Acting
Sinan Albayrak
Born
1973-02-27 (53)
Place of birth
Hanau, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
40 titles
Known for
8.2Eda, who ties all her hopes to her education, confronts Serkan Bolat, who cuts off her international education scholarship and leaves her with high school diploma. Serkan Bolat offers Eda to give her scholarship back if she pretends to be his fiance for two months. Although Eda rejects the offer of this man as she hates him, she has to accept it when the conditions change. While pretending to be engaged, Serkan and Eda begin to experience a passionate, challenging relationship that will make them forget all they know right. Because love is difficult. And that's why it's amazing.
Love Is in the Air
2020
8.5The epic story of Mehmed II — the young Ottoman prince who defied palace enemies, survived treachery and deposition, and returned to fulfil his life's dream: the conquest of Constantinople. Spanning his rise from a doubted heir to one of history's most consequential rulers, the series unfolds across palace intrigue, battlefield warfare and a psychological chess match between two great empires. Praised as the finest Turkish historical series in years — cinematic, fast-paced and historically grounded.
Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests
2024
7.2One of Turkey's most iconic and influential dramas, Valley of the Wolves follows Polat Alemdar, an undercover agent who infiltrates Istanbul's most dangerous crime organisation after years of preparation. Combining organised crime, covert operations and sharp political commentary, the series fearlessly tackles Turkey's shadowy relationship between the state, the mafia and power — and became a cultural phenomenon that spawned multiple films and spin-offs.
Valley of the Wolves
2003
8.1Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
Leyla and Mecnun
2011
8.0The lives of women in prison, as well as the adventures of their relatives who came to visit and the aftermath of those who went out.
Parmaklıklar Ardında
2007
7.2Kara Melek is a TV series that was broadcast on Star TV and ran from 1996 to 2000. It was about a sly, clever and pretty woman called Yasemin as she tricked and schemed against her victims, and her innocent best friend Şule who lives a complicated and hard life. Yasemin is the leading character and also the main villain, however, she can be kind and caring at times.
Kara Melek
1997
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRAfter taking care of her family for years, 45-year-old homemaker Sude is on the verge of starting a regular job. But when her mother-in-law mysteriously disappears, Sude's family is forced to confront buried secrets and navigate the delicate balance between family love and personal sacrifices.
Kanto
2026
NRIt tells the life of Mitat Karaman, who has an extremely ordinary life who goes from home to work, from work to home, when she wakes up one night when the bell rings and opens the door of the apartment by pressing the doorphone button.
Mitat
2023
2010s · 4 titles
5.3Two friends originally from Izmir-Eşrefpaşa have settled in Istanbul… While Tayyar (Hüseyin Soysalan) has become a mafia leader based on his passion for power and ruling, Davut (Turgay Tanülkü) has been managing a café in his small neighbourhood. Both have loved the same woman, Madam Eleni (Sermin Hürmeriç). But she had to get married to Tayyar despite her love for Davut. She also had a daughter called Duygu (Deniz Özpınar). However, Tayyar, knowing that Eleni’s heart belongs to Davut, leaves Eleni and his daughter alone. Tayyar, continuously looking for ways for revenge, finally finds it in convincing Nusret (Burak Tarık), Davut’s adopted son, to choose his dirty way. Nusret, the tough-guy of the neighbourhood gets into a big dilemma since he couldn’t make a choice between his girl as well as the people he loves and money and power.
Eşrefpaşalılar
2010
7.0We follow the story of Yunus, who lives in one of the Anatolian villages ravaged by war and violence, and his transformation into Yunus Emre, a figure of global significance whose thoughts and poems blend love and passion. His great regret at choosing to console himself with wheat will drive him to seek answers. This quest will be so profound that he will set out on the road, bidding farewell to everyone he loves, especially his beloved Balım Kız. On his journey to attain the greatest love of all, Divine Love, he will seek guidance from all the saints of Anatolia, unaware that what he seeks is already within him.
Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi
2014
7.3Based on a real life story of sufi dervish Somuncu Baba, who lived in Aksaray in Turkey.
Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri
2016
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Sultanın Sırrı
2011
2000s · 6 titles
6.0The story of a man who was wrongfully arrested and forced to spend years in prison without being able to explain his situation.
Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım
2008
7.2Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.
Fog and Night
2007
NRBerna, a theater artist, struggles for the sake of acting only for art at a time when popular culture is dominant. Meanwhile, during a visit to a museum on 'The First Women of History', she is very impressed by the hand-painted portrait of Afife Jale, the first Muslim Turkish actress to appear on stage.
Lock
2007
3.2In a typical western Anatolian town with two-story wooden houses, a square, and narrow streets, Liberation Day is approaching. A group of locals has formed a choir and begun preparations for a classical music concert for Liberation Day. The choir is nearing the end of its rehearsals. Although the choir is not entirely harmonious, they have managed to achieve a certain unity and are now in their final rehearsals before Independence Day. They are all working together on Sadettin Kaynak's piece titled "Spring Is Over, Autumn Is Over." Everyone is filled with excitement for the upcoming concert. When the town wakes up the next day, everything seems to be the same as before, until two large black jeeps appear at the town limits and stop in front of the town hall. From the moment the three or four Chinese men who emerge from the jeeps, accompanied by a Turkish businessman, head toward the town hall steps, nothing in the town will ever be the same again.
