural Foundation. "Selim Bayraktar". Retrieved 2014-06-16.

External links

• Selim Bayraktar at IMDb
• Selim Bayraktar at KinoTurkey.ru

• 1975 births
• Turkish male film actors
• Turkish male television actors
• People from Kirkuk
• Living people
• Iraqi emigrants to Turkey
• Turkish people of Iraqi Turkmen descent
• Iraqi people of Turkish descent