Gürkan Uygun

Acting

Gürkan Uygun

Born

1974-05-27 (52)

Place of birth

İzmit, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

The Shadow Team poster
7.4

A team of elite agents within Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation are recruited for covert operations — on the condition that the outside world believes they are dead. Led by veteran officer Mete Bey, the shadow team carries out high-stakes missions at home and abroad, battling terrorist networks and foreign threats to national security. Drawn from real events, it's Turkey's answer to the spy thriller genre — patriotic, action-packed and relentlessly tense.

The Shadow Team

2021

Valley of the Wolves poster
7.2

One 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

Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests poster
8.5

The 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

Valley of the Wolves: Ambush poster
5.9

A continuation series of Osman Sinav's The Wolves Of The Valley. This produce focuses on politics, National Security and Regional Middle East problems. The Wolves of The Valley: Ambush serie also attracts attention by two film; The Wolves of The Valley: Iraq and The Wolves of The Valley: Palestine.

Valley of the Wolves: Ambush

2007

Payitaht: Abdulhamid poster
7.6

The fight of Abdülhamid II to keep the Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

Payitaht: Abdulhamid

2017

The Nightfall poster
6.0

Mahir, whose father was assassinated in the city of Denizli by Kürşat Kilimci, returns twenty years later as a police inspector, determined to avenge his father's death. On his first day back, he has a fateful encounter with a mesmerizing girl named Canfeza, the daughter of Kürşat, and instantly falls in love. As Mahir searches for this mysterious woman, he also keeps a close watch on Kürşat, waiting for him to slip up. Mahir realizes his chance will come at the wedding of Kürşat's daughter. But what he doesn't know is that this event will change his life forever, marking the beginning of a night filled with unexpected twists.

The Nightfall

2024

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Doğulu poster
6.5

After being released from prison, where they had been incarcerated for many years, Fırat Doğulu and his companion Akın find themselves embroiled in a relentless quest for revenge.

Doğulu

2025

Fidan poster
7.0

13-year-old Fidan learns that she has earned the right to attend the country’s most prestigious high school. However, it is not easy for her to leave behind her father, who has disappeared under the shadow of tragic events, and her little brother, to move to the big city. Fidan finds herself at a crossroads, driven by the spirit of sacrifice so characteristic of the noble women of Anatolia. The decision she makes will shape her future. Should she go to the school her mother has dreamed of for her, one that promises to open the doors to a bright future? This is the story of one sapling among the millions of trees in a land where some of the world’s strongest women have lived and where, despite everything, miracles can still happen.

Fidan

2025

High School poster
NR

During the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II, education based in Istanbul was spread to Rumelia, Anatolia and the Middle East through education reform. The aim was to provide better education for Muslim children and to train loyal civil servants for the Sublime State. Schooling began in many cities of the empire. One of these cities was Kayseri. Kayseri Idadi was opened in 1893, experienced the troubles of the late Ottoman period, and witnessed the effects of the Balkan Wars and the First World War firsthand. During the First World War, Kayseri Idadi, like many of its contemporaries, turned into a Sultani. Kayseri Sultani, due to its proximity to Ankara, was a firsthand witness of the War of Independence, and its students participated in the Battle of Sakarya. Kayseri Sultani, which Atatürk personally visited, took the name of Kayseri High School in the Republican era.

High School

2024

Temel: Sümela'nın Şifresi Yeniden poster
NR

Temel, who wants to win Fadime's father's favor, makes a "hamsirone" to support Trabzonspor. However, while he thinks that this will lead to something good, an unfortunate accident causes the "hamsirone" to hit the Trabzonspor bus and things get complicated. While Temel tries to fix the situation with his partner Dursun, he finds himself in the middle of tragicomic events.

Temel: Sümela'nın Şifresi Yeniden

2025

Seni Bulacam Oğlum! poster
4.0

Ertan is swindled by his best friend Iskender who takes all of the money that they both spent their whole life's saving. As if this was not bad enough Iskender has also left behind a large

Seni Bulacam Oğlum!

2021

Peace with Life poster
6.5

The story of Barış Telli, who suffered an unfortunate accident at a young age and, through his intense struggle after the accident, became not only a member of the Amputee Football National Team but also one of the most inspiring athletes in the country's history.

Peace with Life

2024

2010s · 16 titles

Turkish Tiger poster
4.4

After a tragic loss and a long career hiatus, a champion boxer crosses paths with an anchorwoman and returns to the ring.

Turkish Tiger

2016

Payitaht Abdülhamid poster
NR

A gripping historical drama charting the fierce political chess game and unyielding resistance of the last great Ottoman Sultan against global empires and internal betrayals.

Payitaht Abdülhamid

2017

Dance with the Jackals 3 poster
5.2

Brother Gokhan, Accountant Servet, Meatball Necmi and Del Piero Hikmet are released from prison on probation and they join group therapy in order to be reintegrated to society.

