Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter.

Early Life

He has dual Turkish Macedonian citizenships. He was born in

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. He is of

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descent. His family is the one of Turk minority in

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. He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(

) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish.Also, he is multilungial. He can speak Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Greek, English, French. He graduated from veterinary department for high school. Then, he studied pedagogy. He graduated from the Theater Department of the State Conservatory of Macedonia. Saban married actress

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on 3 June 2016. The couple have a daughter named Biricik.

Career

For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the

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Theater together with his brother, Erman Saban, Filiz Ahmet and Luran Ahmeti. Afterwards he worked in theater in France. He came to Turkey and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series '' Elveda Rumeli'' about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. He is the co-writer and actor of ''Limonata'', directed by

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. He was starring with

in comedy series ''Mutlu Ol Yeter'', ''Şeref Bey'' and the crime series ''Kılıç Günü''. He portrayed

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in the movies ''Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı'', ''Balkan Is Not Dead'' and in the commercial "İş Bankası" for three times. He portrayed

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in ''Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi''. He portrayed Robert Frew in ''Akif''. He starred in the TV series '' Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi'' alongside

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and

Özge Özberk Özge Özberk (born 13 August 1976) is a Turkish actress who has acted in many films, television series and plays. Biography Özge Özberk was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1976. Her brother is actor, Özgür Özberk. She studied theater at Ista ...

. With

Damla Sönmez Tilya Damla Sönmez (born 3 May 1987) is a Turkish actress and voiceover artist. She gained worldwide recognition for her movies '' Sibel'' and ''I Am You''. Her prominent TV roles include Ceylan in '' Bir Aşk Hikayesi'', Gülru in ''Güllerin ...

, he played in ''Kötü Kan''.https://www.ntv.com.tr/n-life/dizi-haber/kotu-kan-dizisinin-ilk-tanitimi-paylasildi-kotu-kan-oyunculari-kimler,ZKidfcFrBEG99lD9MlwBpg

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saban, Ertan 1977 births Living people Macedonian people of Turkish descent Male actors from Skopje