Halit Ergench

Khalit Ergench is a popular Turkish actor who has starred in dozens of films and TV series. He gained notoriety outside Turkey after filming "The Magnificent Century." In addition to acting talent, Khalit sings beautifully. His musical abilities were appreciated on Broadway. Possessing a bold and decisive character, the artist, according to his confession, lives on the principle of a half-filled glass: what satisfies in the work of others, for him is insufficient.

Khalit Ergench was born on April 30, 1970 in Istanbul. His father, Sait Ergench, was a well-known poet, composer and actor in the country. Since childhood, Khalit grew up in a creative atmosphere, was fond of music and dance, especially he liked jazz.

Khalit received secondary education at Besiktas Ataturk School. Parents and friends of the family thought that the boy will follow in his father's footsteps, but he decided to become a sailor - he was attracted by the romance of long-distance sailing. In 1989, the boy entered the Faculty of Maritime Affairs of Istanbul Technical University.

Romance dispelled as soon as it became clear that students had to study hundreds of volumes of technical literature. Khalit Ergench realized that he had made a mistake with the choice of profession, took the documents and entered the conservatory. In the conservatory he studied vocals, opera singing, where he decided that he would become an actor.

In parallel with his studies, the future artist moonlighted as a marketer, dancer, cameraman to make a living. He graduated from the conservatory, but offers to act in the cinema from the directors did not receive. In his youth, the guy had to earn playing in theatrical musicals and shooting in advertising.

Khalit Ergench made his debut in the TV series "Black Angel". The attractive guy was noticed and offered several more roles in the series. He then moved to the United States and performed on Broadway for a year and a half. Halit returned to Turkey to stage his own musical. With the return to his creative biography began a streak of success.

Since 2000, the actor has constantly starred in feature films and TV series. He played in the drama film "Father and Son", the paintings "First Love", "The Handwriting of Death" and others. Iconic in his career was the role in the film "A Thousand and One Nights", after which Khalit Ergench woke up famous. For this work he received the Golden Butterfly Award.

In 2011, Khalit was invited to play Sultan Suleiman in the TV series The Magnificent Century. He got used to the image for a long time, reread a lot of historical documents. The actor even saw himself as Suleiman in his sleep and felt the struggle that took place in the soul of the great ruler. Khalit Ergench does not hide that he has added his own experiences to his hero. This role was the best in his acting filmography, and he himself won the hearts of thousands of viewers around the world.

Together with Meryem Ouserli, who played the role of the rightful wife of the ruler Hurrem Sultan, the actor created one of the memorable love duets of the film. His concubines were played by Nur Fettahoglu and Selen Ozturk. The film went on for 3 years and brought Khalita several prestigious awards, including the national award "Golden Butterfly".

A year later, the actor received an offer from Azerbaijani colleagues to star in the historical film "Ali and Nino", which was about the love story of a Muslim and a Christian woman. The duration of the plot - the run-up to the First World War. The drama premiered as part of the Sundance International Film Festival.

The main role of the Turkish writer Khalit played in the film "Red Istanbul." The plot tells the story of the return of the writer to the places of his youth and youth. The first film was seen by the audience and film critics of the Rome Festival in March 2017.

Khalit Ergench was married twice. His first marriage to Gizem Soisaldi lasted a year and a half. The young wife at that time was studying at the university and was not ready to create a strong family and the birth of children. Eventually, Khalit divorced Gizem in 2008. Dissolution of marriage was not easy for the couple - Ergench paid Soisaldi $180,000. After the break-up, she found happiness with her second husband, screenwriter Hussain Karabey.

Khalita's second choice was Bergusar Korel, who is 12 years younger than him. The artists' wedding took place in August 2009. The wedding was held according to all the rules of the national celebration, the event was attended by 350 people. In the finale of the holiday white and pink balloons were launched into the sky.

They met at the restaurant by accident. The fleeting connection was enough for a serious relationship. Soon fate brought together lovers on the set of "A Thousand and One Nights", their romance began to develop with great speed. Within a couple of months, Khalit and Bergusar were inseparable. They didn't make a secret of their relationship by appearing in public together.

