Selim Bayraktar

 ( 1975 Births ) 

Selim Bayraktar (born 17 June 1975) is an Iraqi-Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. He received international recognition with his role in the Netflix original series .

He is of Iraqi Turkmen background, from the city of Kirkuk.

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Life and career Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, to Iraqi Turkmen parents. As a child he began performing in gymnastic competitions. During the final days of the Iran-Iraq War, a body double of Sadam Hussein visited Bayraktar's school in order to recruit boys into the army; when Bayraktar was chosen to serve in the army his family decided to smuggle him into Turkey. He started working at the Turkish State Theatre after graduating from Hacettepe University in 2000.

Bayraktar speaks Turkish language, Ottoman language, Arabic language, Kurdish language, and English language.

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Filmography

2009	Büyük Oyun	Smuggler
2013
2014	Kırmızı	Gökhan
2015	Aşk Sana Benzer	Aykut
2016	Vezir Parmağı	Ekmelettin
2017	Cingöz Recai: Bir Efsanenin Dönüşü	Adil
	Istanbul Kirmizisi	Ömer
2018	Sevgili Komşum	Cengiz
	Arada	Resul
2022	Soygun Oyunu: Büyük Vurgun	Yücel Soykan
	Heartsong	Kalender

2006	Köprü	Erdal	TV series
	Bir Bulut Olsam	Mahmud Paşa	TV series
2011–14	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Sümbül Ağa	TV series
2016	Gecenin Kraliçesi	Hakan	TV series
2017	Çoban Yıldızı	Zekkar Karakaya	TV series
	Görünen Adam	Eşref Şerif	TV series
2017–18	Ufak Tefek Cinayetler	Edip	TV series
2018	Ağlama Anne	Ali Osman	TV series
2019	Succession	Zeynal (guest)	TV series
2020		Çandarlı Halil Pasha	Web series
2020–21	Zümrüdüanka	Abbas	TV series
2021	Vahşi Şeyler	Bora	TV series
2021–2022	Destan	Alpagu Khan	TV series
2023	Veda Mektubu	Ziya Karlı	TV series
2024–2025		Çandarlı Halil Pasha	TV series

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External links

• Selim Bayraktar at KinoTurkey.ru

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