Biography
Halil İbrahim Babür was born on 26 June 1987 in Bitlis and moved to Istanbul when he was three. He graduated from the theatre department of Haliç University Conservatory in 2014, but he was already writing: his plays 11’e 11, Kasap, He-Go and İçimdeki Yangın won Direklerarası playwriting awards and were staged in Germany.
Viewers first got to know him as Trafo Mert in Pis Yedili (2011 to 2014). He went on to play Doğan in Karadayı, Veysel in Çukur and Soner Sancaktar in Son Yaz, and appeared in the Netflix series Kulüp. In film, his lead in Emre Erdoğdu’s Kar won the promising actor prize at the 24th Adana Film Festival, and Beni Sevenler Listesi brought him Best Actor at the 40th Istanbul Film Festival.
In September 2026 he joined the cast of atv‘s Mercan Köşk.
