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Halit Ergenc is a popular Turkish actor who has starred in dozens of films and TV series. He gained fame outside of Turkey after starring in the TV series “The Magnificent Century”. In addition to his acting talent, Halit sings beautifully. His musical abilities were appreciated on Broadway. Possessing a courageous and decisive character, the artist, as he admits, lives by the principle of a half-full glass: what satisfies others in the work is not enough for him.

The actor's first successes

In 2005, he received a role in the drama film "Father and Son", which eventually became one of the highest-grossing films in the history of Turkish cinema.

In 2006, he was offered to play in the American-made film Network 2.0.

The turning point in his career was receiving the leading role in the romantic drama One Thousand and One Nights. Having played Onur Aksal, he became a truly popular actor. He also received the Golden Butterfly Award for his performance in this film.

Childhood and youth

Halit Ergench was born on April 30, 1970 in Istanbul. His father Sait Ergench was a well-known poet, composer, and actor in the country. Since childhood, Halit grew up in a creative atmosphere, was interested in music and dancing, and especially liked jazz.

Halit received his secondary education at Besiktas Ataturk School. Parents and family friends thought that the guy would follow in his father’s footsteps, but he decided to become a sailor - he was attracted by the romance of long voyages. In 1989, the guy entered the Faculty of Maritime Affairs at Istanbul Technical University.

Halit Ergench in his youth / Facebook

The romance dissipated as soon as it became clear that students would have to study hundreds of volumes of technical literature. Halit Ergench realized that he had made a mistake with his choice of profession, took his documents and entered the conservatory. At the conservatory he studied vocals and opera singing, and there he decided that he would become an actor.

In parallel with his studies, the future artist worked part-time as a marketer, dancer, and cameraman to earn a living. He graduated from the conservatory, but there were no offers from directors to act in films. In his youth, the guy had to earn money by acting in theatrical musicals and filming commercials.

Filmography

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Movies

Halit Ergench made his debut in the series “Black Angel”. The attractive guy was noticed and offered several more roles in TV series. He then moved to the USA and performed on Broadway for a year and a half. Halit returned to Turkey to stage his own musical. With his return, a streak of success began in his creative biography.

Halit Ergench as Sultan Suleiman (still from the series “The Magnificent Century”)

Since 2000, the actor has constantly starred in feature films and TV series. He played in the dramatic film “Father and Son”, the films “First Love”, “Handwriting of Death” and others. A landmark role in his career was the role in the film “A Thousand and One Nights”, after which Halit Ergench woke up famous. For this work he received the Golden Butterfly award.

In 2011, Halit was invited to play the role of Sultan Suleiman in the series “The Magnificent Century”. He spent a long time getting used to the character and reread many historical documents. The actor even saw himself in the image of Suleiman in a dream and felt the struggle taking place in the soul of the great ruler. Halit Ergench does not hide the fact that he added his own experiences to his hero. This role became the best in his acting filmography, and he himself won the hearts of thousands of television viewers around the world.

Together with Meryem Uzerli, who played the role of the legal wife of the ruler Hurrem Sultan, the actor created one of the memorable love duets of the film. His concubines were played by Nur Fettahoglu and Selen Ozturk. The film ran for 3 years and brought Halit several prestigious awards, including the national Golden Butterfly award.

Halit Ergench (still from the series “My Homeland is You”)

A year later, the actor received an offer from his Azerbaijani colleagues to star in the historical film “Ali and Nino,” which was about the love story of a Muslim man and a Christian woman. The plot takes place on the eve of the First World War. The drama premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival.

Halit played the main role of the Turkish writer in the film “Red Istanbul”. The plot tells the story of the writer's return to the places of his youth and youth. The film was first seen by audiences and film critics at the Rome Festival in March 2020.

First - episodes, star roles - later

Nothing to do. His debut in the theater took place when the actor was already 25 years old. After the musical “The King and I,” where Halit played the main role, the process of meeting the talented actor got off the ground. The first invitations came to appear in commercials, and then in the series “Black Angel” (1996). The first roles were episodic, but they also allowed him to notice the talent of the actor from across the ocean, who was invited to the American musical “The Adventure of Zack” (2005). True, the date with the USA was short-lived. Ergench soon returned to act in the theater and in a number of Turkish TV series.