Today, the couple are happy because they share a job, a home and a beloved son, Ali, with whom they enjoy their free time.

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In an interview, Khalit Ergench admitted that he feared repeating the fate of his father, who had been married many times. He says that before meeting Bergusar was frivolous, but now became a full-fledged person and is sure that they found each other for a reason - they were brought together by fate.

The personal life of actors is still inseparable from creativity. In 2016, the military melodrama "My Homeland Is You" was released, starring Khalit. The main female image - the wife of the colonel - in the series was presented by Ergench's wife Bergusar Korel.

Fans of the couple have been waiting for this 11 years, dreaming again to see the acting duo in one series and in the role of lovers. At the same time, Berguzar did not plan to participate in the project, she wanted to take a break from filming and devote time to raising her son. But the script of the drama conquered Corel, as well as the wife of the actress.

Khalit and Bergusar abstract from their marital status during filming. The couple have separate dressing rooms in which they spend more time than at home. This is done, because on the set the actors - colleagues, not husband and wife. Despite the scale of the project, according to eyewitnesses, the dressing room of the main actor looked modest: 3 chairs, coffee machine and coffee cups.

Directors imposed restrictions on the couple's time filming and showing of the series. During the broadcast of the project, they were forbidden to go to public places together. Khalit and Bergusar appeared at social events alone, raising rumors of a breakup.

The pair of Ergench and Corel haunts fans and journalists who do not believe the man's words that he is not going to follow in his father's footsteps. In the press constantly there are rumors about the divorce of the star couple, and websites and forums are full of the latest news about scandals in the family.

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In 2017, Khalit denied rumors of a rift in the Ergench-Corel family. In March, a video appeared on the Internet in which the actor confessed that he is a devoted fan and a fan of his wife, dissolved in it and madly loves Bergusar. The video consists of an interview, which was filmed at the premiere of the Turkish film "Infinite Love", which was visited by the couple, and other fragments from the secular life of the actors. In addition, in the video you can hear Khalit sing on stage.

Ergench does not deny that he likes to perform popular songs. Now the artist prefers national songs, but sometimes performs compositions of foreign singers, for example, Bjork. Videos of the actor's performances regularly appear on YouTube. Khalit also posts videos to the official Instagram.

In 2018, Khalit Ergench and Berguzar Korel were shortlisted for the BIAF (Beyrut International Awards Festival). Appearing on the red carpet of the award ceremony, the couple made a furore. The pair were applauded by numerous fans and journalists. It was later revealed that both actors had won awards in the Best Internasional Actor and Best Internasional Actress categories.

The artistic family spent the summer in Antalya, where the couple enjoyed their holiday in the company of their son Ali. The photo later appeared on Ergench's official Instagram page. At the end of August, on the day of his wife's 36th birthday, Khalit decided to give her a grand gift. For the party, he rented a restaurant in the center of Istanbul, where only family couples and their friends were invited.

In general, 2018 was a successful year. The actor continued to work on the next season of the tv series "My Motherland Is You". But it was not without its troubles. Back in the spring, the screen star invested in the development of the electronic application Pondr. The social network promised to become no less popular than Twitter or Facebook. But the launch of the program did not bring the expected results - the project had to be curtailed, and investors lost huge sums. Halit's loss was about $1 million.

Ergench does not forget about his first passion - music. In early 2019, Khalit took the stage accompanied by a symphony orchestra. For a duet performance of the final song of CevSanat, his wife Bergusar took the stage.

1996 - "Black Angel"

1999 - "The Handwriting of Death"

2002 - "Traces on the Beach"

2004 - "School"

2006 - "Tramway"

2006-2009 - "A Thousand and One Nights"

2009 - "Bitter Love"

2011-2014 - "The Magnificent Century"

2015 - Ali and Nino

2016 - "Red Istanbul"

2016-2018 - "My homeland is you"

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