Emre Törün

Emre Törün — Biography

Emre Törün was a Turkish actor who spent nearly thirty years playing character parts in television and film, and who also worked as a voice artist. He was best known as Nevzat Çankırı in atv's Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, and one of his last roles was Şeref in Hudutsuz Sevda. He died on 15 July 2025, aged 53.

His career began in 1995, and Kara Melek in 1996 was among his first notable jobs. In the 2000s he appeared in productions such as Ona Bakma Bana Bak, Çocuklar Duymasın, Hayat A.Ş., Koçum Benim, Büyük Umutlar (as Cevat) and Beşinci Boyut; he played Ayhan in Arka Sokaklar in 2006 and returned to the same series as Civan in 2020. On film there are Keri and İnşaat 2. His work in the 2010s included Bulutların Ötesinde, Güneşi Beklerken and a prosecutor in Kod Adı Reaksiyon; Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, from 2015 to 2017, brought him a wide audience.

In his final years he turned to historical and faith-themed productions: Makarios III in Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs, Colonel Neşet in Mahsusa: Trablusgarb and Dathan in Ahit: Musa'nın Hikâyesi, as well as Adnan in Üç Kız Kardeş. Undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, Törün died at his home in Akçay, in Balıkesir's Edremit district, and was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.