Dance with the Jackals 3

2014

Whisper If I Forget poster
7.3

An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.

Whisper If I Forget

2014

Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu poster
7.7

From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.

Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu

2019

Valley of the Wolves: Palestine poster
5.5

After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team led by Polat Alemdar (Necati Şaşmaz) travels to West Bank in Palestine, where they launch a campaign against Israeli military personnel in an attempt to track down and eliminate an Israeli general, leader Moşe Ben Eliyezer (Erdal Beşikçioğlu), who is the responsible for the flotilla raid.

Valley of the Wolves: Palestine

2011

Telling Tales poster
6.7

The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.

Telling Tales

2015

Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri poster
7.3

Based on a real life story of sufi dervish Somuncu Baba, who lived in Aksaray in Turkey.

Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri

2016

Hep Yek poster
3.7

Cevat is the son of a famous mafia leader. He falls in love with a super model and he decides to kidnap her. The famous mafia boss has his men do this for his son. They kidnap her and plan how they will bring her to Cevat safely. On their way, the worker will get in trouble and lose the car with the model in it. He will experience the worst 48 hours of his life when he has to find her in order to bring her to Cevat.

Hep Yek

2016

Bizans Oyunları: Geym of Bizans poster
4.0

Fed up with South America’s heat, the Maya, lured by rumors of golden soil, migrate to Anatolia, settling near Bağcılar and blending their advanced techniques with Turkish tribal culture. Their rapid rise, however, alarms Byzantium: peace-loving Emperor Klitor III is an avid Maya admirer, but his scheming wife, Empress Klitorya V, and his brother Muhteris conspire to eliminate Klitor, then abduct all Maya women to the imperial dungeons. Their twisted plan? By “improving” Byzantine lineage with Maya genetics while the men take local wives—“only God should know loneliness”—they intend to dilute the Maya’s flawless DNA into common stock.

Bizans Oyunları: Geym of Bizans

2016

Are We Ok? poster
6.3

Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a children's book illustrator, and eventually leading him to be abandoned by his boyfriend via e-mail. He is given solace and affection by her wealthy mother, who is fully supportive of him, and best friend and co-worker, Beste. In the meantime, he keeps seeing a young man in his dreams, who repeatedly calls him for help and rescue. One day he runs into this guy while getting on the bus, who is accompanied by his mother, and helps them get into their home as the young man was born without limbs. From then on, two lives would collide into each other, starting a brotherhood full of discoveries and mutual help.

Are We Ok?

2013

Ankara Yazı: Veda Mektubu poster
7.5

On August 10, 1978, a coffeehouse frequented by leftists in Ankara was raided. Even the strict rule in the country could not prevent this and similar atrocities. A few hours after the incident, which would later be known as the Balgat Massacre, the police detained many young nationalists in the surrounding neighborhoods whom they believed to be connected to the incident. Among those detained was Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu, who was only 20 years old at the time. Mustafa's detention marked the beginning of a legal battle for his mother, Zeynep, and his father, Ahmet Bey. Years later, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu was sentenced to death by a court established by the September 12 Military Coup and was executed one morning without his parents even knowing about it...

Ankara Yazı: Veda Mektubu

2016

Gallipoli: End of the Road poster
6.1

Corporal Muhsin is a sharp shooter who previously fought in the Balkan War. When mobilization is declared again, he joins the war alongside his brother Hasan. The two brothers support each other in the fight against the enemy.

Gallipoli: End of the Road

2013

Hititya: Madalyonun Sırrı poster
NR

Two brothers and their sister discover a world beyond imagination and the magic within them after the disappearance of their mother.

Hititya: Madalyonun Sırrı

2013

Günce poster
4.2

The film, shot in various neighborhoods of Istanbul, focuses on the choice of forgetting to live while planning life instead of living it. Cengiz, who hosts a radio show, has a steady job and a happy family life. One Sunday, he encounters an event that turns his life upside down, and from that day on, all sorts of misfortunes pile up. Cengiz is now left alone with his only daughter, Günce, and has no one else in his life. Years pass, and Günce turns five, but instead of ending, the problems continue to grow. This time, Cengiz faces what may be the biggest nightmare of his life: the risk of losing his daughter, Günce.

Günce

2013

Lal poster
2.5

Cemal and Süleyman are two good friends living in a small village near Antakya in the Çukurova region in the 1970s. Their biggest commonality is that instead of playing ordinary neighborhood games, they are drawn to new adventures. To prove themselves to the other kids in the neighborhood, they embark on a journey that requires courage. They set their sights on photographing Yılmaz Güney, who is in Adana filming his movie "Endişe" (Anxiety)! These two young friends, traveling on foot and with a stolen camera in hand, continue their journey through the valleys between Antakya and Adana, meeting new people along the way. As their paths cross with new lives and faces, their adventures take on a new dimension.

