Master actor Erkan Bektaş was one of the names who later joined the TV series Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (Once Upon a Time, Çukurova), which was broadcast on ATV for 4 seasons. The series, which started on September 13, 2018, made the final with its 141st episode on June 16, 2022.
Erkan Bektaş, born in 1972, became one of the important names of the TV series Bir Zamanlar Çukurova for two seasons in 2021 and 2022. The actor, who played a tough and bad man with the character of Abdulkadir in this powerful drama series that came to the screen on ATV, deeply impressed the audience.
Continuing to be on the sets with different projects in the next period, Erkan Bektaş joined ATV’s Safir (Sapphire) series, which made an ambitious preparation for the 2023-2024 season.
The actor, who is in the story with the character of Vural, is very hopeful about his new series. The actor, whom we will watch as a bad guy again in the story, started to draw attention with his impressive performance from the first episode.
Explaining that he said to his producer, “This series will last 2-3 years,” the master actor said that he was very impressed by the Safir series with the following words:
“As soon as I read the first script, I said, ‘This will work.’ The script is really good. I said to our producer, ‘This series will go away in two, three years’. There are very good players, everyone is doing their job well. I mean, ATV is a channel I worked for before, I think it will be a great job.”
Ilhan Şen, Özge Yağız and Burak Berkay Akgül are in the lead roles of the Safir series, which continues its shooting in Cappadocia, which is located in the province of Nevşehir.
Along with İpek Tuzcuoğlu and Müfit Kayacan, Erkan Bektaş stands out as one of the experienced names in the cast of the series.
With its first episode aired on Monday, September 4th, the Safir series reached triple levels in the ratings and showed a good performance in the beginning.