Özgür Çevik
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Özgür Çevik is a Turkish
singer and actor who gained fame and intense fan following as a result of having appeared in his country's version of the television pop music
talent contest, Star Academy
and, subsequently, as a variety performer and actor.
A native of Ankara, his father was a soldier and his mother was a police officer. He has one younger sister. Because of his father's job, Çevik's family moved a lot. They moved back to Istanbul after the 1999 Marmaris Earthquake.
He studied philosophy at Istanbul University
and radio & television at Beykent University
.
Özgür Çevik was cast as the lead in the popular TV mini-series Yabancı Damat
[The Foreign Groom], in which he starred as the Greek
bridegroom Niko whose Turkish bride Nazlı was played by the actress Nehir Erdoğan
.
He released his first album in 2008.
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...
singer and actor who gained fame and intense fan following as a result of having appeared in his country's version of the television pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
talent contest, Star Academy
Star Academy
Star Academy is a highly successful television show format based on the Spanish format "Operación Triunfo" produced by Endemol, that has been broadcast in over 50 countries...
and, subsequently, as a variety performer and actor.
A native of Ankara, his father was a soldier and his mother was a police officer. He has one younger sister. Because of his father's job, Çevik's family moved a lot. They moved back to Istanbul after the 1999 Marmaris Earthquake.
He studied philosophy at Istanbul University
Istanbul University
Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...
and radio & television at Beykent University
Beykent University
Beykent University is a private university in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching in English. The typical enrolment is 15,000 students.It has four faculties comprising 28 academic departments in the fields of Engineering and Architecture, Fine Arts, Science, Economics and Administrative Sciences; a school...
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Özgür Çevik was cast as the lead in the popular TV mini-series Yabancı Damat
Yabanci Damat
Yabancı Damat , is a popular Turkish TV series distributed by Erler Film with 106 episodes in...
[The Foreign Groom], in which he starred as the Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
bridegroom Niko whose Turkish bride Nazlı was played by the actress Nehir Erdoğan
Nehir Erdogan
-Biography:In 2005 she became famous in both Turkey and Greece for starring in the TV mini series Yabancı Damat , concerning the problems encountered in an intercultural marriage between a Greek man and a Turkish girl.She also starred in various Turkish movies, including Okul and Hababam Sınıfı...
.
He released his first album in 2008.