Wanted to become a professional basketball player, but had to give up due to an injury.
When he received an offer from French modeling agency Success, he moved to Paris, France, where he lived for about 1 1/2 years before returning to Turkey after receiving some acting offers.
His mother is from Edirne, Turkey. His paternal grandfather is Albanian from Pristina. His paternal grandmother is Bosnian from Sarajevo.
He provided Turkish language dubbing for the 2010 American animated film Toy Story 3.
Grew up in Adana before moving to Istanbul with his family in 1997 because of his father's health.
He was born in Adana, Turkey to bakers Erdem and Nurten.