Selim Bayraktar Biography

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Selim Bayraktar (born 1975) is a Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

Life and career

Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, into a family of Iraqi-Turkish origin. 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 schools 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, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish.

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Filmography

2006               Köprü as Erdal
2006               Bir Bulut Olsam as Mahmud Paşa    
2011-2014      Muhteşem Yüzyıl as Sümbül Ağa


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