Biography
Hakan Karsak was born on 1 April 1975 in Diyarbakır. He joined the Ankara Youth Theatre and his high school theatre group in 1992, trained at the Ankara Art Theatre workshop, studied construction at Afyon Kocatepe University and graduated in philosophy from Istanbul University.
After the 1999 Düzce earthquake he spent two years as a theatre instructor working with UNICEF to help affected children and young people. On stage he has worked with the Diyarbakır City Theatre and Duru Theatre.
His films include Silsile, Sarmaşık, Kelebekler and Kovan, and in 2013 he won Best Actor at the Bosphorus International Film Festival. On television he is best known as Enişte (Temel Kalkandere) in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz (2015 to 2021), and he later appeared in Mahkum, Veda Mektubu and Aile Saadeti. He has a daughter, speaks English and some Kurdish, and in 2026 joined atv‘s Hamal as Bülbül Yusuf.