Çinliler Geliyor
2006
6.0An isolated woman meets a stranger at a party and falls in love with him, but he suddenly disappears in the morning. While trying to find him, she gets worse.
Zeynep’s Eight Days
2007
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Döngel Kârhanesi
2005
Series credits
8.2Eda, who ties all her hopes to her education, confronts Serkan Bolat, who cuts off her international education scholarship and leaves her with high school diploma. Serkan Bolat offers Eda to give her scholarship back if she pretends to be his fiance for two months. Although Eda rejects the offer of this man as she hates him, she has to accept it when the conditions change. While pretending to be engaged, Serkan and Eda begin to experience a passionate, challenging relationship that will make them forget all they know right. Because love is difficult. And that's why it's amazing.
Love Is in the Air
2020
8.5The epic story of Mehmed II — the young Ottoman prince who defied palace enemies, survived treachery and deposition, and returned to fulfil his life's dream: the conquest of Constantinople. Spanning his rise from a doubted heir to one of history's most consequential rulers, the series unfolds across palace intrigue, battlefield warfare and a psychological chess match between two great empires. Praised as the finest Turkish historical series in years — cinematic, fast-paced and historically grounded.
Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests
2024
7.2One of Turkey's most iconic and influential dramas, Valley of the Wolves follows Polat Alemdar, an undercover agent who infiltrates Istanbul's most dangerous crime organisation after years of preparation. Combining organised crime, covert operations and sharp political commentary, the series fearlessly tackles Turkey's shadowy relationship between the state, the mafia and power — and became a cultural phenomenon that spawned multiple films and spin-offs.
Valley of the Wolves
2003
8.1Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
Leyla and Mecnun
2011
8.0The lives of women in prison, as well as the adventures of their relatives who came to visit and the aftermath of those who went out.
Parmaklıklar Ardında
2007
7.2Kara Melek is a TV series that was broadcast on Star TV and ran from 1996 to 2000. It was about a sly, clever and pretty woman called Yasemin as she tricked and schemed against her victims, and her innocent best friend Şule who lives a complicated and hard life. Yasemin is the leading character and also the main villain, however, she can be kind and caring at times.
Kara Melek
1997
7.1Bahar and Efsun grow up as sisters even though they don't share the same blood. Their parents work under a rich man named Mehmet Emin. Later, he finds out that Efsun is his long-lost daughter. At least, that's what the parents of the girls tell him.
That's My Life
2014
7.1Bahar and Efsun grow up as sisters even though they don't share the same blood. Their parents work under a rich man named Mehmet Emin. Later, he finds out that Efsun is his long-lost daughter. At least, that's what the parents of the girls tell him.
That's My Life
2014
7.6Medical drama series, local adaptation of the Korean scripted format “Dr. Romantic”, centering on a genius doctor with an accomplished career who somehow ends up leaving it all behind to be a neighborhood doctor in a small town where he meets some younger doctors and becomes a mentor to them.
The Town Doctor
2022
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Böyle Bitmesin
2012
6.0A bankrupt businessman returns to his village with his unsuspecting family, claiming it is a holiday, after having neglected them during his days of prosperity. Un homme d'affaires en faillite retourne dans son village avec sa famille ignorante, prétendant que ce sont des vacances, après les avoir négligés pendant ses jours prospères.
Kalk Gidelim
2017
7.6Tells the love story of game developer Tamer and bankeress Peri, who meets in an extraordinary way and are trapped in a dangerous yet beautiful game.
Çöp Adam
2022
7.5This nostalgic series, shedding light on 1990s Turkey, offers a heartwarming family atmosphere. Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı, the main setting for most of the series, is a place filled with people leading simple yet colorful lives, including a grocer, butcher, snack bar owner, and more. Inci, who returned to Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı years after leaving her family, opens a new chapter in her life with the friendly neighborhood residents she's known since childhood. A humorous drama about intimate neighborhood relationships in an old neighborhood in Istanbul.
Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı
1996
6.0The stormy days that university youth have experienced. Lessons, love, finals. It's a lot of trouble to start, there's little time for all of them.
Kampüsistan
2003
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Beyaz Gelincik
2005
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Sen de Gitme
2011
5.3In 1939, a town in the coal city of Zonguldak, a disaster occurs in the mine due to the neglect of the boss. While fighting for this cause, Davut will fall in love with his cruel boss's daughter
Kanunsuz Topraklar
2021
9.3The show is about a 14th century Turkish Sufi living in Anatolia and tells his spiritual journey over the course of his lifetime.
Aşkın Yolculuğu: Hacı Bayram-ı Veli
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cihangir Cumhuriyeti
2025
8.9Unlucky Leyla rebuilds her life as a wedding planner after Sarp abandons her at their nuptials, but the emotional turmoil floods back when she must organize Sarp’s wedding to his new girlfriend.
Happily Ever After
2020
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Yalaza
2017
No synopsis available yet.
Sessiz Gece
2005
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Nasıl Evde Kaldım
2001
No synopsis available yet.
Tozlu Yollar
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
8 Countries 8 Directors & Sinan
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Anneler ile Kızları
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yersiz Yurtsuz
2007