Mehmet Akif Alakurt: a charismatic star

Mehmet Akif Alakurt is one of the most handsome actors of Turkish television.

He was born in 23 July 1979 in İstanbul. After graduating from high school he became a model in 1998. He was young and has a fit body and his height(1.90) which was his greatest advantage to became famous.

Mehmet Akif Alakurt in a fashion show

In 2001, he was selected the Best Model of Turkey 2001 and the same year he was also awarded as the Best Model of The World 2001.

Becoming world’s best model opened the gates of the magical world of television and he first appeared in the tv series Kırık Ayna(Broken Mirror) in 2002.  He continued his television career with Metro Palace, Zeytin Dalı and finally starred in 2006 in Hacı tv series.

Mehmet Akif Alakurt

Hacı was his first great project and he performed very well in this series and this success lead him greater products.

In 2006 he was starred in  famous tv series Sıla as the character Boran Ağa with Cansu Dere(Sıla). This series gave him a huge fanbase also this series gave him international fame.  In 2008 he starred in the tv series Adanalı and his success was remarkable.

Mehmet Akif Alakurt in Hacı(The Hadji) tv series

After having a break, he returned the screens in 2011 with the series Reis. In 2013 he starred in the television series “Fatih(Conquereror) as the might Ottoman Emperor Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

Mehmet Akif Alakurt as Fatih Sultan Mehmet

Besides tv projects, Mehmet Akif Alakurt had a great modelling career, he was worked a lot of worldwide brands like Lacoste etc.

He likes sports and works hard to keep his body good-looking. Also he enjoys tasting great foods.

He dated with Azerbaijani actress Leyla Başak from Sıla tv series for 1 year. Mehmet Akif Alakurt currently has a relationship with Tuğçe Vargın and the couple is making marriage plans in 2014.

He has 1.90 height and has 93 kgs weight.