Born in Uşak, Turkey, and raised from infancy in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Mehmet Kurtuluş began his acting path in minor television parts and stage productions before landing his first major screen role as the young Turkish boy Gabriel in Fatih Akin’s acclaimed film Kurz und schmerzlos (Short Sharp Shock). The performance earned him the Locarno International Film Festival’s Best Actor prize and a…