Lal

2013

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

The Shadow Team poster
7.4

A team of elite agents within Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation are recruited for covert operations — on the condition that the outside world believes they are dead. Led by veteran officer Mete Bey, the shadow team carries out high-stakes missions at home and abroad, battling terrorist networks and foreign threats to national security. Drawn from real events, it's Turkey's answer to the spy thriller genre — patriotic, action-packed and relentlessly tense.

The Shadow Team

2021

Valley of the Wolves poster
7.2

One 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

Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests poster
8.5

The 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

Valley of the Wolves: Ambush poster
5.9

A continuation series of Osman Sinav's The Wolves Of The Valley. This produce focuses on politics, National Security and Regional Middle East problems. The Wolves of The Valley: Ambush serie also attracts attention by two film; The Wolves of The Valley: Iraq and The Wolves of The Valley: Palestine.

Valley of the Wolves: Ambush

2007

Payitaht: Abdulhamid poster
7.6

The fight of Abdülhamid II to keep the Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

Payitaht: Abdulhamid

2017

The Nightfall poster
6.0

Mahir, whose father was assassinated in the city of Denizli by Kürşat Kilimci, returns twenty years later as a police inspector, determined to avenge his father's death. On his first day back, he has a fateful encounter with a mesmerizing girl named Canfeza, the daughter of Kürşat, and instantly falls in love. As Mahir searches for this mysterious woman, he also keeps a close watch on Kürşat, waiting for him to slip up. Mahir realizes his chance will come at the wedding of Kürşat's daughter. But what he doesn't know is that this event will change his life forever, marking the beginning of a night filled with unexpected twists.

The Nightfall

2024

Tatlı Kaçıklar poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Tatlı Kaçıklar

1996

Kaçak poster
7.6

The continuing life of an ex cop who had worked for a mafia undercover. Ended up killing the mafias son so later on he used the mafias daughter to escape. Falling in a unwanted love with her.

Kaçak

2013

Crazy Heart poster
7.5

Crazy Heart is a Turkish action, drama and political television series directed by Osman Sinav. The series, which started on Show TV on October 5, 1998, was released on the fourth season, the last season of the ATV. Crazy Heart , composed of 113 episodes published in 4 seasons, ended on June 24, 2002.

Crazy Heart

1999

Böyle mi Olacaktı poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Böyle mi Olacaktı

1997

Yedi Numara poster
9.2

A couple with no kids, four city girls and three country boys, all under the same roof: arguing, fighting and sometimes understanding they are not that much different.

Yedi Numara

2000

The Great Seljuks poster
7.0

The war of the Great Seljuk Emperor, Meliksah and her loyalist, Sencer against Hasan Sabbah, who is sworn to destroy the Seljuks.

The Great Seljuks

2020

Heart of the City poster
7.8

Derin and Ali are two people from different worlds. Derin is the daughter of a rich man, on the otherside Ali is a 24 years old boy who saw his mom being killed by his dad when he was young. So rauf anne took him as his son and now after many years he is back to istanbul , where he will meet derin and they start to enjoy time with each other.

Heart of the City

2017

Mehmed: The Conqueror poster
6.3

Fatih series will be about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

Mehmed: The Conqueror

2018

Marnali poster
3.8

Ali Reşat, a man of traditions, is released with an amnesty after many years in prison. While plotting revenge against his enemies in the mafia who put him in this situation, he seeks ways to win back his estranged son.

Marnali

2024

Kehribar poster
7.0

The series tells the bully Orhan Yarimcali's life.

Kehribar

2016

Aşkım Aşkım poster
5.1

No synopsis available yet.

Aşkım Aşkım

2001

Şapkadan Babam Çıktı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Şapkadan Babam Çıktı

2002

Affet Bizi Hocam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Affet Bizi Hocam

1998

Valley of the Wolves: Terror poster
6.1

Polat Alemdar and his friends continue to struggle, in the last two seasons against MAFIA, but in this season against the terrorists organizations, in a particular PKK, Kurdish organization. This season stopped after only two episodes, because political reasons, and replaced with KURTLAR VADISI: PUSU series...

Valley of the Wolves: Terror

2007

The Stars Are Far From Me poster
4.0

Kadir and Aslı... Whose love is not a love to be forgotten or lost to time. It is like a sacred bond that will be remembered forever. But Kadir's imprisonment, and his imprisonment as the murderer of Aslı's father, causes all the beautiful memories to fade away. As Aslı is thrown to the winds by this blow, Kadir now has only one goal. To prove his innocence and to take revenge on the Varnalı family who played this game together with Yahya, who guided him in prison... When the truth is revealed, the fire of love that has been burnt to ashes inside them is about to rekindle, but that magical happiness is about to slip from their palms once again because of the big secrets buried in the past.

The Stars Are Far From Me

2023

مدرسة الحب poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

مدرسة الحب

2020