Görkem Mertsöz

Known for Acting

4/22/1983(Age 42)

Istanbul, Turkey

Biography

Born 1983 in Istanbul, Görkem Mertsöz is a Turkish actor. He gained international recognition with his role in the Japanese-Turkish co-production 125 Years Memory.

Known For (12 credits)

3.8

Letters from the Past

2025

When a young woman discovers a long-buried secret about her past, she must trace back a collection of letters to their writers to uncover the truth.

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I'm Here, I'm Fine

2025

Filiz, a young, working mother, struggles with postpartum depression. Seeking moments of escape, she sets out to buy ‘a car of her own.’ Along the way, Filiz meets Şule, and her search for a car turns into an unexpected bond, offering both women a chance at solidarity.

6.7

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Fractured

2020

Migrant workers working in the UK as Fatih Ayhan still running mate in the UK, has received large amounts of debt to send to his family in Turkey. The payment of this debt even after the Conqueror's return to Turkey will be requested during a visit to the family by Ayhan from Turkey. Claiming this debt ignites a wick within the family that lives in the same building and with intertwined economic interests. All clashes between family members come to the fore.

The Yard

2018

After a fateful domestic clash, a devoted mother finds herself in prison and fighting to survive in hopes of reuniting with her daughter.

6.0

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The Announcement

2017

May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their very own inefficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all.

7.8

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125 Years Memory

2015

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.

5.0

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Naciye

2015

On their first night at a new, secluded house, a couple (Esin Harvey, Gorkem Mertsoz) encounter the mysterious woman (Derya Alabora - A Most Wanted Man, When We Leave) who claims it to be her home.

7.9

Poyraz Karayel

2015

A defamed ex-cop, who is struggling to get back his son, is put on undercover duty within the biggest mafia in Istanbul.

6.5

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But Muzeyyen That's the Deepest Desire

2014

Arif, who is trying to write his first book, believes that life contains many unanswerable questions, especially about women and relationships. But when Müzeyyen appears unexpectedly, everything he has ever known or tried to learn is suddenly turned upside down.

7.0

Dila Hanim

2012

Dila is a beautiful bride of Barazoglu family. Her life turns upside down when her lovely husband is killed by the older son of the Karadagli family, Riza. Dila swears to take revenge of her husband and swears to kill Riza. She moves out Istanbul and starts to live in a big farm house of her father-in-law in order to exact her vengeance.When Riza meets Dila, he is immediately drowned to her without knowing that she comes from Barazoglu family. At the same time, Dila falls in love with Riza but she does not know that Riza is the killer of her ex-husband.In this story, you will explore the impossible love of two proud persons who come from opposing families. Will Dila learn that Riza is the one who has killed her ex-husband? Will Dila and Riza manage to restrain their love? Will the past be forgotten?

5.0

Papatyam

2009

Two people whose ages are advanced and who have cut their hopes of love meet in the marriage program. Their lives change.

Es-Es

2008

Uras lives in an Istanbul ghetto with his big brother and mother. He works so hard to get into a university. Even though he is very smart, financial difficulties put him in a hard position. Like this isn’t enough, he has to handle his troublesome brother Aras. Uras gets into a school in Eskişehir and moves there with the help of a college teacher Işık. But Uras’s brother and his past won’t let him go that easily.