Özgü Delikanlı

Özgü Delikanlı was born on 1 January 1996 in Berlin, Germany. He initially pursued a field unrelated to acting, studying law at the Free University of Berlin for two years. He later moved to Istanbul, where he earned a double major in Film and Television and Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. He began his acting training in Berlin in the "Non Acting" class under Christian Wewerka, studying Method acting; in Istanbul he continued his Method acting studies under Merve Taşkan, and also trained in stage craft and dramaturgy at İbrahim Çiçek's Craft Acting Workshop. He successfully auditioned for the class of Jack Waltzer — the last teacher of the legendary Actor Studio, which produced actors such as Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Gerard Butler, David Proval, and Sharon Stone — becoming the first Turkish actor admitted to the school's classes in Paris and Los Angeles. He gained his first professional on-camera acting experience in 2022 with the role of Mert in the Show TV series "Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi." In 2026 he joined the cast of the TRT 1 historical drama "Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı" as Şehzade Mustafa. He speaks three languages: Turkish, German, and English.