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Cagatay, come ... 00:00:07.823 --> 00:00:09.123 that's it! 00:00:09.550 --> 00:00:10.950 Cagatay 00:00:11.036 --> 00:00:11.946 That's it! 00:00:12.684 --> 00:00:13.664 3... 00:00:14.551 --> 00:00:15.771 00:00:17.394 --> 00:00:18.674 -Ok? -Ok. 00:00:19.007 --> 00:00:20.097 2...1... 00:00:20.137 --> 00:00:21.477 Action. 00:00:24.590 --> 00:00:25.680 Cagatay. 00:00:29.235 --> 00:00:33.235 In "Adini Feriha Koydum" series you are portraying 00:00:33.235 --> 00:00:38.175 a very calm, respectful character -of course, except for the abnormal situations. 00:00:38.175 --> 00:00:40.395 Are you like him in your normal life too? 00:00:40.492 --> 00:00:44.052 Or have you had some crazy years? 00:00:44.910 --> 00:00:48.470 Well, everyone probably had their crazy years. 00:00:49.188 --> 00:00:51.608 Though I'm only 21. 00:00:51.632 --> 00:00:53.120 You're very young. -Yes. 00:00:53.146 --> 00:00:55.086 I guess I calmed down early. I don't know... 00:00:55.109 --> 00:00:56.509 It might be due to my personality. 00:00:56.509 --> 00:00:58.599 But I went through a real crazy period too. 00:00:59.054 --> 00:01:01.214 Especially through elementary school years. 00:01:02.498 --> 00:01:04.548 -I was crazy those times. -You were an incorrigible kid? 00:01:04.566 --> 00:01:05.986 Yes, I was hyperactive. 00:01:06.490 --> 00:01:07.600 I was thinking about 00:01:07.624 --> 00:01:08.994 where to direct my energy. 00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:12.900 Have you ever skipped school in those crazy years? 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:13.850 Of course, yes. 00:01:14.736 --> 00:01:16.786 We actually used to do that frequently. 00:01:17.953 --> 00:01:20.570 -Uh oh! The teachers... -We used to keep the permissions for absence in mind, 00:01:20.577 --> 00:01:22.817 we had a limit of 20 days. 00:01:23.322 --> 00:01:25.302 We skipped school according to it, 00:01:25.302 --> 00:01:27.112 or sometimes 00:01:27.174 --> 00:01:30.184 we couldn't go due to sickness. 00:01:30.184 --> 00:01:32.634 And sometimes we skipped school out of boredom, 00:01:33.346 --> 00:01:35.366 to consume that energy somewhere. 00:01:35.467 --> 00:01:37.307 We used to play soccer on football fields. 00:01:37.365 --> 00:01:39.065 Or we used to rent a boat and sail. 00:01:39.318 --> 00:01:40.286 Renting a boat? 00:01:40.294 --> 00:01:42.444 Yes. I even have an interesting memory with a boat, 00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:44.000 I shall tell it. 00:01:44.830 --> 00:01:46.630 We, 5-6 friends, 00:01:47.088 --> 00:01:48.718 went to Yesilkoy and rented a boat there. 00:01:50.011 --> 00:01:51.431 What kind of a boat? Or a shallop? 00:01:51.431 --> 00:01:52.581 Yes, a shallop. 00:01:52.775 --> 00:01:54.795 We got in it, 5-6 friends. I was pulling the oar 00:01:54.795 --> 00:01:57.955 though I didn't know how to pull those times. I learned later. 00:01:58.698 --> 00:02:02.698 When I got tired one of my friends comes to help pulling, we pull together. 00:02:02.698 --> 00:02:03.998 You were sailing really far away. 00:02:04.001 --> 00:02:05.541 Yes. And the sea seemed still. 00:02:06.638 --> 00:02:08.228 Then suddenly, 00:02:08.270 --> 00:02:11.940 we realized that the shallop was dragging away without us pulling the oar. 00:02:12.144 --> 00:02:13.594 We were being dragged by the current. 00:02:13.594 --> 00:02:15.104 -Wow. -Straight to the islands. 00:02:15.222 --> 00:02:17.822 -Uh oh! They say that the Marmara Sea is very dangerous. 