Famous People From Mardin

Those who wonder about the celebrities of Mardin celebrities, who are either actors or vocal artist, may have a look at this … We have listed the celebrities who have ties to this unique land and are famous across our country and the world.

Sermiyan Midyat

Sermiyan Midyat was born on December 2, 1974 in Ankara, but his parents are from Mardin. Sermiyan Midyat, who had acting training from Ferhan Şensoy, Derya Baykal, Rasim Öztekin and Tuncel Kurtiz at Nöbetçi Theater on Duty by passing the examination in 1998, carried on his academic studies on theater at Kadıköy Public Education Center from 1993 to 1996. After studying for three years in the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Engineering of Istanbul University, which he entered in 1994, he left and transferred to the Faculty of Business Administration. He worked as an actor and assistant director at Kadıköy Public Education Center. Later, he worked with masters such as Haluk Bilginer and Zuhal Olcay.

Murat Yıldırım

Murat Yıldırım was born on April 13, 1979 in Konya. Murat Yıldırım, whose mother and father are originally from Mardin, graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Interested in theater and music, Yıldırım joined Yıldız Technical University Actors (YÜO) and tread the boards for three years as an amateur. Murat Yıldırım, who had his first acting experience on television in 1999, got married to Burçin Terzioğlu, whom he met on the set of a tv serial called Fırtına, on June 20, 2008, but he got divorced 4 years later. He got married to İmane Elbani, a Moroccan actress whom he met in London, for the second time on November 13, 2016.

Sultan Kösen

According to the Guinness Book of Records, he is the tallest person living in the world with a height of 2 meters 51 centimeters. Sultan Kösen was born on December 10, 1982 in Mardin, at the address of Derik District, Alibey Village, Dede Mezrası, where his father owned as house. Her mother's name is Cemile Kösen, her father's name is Abdulkadir Kösen.

Meltem Miraloğlu

Meltem Miraloğlu, originally from Mardin, was born on January 13, 1987 in Diyarbakır.

Miraloğlu who stated that she has been interested in acting since her childhood graduated from the Fine Arts Academy of Müjdat Gezen. She first starred in the "Social Responsibility Project for Children whose Life is Stolen" commercial. Later, she acted in the TV series known as "Life Continues". Meltem Miraloğlu got married to Tayfur Aydın, the actor and director in 2016 and got divorced in 2017.

Berdan Mardini

The parents of the singer Berdan Mardini, who comes to the fore through the news in the media from time to time, are from Mardin. However, he was born on 5 November 1978 in Diyarbakır. Berdan Mardini, who started his primary school education in Diyarbakır and continued in Gelendost district of Isparta, was interested in activities such as theater and music in those years, and participated in the vocal contest. Mardini, who moved to Istanbul with his family after his father's retirement, continued his high school education at Süleyman Nazif High School in Avcılar, Istanbul. Berdan Mardini, who could not pass the university exams, worked in the textile workshop established by his father. Berdan Mardini, who started to get baglama training after working in various positions for two years, coincidentally stepped into the world of music after singing in an entertainment venue.

Melih Selçuk

He was born on February 7, 1984 in Kızıltepe in Mardin. He learned to speak Turkish in primary school. After finishing secondary school, he got admission from Science High School of Gaziantep which was a boarding school. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Business Administration in Istanbul. Melih Selçuk was chosen as the leading actor in Semih Kaplanoğlu's movie referred to as "Milk" in 2008 through an announcement he saw in the cafeteria while he was studying at the university. He received the Promising Young Actor Award at the 16th Adana Altın Koza Film Festival in his first film, in which he starred with Başak Köklükaya. Melih Selçuk acted out the character of Salih in the movie referred to as 'His Story', which he took part with Ahmet Saraçoğlu, Ayfer Dönmez and Haldun Boysan in 2015