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Things You Didn't Know About Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ was born on 27 October 1983 in Adana, Turkey who is a Turkish actor,
model, and former basketball player.
Tatlıtuğ has established himself as a leading actor of Turkey with roles in several of the
highly successful television series, that includes Aşk-ı Memnu, Kuzey Güney, and
Cesur ve Güzel, all of which garnered him critical acclaim and international recognition.
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Kıvanç grew up in Baraj Yolu, Adana with his parents, Erdem and Nurten Tatlıtuğ.
During an interview, he has stated that his father is Albanian from the city of Pristina
and that his family has had a bakery business in the city for more than a hundred years.
He has 4 siblings - two brothers: Cem and Tugay Tatlıtuğ, and two sisters: Melisa
and İpek Tatlıtuğ.
Kıvanç won the pageants Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of the World in 2002.
He studied at Yenice Çağ Private High School, where he excelled in basketball.
When his family moved to Istanbul, he joined the “Beşiktaş”, “Fenerbahçe”, “Ülkerspor”,
"Fiskobirlik", "Güney Sanayi", "Çukurova Kulübü", "Devlet Su İşleri" and "Tarsus
Amerikan Kulübü" clubs as a professional U18 basketball player.
He graduated from Istanbul Kultur University in Communication Design and Cinematography
in 2013.
Later he completed his master's degree in Business Administration.
In 2005, he started his acting career starring in Gümüş as the lead character Mehmet Şadoğlu.
Later he played in ‘Menekşe and Halil’ (2007-08) alongside Sedef Avcı,
as Behlül in ‘Aşk-ı Memnu’ (2008-10), shared the leading role with Beren Saat
and as Sekiz in Ezel in 2010.
He acted in the comedy film ‘Americans at the Black Sea’ (2007) and provided the voice
of Ken for the Turkish dubbed version of ‘Toy Story 3’.
In 2018, he also starred in comedy drama film ‘Hadi Be Oğlum’ and ‘Organize İşler
2: Sazan Sarmalı’.
A turning point in Tatlıtuğ's career was when he portrayed Kuzey in the series ‘Kuzey
Güney’ (2011-13) alongside Buğra Gülsoy.
He played the poet Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu in the drama film 'Kelebeğin Rüyası’ (2013)
with Farah Zeynep Abdullah.
The duo also acted in the TV series ‘Kurt Seyit ve Şura’ (2014).
Later he acted as Cesur in ‘Cesur ve Güzel’ (2016-17) alongside Tuba Büyüküstün and
‘Çarpışma’ (2018-19) with Elçin Sangu.
He is one of the highest-paid actors in Turkey and has won many awards, including the GQ
Men of the Year 2016 Award, three Golden Butterfly Awards, and a Yeşilçam Cinema Award.
He is an actor who was nominated 40 times and won 39 awards.
Kıvanç is currently busy with his new Netflix series "A Submarine Story", in which he played
the leading role with actress Özge Özprincci.
In 2010, he shared about his first love in an interview,
“I was 13 or 14 years old.
We are in a summer house in Mersin.
I went to play basketball with friends.
There is a girl on the court playing basketball with the boys.
Long legs, short shorts.
She is a calm, simple girl.
It happened.
I fell in love.
We were flirting while playing basketball with each other.
We were the same age.
Apart from that, we were sitting on the bench at night and watching the stars.”
Kivanc got into a relationship with Miss World ‘Azra Akın’ in 2002, but they broke up
in 2008, then got together in 2011 before splitting in February 2012
and he was also with Idil Firat in 2010 and Florence Eugene in 2013.
His ideal type of woman is “Little to no make-up, a natural face, simplicity” which
seems sincere and beautiful to him.
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and his wife, Başak Dizer met in 2013 and began a beautiful love story
that culminated in a romantic wedding in 2016, at the Turkish embassy in Paris.
The couple is very active on social media and shares their love and happy marriage on
Instagram.
Başak is a prominent stylist and runs her own fashion line, ‘Room’ with Deniz Marşan.
They have worked on various tv series so far.
Known for his passion for the sea, Kıvanç spends certain months of the year vacationing
on his boat.
Diving and surfing are Kıvanç's favorites.
He is really wild in racing.
His favorite foods are Manti, Tarhana çorbasını, Sarma and Kebab.
He admires Master musician, Feridun Düzağaç and Turkish legend, Ekrem Bora.
“However, when I came to Istanbul in 1997, the first celebrity I saw in my life was Ekrem
Bora,” he shared.
Some of his favorite movies are Scarface (1983), The Big Blue (1988), My Left Foot (1989),
and the BBC series Dad (1997).
He is a great fan of Elvis Presley and ‘Kings of Convenience’.
The actor is good at playing piano, guitar, and harmonica.
He’s posted a video about his playing the music from the 1995 movie “Braveheart”
with harmonica on his Instagram account.
He is a dog person.
One of his dogs is Pars, a trained black Doberman.
“Ali Yeşilırmak, who is the winner of ‘Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye 2012’, is a
very good friend of mine and the trainer of Pars.”
Kıvanç also shared that, “You know, I'm from Adana.
I grew up with my feet always on the ground.
I love animals and all living things; We always had an animal in our house.
My father even came home on a rainy day with a newborn lamb."
A sculpture of Tatlıtuğ has been displayed in Madame Tussauds Istanbul.
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