Mert Yazıcıoğlu was born on May 10 1993 in Istanbul Turkey After completing his primary middle and high school education in Istanbul he enrolled in the Business Administration Department of Istanbul Aydın University During his studies he decided to pursue a career in acting and began taking acting classes eventually leaving his business studies halfway through His first step towards acting came when he visited the set of a TV series where a friend was acting He appeared in a brief scene in the film Dedemin İnsanları and later began appearing on screens with the series Kayıp Şehir while also receiving acting training He initially joined Cast 33 agency founded by Sumru Onat and later met Ümit Çırak He started taking acting lessons at the Mota Eğitim workshop with Ümit Çırak From 2013 to 2016 he portrayed the character Baran Şamverdi in the series Karagül which aired on FOX He then played the character Fırat in the series Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz and portrayed Korkut in the series Mehmed Bir Cihan Fatihi In 2018 he portrayed the character Cenk in the film İyi Oyun From 2018 to 2019 he played the character Mahir Yetkin in the series Bir Litre Gözyaşı which aired on Kanal D He portrayed the character Sinan in the Netflix series Aşk 101 Since the end of 2023 he has been portraying the character Cüneyd Güneş in the series Kızıl Goncalar