After the roaring success of Diriliş: Ertuğrul in Pakistan, our nation has become fan of all Turkish actors who were seen in the drama. Pakistani brands and marketing specialists realized the potential immediately and jumped at the chance to cash in on these familiar faces in order to make their products more widely popular as well as become a part of the Turkish-Pakistani cultural collaboration.
Here is a list of all the Turkish actors from Ertuğrul who have so far worked in Pakistan and have signed deals with different brands:
1. Esra Bilgic
Esra in QMobile advertisement
Soon after Ertuğrul became a sensation in Pakistan, the first one to become our national crush was Esra Bilgic who played Halime Sultan in the series. So much so that Pakistanis even started moral policing her on her Instagram posts (well… low indeed but that is a mark of recognition here). Soon after we saw Esra in a QMobile advertisement campaign and later Jazz Super 4G signed a campaign with her. We have seen her in several YouTube videos where is eating Pakistani food and pronouncing Pakistani slangs just to find her number 1.
2. Engin Altan
We also heard stories that Engin Altan is being considered as the ambassador for PSL’s team Peshawar Zalmi. The owner of Peshawar Zalmi, Javed Afridi, took to Facebook to ask fans whether they would like to see Engin Altan aka Ertuğrul as the franchise’s brand ambassador. As expected, fans loved the idea. We’re not sure if anything has been materialized but Engin has expressed that he would love to collaborate with Pakistan. The actor is expected to visit Pakistan from 9th to 11th October as part of the Jashn-e-Ertuğrul event.
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3. Cavit Çetin Güner
Cavit Çetin Güner, who essays the character of Dogan Alp in Ertuğrul visited Islamabad earlier this month. One of his young fan also made a sketch and gifted it to him.
4. Cengiz Coşkun & Nurettin Sönmez
Later Junaid Jamshed’s official brand J. has officially signed two beloved Turkish stars, Cengiz Coşkun and Nurettin Sönmez, as J. Fragrance brand ambassadors. The two play Turgut Alp and Bamsi Beyrek respectively in the series.
5. Didem Balçın
Didem Balçın is a Turkish actress known for her role as Selcan Hatun in the Ertuğrul series. Recently, Maria B. has announced that Didem will be the face of Maria.B. Linen Campaign this time.
6. Burcu Kiratli
Ertugrul star Burcu Kiratli known for her role Gokce Hatun in the series is now the face of first ever Pakistani bridal shoot organised by The Kara Makeup. Burcu is wearing ace designer Ali Xeeshan’s bridal wear in the shoot.
