Birkan Sokullu was born in Istanbul on 6 October 1985 Sokullus grandparents were Bosnian immigrants Sokullu left his basketball career after 10 years due to his leg injury He graduated from Maltepe University with a specialty in Radio TV Programming While studying at university he began his modelling career He took acting lessons from Dolunay Soysert He also studied in Drama and Acting Departmant of Istanbul Aydin University for one year But he left Birkan started to get noticed that joined as new characters in the popular series including Kucuk Kadinlar youth series Melekler Korusun crime series Ucurum His first popular leading role is Demir original role Dan in Kucuk Sirlar the Turkish remake of Gossip Girl His fame gained with hit series Hayat Sarkisi and Masumlar Apartmani His period series are Kurt Seyit ve Sura Rise of Empires Ottoman Ya Istiklal Ya Ölüm Bir Aile Hikayesi Fatih He played in vampire series Yasamayanlar with Kerem Bürsin Elcin Sangu and horror film Güzelligin Portresi IMDb Mini Biography By yusufpiskin