Çağrı Erdoğdu
Acting
Biography
Çağrı Erdoğdu is known as an actor, director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Ankara University. In 2025, his short film Beyaz Geceler (White Nights), which he directed, won the second-place award at the 9th Short Film Competition of the Sabanci Foundation. In 2024, his short film Daphne'nin Gözyaslari (Tears of Daphne) became a finalist at various festivals. As an actor, he appeared in the film Aci Kahve (Bitter Coffee) and the TV series Leyla ile Mecnun (Leyla and Mecnun) and Yoktan Seçmeli. He was both the writer and a cast member of the theater play At Gozlugu (Blinders). In 2020, he won first place in the Anlat Hikayeni (Tell Your Story) Stand-Up Competition.
Known For
Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
Leyla and Mecnun
Before the wedding, the families of the man and the woman come together. At this meeting, where rituals specific to Turkey are discussed, while there is complete harmony between the two families, it is revealed that the groom committed a murder in the past years. This news sparks many discussions, from political debates to gender roles. The true faces of the characters, who are decorated and ready to play their roles, are revealed. Nothing will be the same again.
Bitter Coffee
In ancient Antioch, the water nymph Daphne, fleeing the obsessive love of the Sun God Apollo, pleads to the gods for freedom and receives a gift that will both save and imprison her.
Tears of Daphne
Forced to migrate by melting glaciers, a polar bear confronts an iceless world.