With another acting award

The first significant success came a year later, when Halit won the prestigious Golden Butterfly award for the role of Onur Aksal in the television novel “1001 Nights” (2006). The next significant, according to film critics, the best reincarnation of the actor to date was the image of Sultan Suleiman in the TV series “The Magnificent Century” (2011). According to the actor himself, the role of the royal person was so complex and responsible that it required detailed acquaintance with historical documents and complete mobilization. And it was a success. It is not for nothing that during the series, Halit Ergench’s popularity rating in the Crescent Country outside its borders increased several times, and the actor himself became a desirable performer for the country’s best directors.

As Sultan Suleiman

Not everyone can play a great statesman on screen. Sultan Suleiman from Halit Ergench came out to glory. By the way, the actor’s income increased significantly from the role played believably and convincingly. Today he is one of those who receives substantial fees.

The actor continued the category of best pictures in the drama “The Guest” (2011), which told about the love of Oktay, who came to his homeland and lived for many years in Paris, for Aisha, whom the emigrant had not seen for many years. He also played excellently in the dramatic film filmed by directors from Turkey, France and Germany - “Singing Women” (2013).

Not every Turkish actor reaches the peak of thirty films. Halit Ergench is close to breaking his own record.

Among the latest works that can be added to the series star’s track record is a military drama about the events of the First World War, created by filmmakers from Azerbaijan and Great Britain - “Ali and Nino” (2015), a multi-part historical melodrama about the occupation of Turkey by Greece “You are my Motherland” (2016), where the central characters were played by the spouses: Halit Ergench (Cevdet) and Berguzar Korel (Azize), as well as the crime drama “Red Istanbul” (2017).

Personal life

Halit Ergenc was married twice. His first marriage to Gizem Soysaldi lasted a year and a half. The young wife was studying at the university at that time and was not ready to create a strong family and have children. Halit eventually divorced Gizem in 2008. The divorce was not easy for the spouses - Ergench paid Soysaldi $180 thousand. After the separation, she found happiness with her second husband, screenwriter Hussein Karabey.

Halit Ergench / Facebook

Khalit’s second chosen one was Berguzar Korel, who is 12 years younger than him. The artists' wedding took place in August 2009. The wedding took place according to all the rules of a national celebration; 350 people were present at the event. At the end of the holiday, white and pink balloons were launched into the sky.

They met in a restaurant by chance. A fleeting connection was enough for a serious relationship. Soon fate brought the lovers together on the set of One Thousand and One Nights, and their romance began to develop at tremendous speed. Within a couple of months, Halit and Berguzar were inseparable. They made no secret of their relationship, appearing in public together.

Today the couple are happy because they have a common job, a home and their beloved son Ali, with whom they enjoy spending their free time.

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Berguzar Korel and Halit Ergench
In one of the interviews, Halit Ergench admitted that he was afraid of repeating the fate of his father, who was married many times. He says that before meeting Berguzar he was frivolous, but now he has become a full-fledged person and is sure that it was no coincidence that they found each other - fate brought them together.

The personal life of the actors is still inseparable from their creativity. In 2016, the military melodrama “My Homeland is You” was released, in which Halit played the main role. The main female character - the colonel's wife - was presented in the series by Ergench's wife Berguzar Korel.

Fans of the couple have been waiting for this for 11 years, dreaming of seeing the acting duo again in the same series and as lovers. At the same time, Berguzar did not plan to participate in the project; she wanted to take a break from filming and devote time to raising her son. But the script of the drama captivated Korel, as did the actress’s wife.

Halit Ergench and Berguzar Korel (still from the series “My Homeland is You”)

Halit and Berguzar abstract from their marital status during filming. The spouses have separate dressing rooms, in which they spend more time than at home. This was done because on the set the actors are colleagues, not husband and wife. Despite the scale of the project, as eyewitnesses say, the dressing room of the leading actor looked modest: 3 chairs, a coffee machine and coffee cups.

The directors introduced restrictions for the spouses on the time of filming and showing the series. During the broadcast of the project, they were prohibited from being in public places together. Halit and Berguzar appeared at social events separately, giving rise to rumors of separation.

The pair of Ergench and Korel haunts fans and journalists who do not believe the man’s words that he is not going to follow in his father’s footsteps. There are constantly rumors in the press about the divorce of the star couple, and websites and forums are full of the latest news about scandals in the family.

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Berguzar Korel and Halit Ergench in 2020
In 2020, Halit denied rumors about discord in the Ergench-Korel family. In March, a video appeared on the Internet in which the actor admitted that he was a devoted admirer and fan of his wife, dissolved in her and was madly in love with Berguzar. The video consists of an interview that was filmed at the premiere of the Turkish film “Endless Love,” which the couple attended, and other fragments from the social life of the actors. In addition, in the video you can hear Halit singing on stage.

