Biography
İsmail Hakkı Ürün was born on 21 March 1976 in Istanbul. As a teenager he worked in theatre at Konya Anadolu Sahnesi and spent the early nineties producing programmes at Kon TV. He later studied international relations in Malaysia and documentary film at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy in Germany, and he speaks six languages.
He made his screen debut in 2003 in the series Bedel and became widely known as Durali Tahtakılıç in Osman Sınav’s military drama Sakarya Fırat (2009 to 2012). He also played Mevlüt Çavuş in Mehmetçik Kut’ül Amare, Samsa Çavuş in Kuruluş Osman and Eşref Aziz in Payitaht Abdülhamid, and appeared in films including Recep İvedik and Kara Ağaç Destanı. He has also worked as a producer.
He is married with children and keeps his family life private. In 2026 he joined Show TV‘s Sevdan Bir Ateş as Cici.
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