Mert Yazıcıoğlu (born 10 May 1993) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for portraying Baran in Black Rose (Turkish title: Karagül), Sinan in the teen romantic Netflix series Love 101, and Cüneyd Güneş in the controversial Turkish drama Red Roses (Turkish title: Kızıl Goncalar) for which he won various awards for his outstanding performance. In December 2024 he won the Golden Butterfly Award Best Actor for Cüneyd role in Red Roses.
Early life Mert Yazıcıoğlu was born on 10 May 1993 in Turkey. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul, he enrolled in the Management Department of Istanbul Aydın University but then he dropped out to seek acting career.
Career Upon getting invited to the shooting of a TV series in which his friend was acting, he took the first step towards becoming an actor. First, he joined the Cast 33 agency founded by Sumru Onat and then met actor Ümit Çırak. He soon started to take acting lessons from Ümit Çırak in 3 Mota Eğitim workshops. After studying acting for a while, he made his cinematic debut with the period movie Dedemin İnsanları.
He played in series "Kayıp Şehir" alongside Taner Ölmez, Gökçe Bahadır, İlker Kaleli. In 2013, he played the character of "Baran Şamverdi" in the series Karagül for 125 episodes, which was broadcast on Fox and starred Ece Uslu, Özcan Deniz, Sevda Erginci and Ayça Ayşin Turan. It was through the series "Karagul" that he started to gain attention from Turkish drama lovers.
Later, he played the character of "Fırat" in the youth series Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz which ran for 15 episodes, and also portrayed the character of "Korkut" in the historical series Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi, a series about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.
He continued his cinematic career by playing the role of "Cenk" in the 2018 movie İyi Oyun. This film revolved around his character "Cenk" who is a recent high school graduate but extremely skilled video gamer.
Between 2018 and 2019, he had a leading role in Kanal D series Bir Litre Gözyaşı, in which he portrayed the character "Mahir Yetkin" alongside Miray Daner. The series was nominated as Best TV Series by Turkey Youth Awards in 2019.
In 2020 he starred in the drama Bir Annenin Günahı adapted from the Filipino drama, A Mother's Guilt as "Yusuf", alongside Özge Özberk who starred as his mother. This series only aired for 5 episodes before it was cancelled due to low viewership.
In 2020–2021, he starred in Netflix original series Aşk 101. The series which lasted 2 seasons, became one of Netflix's most popular series, receiving 5 wins and 6 nominations from various awards such as Ayaklı Gazete TV Stars Awards and Turkey Youth Awards.
He then played in Exxens surreal crime limited series Ölüm Zamanı. This series consisted of 8 episodes. In 2022, he appeared in the Turkish youth series Darmaduman, and portrayed the character of Kerem Servet.
In 2023, he acted alongside Burak Özçivit in OGM Pictures's Berber directed by Deniz Yorulmazer. The film, in which Özçivit plays a barber named Önder and Yazıcıoğlu plays his apprentice named Ali, will be released on Netflix. However, the date of airing for the film is yet to be announced.
From 2023 until 2025, he also starred as "Cüneyd Güneş" where he reunited with actor Özcan Deniz in the series Kizil Goncalar (Red Roses). His portrayal as "Cüneyd Güneş" received many positive significant reviews and the drama itself received steady high ratings during its first season of 19 episodes, and moderate ratings during its second season. The second season ended in April 2025, with 27 episodes.
In December 2024 he received his first Golden Butterfly Award for his performance in Kızıl Goncalar.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNetworkRef.2012Kayıp ŞehirFurkanKanal D2013 – 2016KaragülBaran ŞamverdiFOX Turkey2016 – 2017Umuda Kelepçe VurulmazFırat2018Mehmed: Bir Cihan FatihiKorkutKanal D2018 – 2019Bir Litre GözyaşıMahir Yetkin2020Bir Annenin GünahıYusuf2020 – 2021Love 101SinanNetflix2021Ölüm ZamanıCüneytExxen2022DarmadumanKerem ServetFOX Turkey2023–2025Kızıl GoncalarCüneyd GüneşNOW2025-2026Kuruluş: OrhanOrhan BeyATV
Film YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2011Dedemin İnsanlarıUncredited2018İyi OyunCenk2023BerberAliNetflix Original Film
Accolades YearAwardCategoryProjectResultRef.20219th Ayaklı Newspaper AwardsBest Actor in a Web SeriesLove 101202313rd Kemal Sunal Culture and Art AwardsBest Actor202410th Ayaklı Newspaper AwardsOutstanding Performance of the YearKızıl Goncalar9th Fine Arts School Mimar Sinan AwardsMimar Sinan of the Year10th Elle Style AwardsStylish Actor of the Year1st Filmsan Cinema and Television AwardsBest TV ActorKızıl Goncalar24th. Magazinci Best of the Year AwardsBest Screen Performance of the Year50th Golden Butterfly AwardsBest ActorBest Couple (with Mina Demirtaş)10th Golden 61 AwardsBest Actor202523rd YTU Stars of the Year AwardsMost Admired TV Actor19th GSU EN AwardsBest TV/Film ActorGQ Men of the Year AwardsActor of the Year
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