Peker Açıkalın is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 actor who usually appears in comedic roles.

Biography

Peker Açıkalın grew up as one of three children in İstanbul. Despite his parents‘ pressure for him to join the family‘s manufacturing business, he pursued his dream to become an actor. Açıkalın made his first television appearance in ‘’Kim Bunlar?’’ on TRT 1

TRT 1

TRT 1 is the first Turkish national television station. It launched on January 31 , 1968.-Introduction:TRT 1, the first television channel in Turkey, started their test transmissions on January 31, 1968, and commenced full national broadcasts in December 1971. It was the only channel in Turkey...

. He gained widespread fame for his roles in the comedy series Çiçek Taksi and as Gaffur in Avrupa Yakası

Avrupa Yakasi

Avrupa Yakası was a popular Turkish sitcom created and written by Gülse Birsel and produced by Sinan Çetin which aired on ATV Turkey from January 11, 2004 to June 24, 2009. It was recorded in Plato Film studios in Nişantaşı district of Istanbul...

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He married actress Nilüfer Açıkalın in 1987

Filmography

• Bir Daha Umut (1986)
• Cümbüş Sokak (1993)
• Gülşen Abi (1994)
• Çiçek Taksi (1995)
• Kara Kentin Çocukları (1999)
• Zart-1 TV (2000)
• Ekmek Teknesi (2002)
• Kolay Para (2002)
• Ev Hali (2002)
• Hababam Sınıfı: Merhaba (2003)
• Hababam Sınıfı Askerde (2004)
• Hababam Sınıfı 3,5 (2005)
• Maskeli Beşler: İntikam Peşinde (2005)
• O Şimdi Mahkum (2005)
• Maskeli Beşler: Irak
  Maskeli Beşler: Irak
  The Masked Gang: Iraq is a 2007 Turkish comedy film, directed by Murat Aslan, about an incompetent gang of criminals attempting to capture an oil installation in northern Iraq in order divert the oil to Turkey. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , was the third...
  
  (2006)
• Amerikalılar Karadeniz'de 2 (2006)
• Red Kit: Batıya Hücum (2007)
• Yalan Dünya (2007)
• Avrupa Yakası
  Avrupa Yakasi
  Avrupa Yakası was a popular Turkish sitcom created and written by Gülse Birsel and produced by Sinan Çetin which aired on ATV Turkey from January 11, 2004 to June 24, 2009. It was recorded in Plato Film studios in Nişantaşı district of Istanbul...
  
  (2006–2007)
• Destere (2008)
• Mert İle Gert (2008)
• Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs (2008)
• Türkler Çıldırmış Olmalı - Afrika (2009)
• Bana Bunlarla Gel (2010)

External links

• Turkish Peker Açıkalın's Biography