Ergench does not deny that he loves to perform popular songs. Now the artist gives preference to national songs, but sometimes performs compositions by foreign singers, for example, Björk. Videos of the actor’s performances regularly appear on YouTube. Halit also sometimes posts videos on the official Instagram.

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Latest news about Halit Ergench 2020

In March 2020, as part of measures to combat coronavirus, mandatory breaks were taken in the filming of Turkish TV series. As time passes, in May 2020, many television channels will make decisions about which series will make it to the finals and which productions will continue. As is known, the series “Babylon” (main male role Halit Ergench), which first began filming for Netflix, but later began to be broadcast on Star TV, “will not return” to the set this season. The series was filmed for 10 episodes, after which the production company ceased work. The season finale has been announced. Thus, Halit Ergench lost his prominent role and work.

Famous actors Halit Ergench and Berguzar Korel became parents for the second time in ten years. Berguzar Korel gave birth to her second boy on the night of March 9, 2020. The couple named the baby Khan. Halit Ergenç, who did not leave his wife Berguzar Korel during childbirth, had happy emotional moments. The second child weighs 3.5 kg and is 51 cm tall. The Halit Ergench-Berguzar Korel couple has another 10-year-old child named Ali.

Details of Khalit's new work have become known. The series “Izmir 1918” has been renamed “Traitors”. It is expected that the multi-part film will be broadcast on TV screens for two years, appearing on the “Canal D” screen in the fall of this year. But the main news is that the married couple Halit and Berguzar Korel will again play in the film. The couple demanded total compensation for their joint work in each episode in the astronomical amount of 200 thousand TL! It is noteworthy that the series was directed by Taylan, brothers who are well known to TV viewers from large-scale film projects, for example, “The Magnificent Century.”

Biography of Halit Ergenc

The popular Turkish actor was born on the last day of April, 1970 in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. When the time came for Halit to enter primary school, his parents separated. His father Mehmet Sait later remarried. In 1989, Halit graduated from high school in the Besiktas region and entered the Istanbul Technical University at the Department of Navigation - the young man dreamed of being a navigator. However, the abundance of technical subjects and exact sciences sobered up the young navigator. He quits his studies and enters the University named after the architect Sinan, in the drama department. The training was paid, so Halit Ergench was forced to earn extra money, for example, as a computer operator or marketer. For three years he has been working on stage as a dancer in the team of Aida Pekka and Leman Sam. After completing his education, in 1996, Halit Ergench began working at the Dorman Theater.

Beginning of Halit Ergench's career

Khalit’s debut work was participation in the musical “The King and I” back in 1996. This is followed by the traditional work for any young actor in small supporting and third plan roles.

However, Khalit’s good abilities as a dancer determined his work in musical productions. While participating in the filming of commercials, the actor dreams of a career in the USA, the birthplace of musicals. He spends his last money on a ticket to the USA, dreaming of success on the Broadway stage. After some time, having not achieved his first roles, he returns to Turkey to stage the first musical performance in Turkey. However, fate turned out to be favorable to him, but from the other side. He is still in demand as an actor, and at the beginning of the 21st century he starred in a large number of Turkish films, including full-length ones, gradually becoming the leading roles. During these years, Halit appeared on the set of TV series, for example, “First Love” or “Aliye”, as well as “Handwriting of Death”. Most critics believe that his work in the serial television film “A Thousand and One Nights” can be considered the most successful in those years.

The heyday of Halit Ergench's career

Everything changed dramatically the day when Halit Ergench received an offer to work in the TV series “The Magnificent Century”. A full-scale historical series, which was filmed over four seasons, fully reveals the talent of Halit Ergench as a talented actor who managed to revive the figure of the great ruler of the former Ottoman Empire in front of television viewers. The actor selflessly plunged into revealing an image unknown to him, showing a character who, like any person, is subject to joys, experiences and weaknesses. Halit Ergench read a lot of historical sources in order to recreate on the screen the most believable image of Suleiman Kanuni. In this he was helped not only by directors, but also by a friendly team of actors, in which Meryem Uzerli, Vahide Gerdyum or Okan Yalabik played. The series won many awards and was successfully broadcast many times in dozens of countries around the world. It was the role of the Turkish Sultan that made Halit Ergench recognizable and extremely popular not only in Turkey, but also far beyond its borders.

