Birkan Sokullu (born 6 October 1985) is a Turkish actor. Life and career Birkan Sokullu was born in Istanbul on 6 October 1985. Sokullu's grandparents were Bosnian immigrants. Sokullu left his basketball career after 10 years due to his leg injury. He graduated from Maltepe University with a specialty in Radio TV Programming. While studying at university, he began his modelling career. He took acting lessons from Dolunay Soysert. He also studied in Drama and Acting Departmant of İstanbul Aydın University for one year. But he left. Birkan started to get noticed that joined as new characters in the popular series including "Küçük Kadınlar", youth series "Melekler Korusun", crime series "Uçurum". His first popular leading role is Demir (original role, Dan) in Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish remake of Gossip Girl. His fame gained with hit series "Hayat Şarkısı" and "Masumlar Apartmanı". His period series are "Kurt Seyit ve Şura", "Rise of Empires: Ottoman", "Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm", "Bir Aile Hikayesi", "Fatih". He played in vampire series "Yaşamayanlar" with Kerem Bürsin, Elçin Sangu and horror film "Güzelliğin Portresi". Filmography External links References 1985 births Living people Turkish male television actors Male actors from Istanbul Turkish people of Bosniak descent Turkish basketball players