- Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (born
27 October 1983 inAdana ) is a Turkishactor and male model.Early life
Tatlıtuğ was born in
Adana in southern Turkey to a family of five children. Kıvanç studied at Yenice Özel Çağ Lisesi where he excelled in basketball. His family later moved to İstanbul so his father could receive treatment for a heart ailment. In İstanbul, he joined theÜlkerspor sports club as a basketball player and model.Career
Tatlıtuğ was recruited by a modeling agency after his mother sent them pictures of him. He competed in and won the " [http://www.bestmodeloftheworld.com/ Best Model Of The World] " modeling pageant in 2002. Since then, he has worked as a professional model and actor.
The blond, blue-eyed actor starred as the character Mehmet in "
Gümüş " in 2005; Mehmet became Mohannad in the wildly popularArabic language soap opera version, "Noor". The "AlArab Online" stated that the actor became "a heart-throb for many Arab women." [http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008
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