Personal life of Halit Ergench

It so happened that the actor’s first marriage was unsuccessful. Ergench proposed marriage to Gizem Soysaldi. Years later, the actor talks about the reason for this marriage, as an outburst of strong passion for a woman. Having lived together for only a year and a half, Gizem and Ergench finally lose interest in each other; probably, there was no real love between them in the first place. Ergench insisted that his ex-wife get a divorce, however, for such a decision and the compensation due, Ergench was forced to fork out a round sum, almost 200 thousand dollars. The second wife of Halit Ergench was the Turkish actress Berguzar Korel, who is twelve years younger than her husband. This romance developed rapidly in front of the ever-present paparazzi. The couple did not hide their relationship too carefully, giving rise to many articles in the tabloid press. By the way, in this marriage, Halit Ergench became a father, raising his six-year-old son Ali together with Berguzar Korel. The couple’s great creative achievement is their participation in the filming of the film “101 Nights,” which was successfully shown on Russian television and awarded the “Golden Butterfly” award in Turkey. Mutual love, a common child and a common direction in work are probably the key to a long and happy married life. News

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, there will be information about the actor's passion for performing songs, his love for musical works and even for dancing. The actor prefers popular national songs, as well as a few selected foreign performers, incl. Bjork. By the way, not so long ago several recordings of Ergench’s solo performances in the pop genre appeared on YouTube.

Halit Ergench now

In 2020, Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel were included in the list of nominees for the BIAF (Beyrut International Awards Festival). Appearing on the red carpet at the awards ceremony, the couple created a sensation. The couple was applauded by numerous fans and journalists. Later it became known that both actors received awards in the categories “Best International Actor” and “Best International Actress”.

The artistic family spent the summer in Antalya, where the couple enjoyed their holiday in the company of their son Ali. The photos later appeared on Ergench’s official Instagram page. At the end of August, on his wife’s 36th birthday, Halit decided to give her a grand gift. For the party, he rented a restaurant in the center of Istanbul, where only the couples and their friends were invited.

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Halit Ergench in 2020

Overall, 2020 turned out to be a successful year. The actor continued working on the next season of the audience-favorite series “My Homeland is You.” But there were some troubles. Back in the spring, the screen star invested in the development of the electronic application Pondr. The social network promised to become no less popular than Twitter or Facebook. But the launch of the program did not bring the expected results - the project had to be curtailed, and investors lost huge sums. Khalit's loss amounted to about $1 million.

Ergench also does not forget about his first passion - music. At the beginning of 2020, Halit took the stage accompanied by a symphony orchestra. For a duet performance of the final song CevSanat, his wife Berguzar came on stage.

The vicissitudes of personal life

The actor married twice. The first marriage was unsuccessful and lasted a year and a half. He met Soysaldy Gizem when she was still a student. Their marriage was nothing more than a fit of passion. Shortly before the divorce, the wife became pregnant, but upon learning that her husband fell in love with someone else, she immediately had an abortion. They divorced in 2008, Gizem demanded compensation in the amount of 180 thousand dollars. Soysaldi did not grieve for long and found her love in the person of screenwriter Hussein Karabey.

The actor’s second woman, and so far the last, was the charming Burguzar Korel. He is 12 years older than her, which did not allow them to meet earlier. First, Halit met her parents on the set. His future wife was still in school at the time, so they had no contact.

Their acquaintance happened banally and unexpectedly - in a cafe. But the fleeting meeting was more than enough to make each other like each other. Soon Halit found out that his beautiful friend was an actress. Their next meeting took place on the set of the television series One Thousand and One Nights. And what an irony - they played lovers. This only helped them get closer and their relationship developed rapidly. The couple has never hidden the fact that they spend a lot of free time together.

While working on the last season, Ergench proposed marriage to his beloved. They officially got married in 2009. Shortly after filming ended, in 2010, Korel gave him a son, who was named Ali. The wife admits in an interview that her husband surrounds her with warmth, care and love. They try to resolve all conflicts through calm conversations. Sometimes they resort to the help of a psychotherapist.

In 2020, the couple began working together on the series “My Homeland is You.” Halit Ergench got the role of the colonel, and Burguzar - his loving wife. For the role, the actor had to lose 12 kg.

Events take place in 1919. Then the Greeks captured the city of Izmir in Turkey.

The couple admitted that on the set they abstract themselves from family life, and this allows them to better get used to their roles.

Ergench insisted that there was no need to compare them to the couple in the series. Although they are excellent actors, the story of the characters is radically different from the real one. On set, they completely forget about family life and immerse themselves in another world, transforming into heroes.

Over the past few years, rumors have appeared that Halit Ergench and Berguzar Korel are getting a divorce. The actors deny this and say that they have no problems and live happily.