Seçkin Özdemir

Seçkin Özdemir was born and raised in Istanbul. His mother, who was born in Greece and immigrated to Turkey, is of Turkish descent, from Xanthi, Greece (Turkish minority live in Xanthi). His father is from Sinop.^[1] He studied at Kocaeli University and received an economics degree from there.

Seçkin Özdemir worked in other professions before and while acting until 2017, when he officially went into acting. He began his career as a radio presenter at "Red Fm", but his passion for music eventually led him to become a DJ, taking him to major cities across Turkey to perform.^[2] He has acted in many commercials as well.^[3]

Seçkin Özdemir had roles in several television series. His first acting role was as Burak in Yaban Gülü at around age 27. His rise to fame in the acting world was with his role in Muhteşem Yüzyıl, followed by his starring roles in Al Yazmalım (2011-2012) and Bir Aşk Hikayesi (2013-2014).

In 2014, Seçkin Özdemir starred in Günahkar with Gülcan Arslan, Hazal Filiz Küçükköse, and Korel Cezayirli.^[4] However, the series ended due to low ratings with its seventh episode. In 2015, he starred in Racon: Ailem İçin with Mehmet Aslantuğ, Hande Doğandemir, and Barış Arduç,^[5] but it concluded with its fourth episode because of poor rankings. The same year, he starred in Acı Aşk alongside Sezgi Sena Akay.^[6] He rose higher with his role in Kiralık Aşk in 2016,^[7] where he once again met Elçin Sangu, who starred beside him earlier in Bir Aşk Hikayesi, and Barış Arduç. He was nominated for the Golden Butterfly Awards twice for his role in Ateşböceği and made it to the finals both times.^[8][9] He starred in many more series, including Can Kırıkları, where he played the role of Chief Commissioner Aslan Erçetin and once again came across Hande Doğandemir. His first role as an antagonist was in 2020 when he played the role of Flatyos in Kuruluş: Osman. In 2021, he played in Baş Belası as Chief Commissioner Şahin Kara alongside İrem Helvacıoğlu.^[10] His most recent work appeared in the critically acclaimed series Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı, which won multiple awards, including "Series of the Year" at the 10th Anatolian Media Awards.^[11] In the series, Seçkin Özdemir portrayed Constantine XI, the last Byzantine Emperor, serving as the initial and main antagonist.

Seçkin Özdemir also starred in three movies. The first was Bir Nefes Yeter in 2017, where he starred with Tuvana Türkay.^[12] In 2018, he played the role of Commissioner Gökhan in Bücür.^[13] In 2024's Yaren Leylek, which is said to be based on a true story,^[3] he had a leading role alongside Hande Doğandemir once more along with Bugra Gülsoy.^[14]

Seçkin Özdemir also appeared in the Turkish cooking show Arda Ile Omuz Omuza's 212th episode in 2025.^[15]

In 2018, Seçkin Özdemir and actress Demet Özdemir, who introduced their families and planned to get engaged in 2019, announced that they had been in a relationship for 4 months, and rumors of them living in the same house arose.^[16] However, the couple broke up three months later and deleted all their photos together.^[17] While fans have many theories about their sudden breakup, the exact reason remains unknown.