Ertan Saban

Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter. He has dual Turkish Macedonian citizenships. He was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is of Turkish descent. His family is the one of Turk minority in Balkan. He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(Skopje) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish. Also, he is multilungial. He can speak Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Greek, English, French. He graduated from veterinary department for high school. Then, he studied pedagogy. He graduated from the Theater Department of the State Conservatory of Macedonia. For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the Macedonian Turkish Theater together with his brother, Erman Saban, and Luran Ahmeti. Afterwards he worked in theater in France. He came to Turkey and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series Elveda Rumeli about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. He starred in the TV series Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi, Savcının Karısı, Sağır Oda. He joined hit crime series Kur... ()