Educated in Radio, TV and Film Studies at Ege University’s Faculty of Communications, Irmak earned the Sedat Simavi Award for his student shorts Masal and Kurban. After graduating he assisted noted directors before winning IFSAK’s first prize for Play Me Old and Wise (1998). He broke into television with the series Good Morning Brother Istanbul (1998-2001) and the TV film Strawberry Cake (2000), t…