Nurettin Sönmez born July 24 1978 is a Turkish actor and martial arts teacher He is best known for his role as Bamsı Beyrek in historical series Diriliş Ertuğrul Sönmez was born on 23 November 1978 in Istanbul He is a child of an immigrant family His mother is an Albanian immigrant His father Ümit Sönmez is a dentist Nurettin Sönmez graduated from Istanbul University Mining Engineering Department He then went to the Dialog Communication Acting School of Can and Arsen Gürzap and graduated from there Later he studied theatre at Yeditepe University Sönmez started his acting career in 1999 with the Akşam Güneşi series in which he shared the lead role with Serdar Gökhan Pelin Batu and Sumru Yavrucuk He started to attract attention with the character of Gaddar Ali which he portrayed in the series Osmanlıda Derin Devlet published in 2013 Since 2014 he has become well known with the character of Bamsı Beyrek in the series Diriliş Ertuğrul and its sequel Kuruluş Osman Besides acting Sönmez is also an instructor about Far East sports providing training and seminars in Turkey and abroad