Cevdet MERCAN

He was born on June 5, 1969 in Gaziantep. After graduating from Gaziantep High School, he graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988. From 1995 to 1999, he worked with film director, Yavuz Ozkan. In 2004, he started directing with “Şeytan Ayrıntıda Gizlidir'' TV Series for TRT, which was adapted from Ahmet Ümit's short story book. In 2006, he directed the films ''Gece Gelen Arkadaşlar'', ''Seni Beklerken''and  ''Onlara Dokunmak '' in the horror-thriller series from ''Kabuslar Evi'', which script was written by Çağan Irmak.

In 2012, he directed the series “Kayıp Şehir” starring Uğur Polat, Gökçe Bahadır, Ahmet Mekin, İlker Kaleli, Cansu Tosun, Tugay Mercan, Nazan Kesal and Ercan Kesal.

In 2017, he  directed the TV series “Kayıtdışı” starring Erkan Petekkaya, Songül Öden, Dolunay Soysert ve İsmail Hacıoğlu, Bahar Şahin, Serdar Orçin, Rutkay Aziz, Nur Sürer, Ali Düşenkalkar, Burak Yamantürk, Tugay Mercan, Kadim Yaşar, Müge Boz.

Mercan has been the director of many successful series such as Kasaba, Gönülçelen, Asi, Bir Çocuk Sevdim, Her Şeye Rağmen, Tatar Ramazan, Paramparça. He directed the Zalim İstanbul series in 2019.