Ertan Saban

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Ertan Saban
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 47)
Nationality Turkish and Macedonian
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)İnci Saban (died 2009)
(m. 2016)
Children1

Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter.

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Early life

He has dual Turkish Macedonian citizenships. He was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is of Turkish descent. His family is the one of Turk minority in Balkan. [1] [2] [3] He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(Skopje) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish. [4] Also, he is multilungial. He can speak Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Greek, English, French.

He graduated from veterinary department for high school. Then, he studied pedagogy. He graduated from the Theater Department of the State Conservatory of Macedonia.

Saban married actress Ebru Özkan on 3 June 2016. The couple have a daughter named Biricik. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Career

For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the Macedonian Turkish Theater together with his brother, Erman Saban, Filiz Ahmet and Luran Ahmeti. Afterwards he worked in theater in France. He came to Turkey and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series Elveda Rumeli about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. [9]

He is the co-writer and actor of Limonata, directed by Ali Atay. He was starring with Ali Atay in comedy series Mutlu Ol Yeter, Şeref Bey and the crime series Kılıç Günü. [10] [11]

He portrayed Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the movies Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı, Balkan Is Not Dead and in the commercial "İş Bankası" for three times. He portrayed Constantine XI in Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi. He portrayed Robert Frew in Akif. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

He starred in the TV series Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi alongside Devrim Özkan and Özge Özberk. With Damla Sönmez, he played in Kötü Kan. [17]

Filmography

Movies
TitleYearNote
Kako los son2003
Kako ubiv svetec2004
Kontakt2005
The Net 2.02006
Gölgesizler 2008
Başka Semtin Çocukları 2008
Hayde Bre 2010
Balkan Is Not Dead 2012
Benimle Oynar mısın? 2013
Limonata 2015
Çiçero 2019
Acı Kiraz 2020
Kadınlara Mahsus 2023
Barda 2 2024
Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı 2024
Web series
TitleRoleYearNote
Büyük Sürgün: Kafkasya Adult Ömer2015–2016
Pes Artık Kapıcı2020
Şeref Bey Luran2021
Yakamoz S-245 Umut2022
Dünya Bu Kreatif2023
Akif Robert Frew 2023
TV series
TitleRoleYearNote
Vo svetot na bajkite 2 2001
Sedum prikazni za ljubovta i svrsuvanjeto 2003
Sultan Makamı Palyaço Refik2003
Azize Levent2004
Savcının Karısı Dursun2005–2006
Sağır Oda Nogayhan Kırımlı2006–2007
Elveda Rumeli Alex2007–2009
Kılıç Günü Savaş Kızıltan2010
Karakol Komiser Reşat2011
Bir Kadın Tanıdım Umut2011
Sakarya-Fırat Teo2012–2013
Görüş Günü Kadınları Hayalet Ertan2013
Hatasız Kul Olmaz Ferit2015
Mutlu Ol Yeter Babür2015
Kurtlar Vadisi: Pusu Gölge2015–2016
Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi Constantine XI 2018
Avlu Oğuz2019
Gel Dese Aşk Barlas2020
Son Nefesime Kadar Vedat2022
Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi Sadi Payaslı2022–2023
Kötü Kan Kartal Karaoğlu2024
Deha Karahan Doğan2025
Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı Vlad2025Featured
Short film
TitleRoleYearNote
Puppet ShowThug in Bus2000
Music video
TitleYear
Malt - Deprem2006

References

  1. Makedonya da yaşayan etnik kökenler var. Biz Türk etnik kökenine sahibiz. (There are ethnic backgrounds living in Macedonia.We have turkish ethnic origin.) "Ertan Saban: Allah'ın verdiği kalp her zaman dolu olmalı(The heart that God gives us must always be full)". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. "Ertan Saban Kimdir?". 15 March 2016.
  3. "Hayat Sanat | 6 Mart 2020".
  4. "Türkçe Bilgi: Ertan Saban".
  5. "Ertan Saban and Ebru Özkan got married". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  6. "Ebru Özkan ve Ertan Saban çiftinin bebeği oldu". Posta (in Turkish). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  7. "Ertan Saban kimdir?". 23 February 2022.
  8. "Makedonya'nın isim değişikliğini bir de böyle dinleyin". 29 April 2019.
  9. "Ertan Saban kimdir? Hayatı bir başarı öyküsü ve Avlu'da Oğuz Okan – Televizyon Gazetesi". 25 April 2019.
  10. "Ali Atay'ın yönettiği Limonata vizyonda!". 8 July 2020.
  11. "TRT'nin yeni mini dizisi "Akif"in çekimleri devam ediyor".
  12. "Aradığınız sayfa bulunamadı - 404".
  13. "TRT'nin yeni mini dizisi "Akif"in çekimleri devam ediyor".
  14. "Konstantinos kimdir? Konstantinos karakterine hayat veren Ertan Saban hakkında bilinmeyenler". 20 March 2018.
  15. http://www.turktiyatrosu.mk/tr/turk-tiyatrosu-2000-2010/
  16. https://www.birsenaltuntas.com/dizi/ertan-saban-ve-ahmet-rifat-sungar-ataturklu-banka-reklaminda/47458/
  17. https://www.ntv.com.tr/n-life/dizi-haber/kotu-kan-dizisinin-ilk-tanitimi-paylasildi-kotu-kan-oyunculari-kimler,ZKidfcFrBEG99lD9MlwBpg