00:02:17.822 --> 00:02:19.222 We didn't think of it. 00:02:19.243 --> 00:02:20.923 You didn't think that would happen. 00:02:20.936 --> 00:02:22.416 We were 15-16 years old but 00:02:22.589 --> 00:02:24.649 we were blinded by the excitement of skipping school. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.590 -Well, it was just Yesilkoy, not even Bosphorus. -Yes, not even the Bosphorus. 00:02:27.884 --> 00:02:30.194 Of course, it's possible to be dragged by the current in Bosphorus 00:02:30.213 --> 00:02:32.143 but seemingly it's possible in Yesilkoy too. 00:02:32.588 --> 00:02:35.981 Then we were like "What to do now?". We put the oars in the shallop. 00:02:36.029 --> 00:02:37.946 We shouted. 00:02:38.061 --> 00:02:40.181 S.O.S., help us, vice versa... 00:02:40.692 --> 00:02:42.442 They corded the shallop to a boat and pulled 00:02:42.442 --> 00:02:44.402 until we were out of the current area. 00:02:44.462 --> 00:02:47.032 -We quickly approached the coast. -They rescued you fast, you were lucky. 00:02:47.173 --> 00:02:48.573 Yes. We were very afraid! 00:02:48.772 --> 00:02:50.982 First, there was no one. After 15 minutes, a boat approached. 00:02:51.332 --> 00:02:52.672 So we got rescued. 00:02:53.143 --> 00:02:55.293 They carried us until we were out of the current zone. 00:02:55.354 --> 00:02:58.344 Then we returned to the land. And of course, we never did something like that again. 00:02:58.460 --> 00:03:02.460 We read it in the newspapers. People get lost when they go out for fishing. -Yes, it happens a lot. 00:03:02.579 --> 00:03:06.209 I guess a few people got lost in Silivri before. 00:03:06.331 --> 00:03:07.741 Yes, yes, it happens. 00:03:07.741 --> 00:03:08.821 The current drags you. 00:03:08.901 --> 00:03:11.161 I learned that you also are into fishing. 00:03:11.202 --> 00:03:13.082 Yes, I love it. It makes me feel relaxed. 00:03:13.470 --> 00:03:15.070 I guess you've been fishing since childhood years. 00:03:15.125 --> 00:03:15.755 Yes. 00:03:15.822 --> 00:03:17.132 I found out that you were playing basketball too. 00:03:17.220 --> 00:03:18.920 ı have played basketball for 9 years. 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:20.270 Did you play professionally? 00:03:20.323 --> 00:03:22.133 As a licensed player, 00:03:22.408 --> 00:03:24.158 I played for 9 years. Professionally. 00:03:25.097 --> 00:03:26.577 I have an interesting memory. 00:03:26.959 --> 00:03:29.789 I was going to play during summer school time. I also was interested in soccer. 00:03:30.151 --> 00:03:31.451 I was 9 years old or so... 00:03:31.600 --> 00:03:33.880 In our summer school, 00:03:34.223 --> 00:03:36.703 there were different teachers for 00:03:36.936 --> 00:03:39.166 each branch of sports 00:03:39.251 --> 00:03:41.261 -a basketball, a football and a volleyball teacher. 00:03:42.044 --> 00:03:45.304 How did you decide to be a model while playing basketball? 00:03:45.614 --> 00:03:49.084 Then I...The basketball... You know, everything is 00:03:49.262 --> 00:03:51.162 like happening with a chain reaction. 00:03:51.191 --> 00:03:55.191 -Yes. -Each situation is the cause of the next. So playing basketball made me physically ready for modeling. 00:03:55.271 --> 00:03:56.251 Sure, definitely. 00:03:56.285 --> 00:03:58.528 So you started playing basketball in elementary school and continued. 00:03:58.610 --> 00:04:01.595 No. I started playing when I was in primary school. 5th grade. 00:04:01.616 --> 00:04:03.526 4th or 5th grade. 00:04:03.655 --> 00:04:07.655 I guess while playing basketball, people were asking you 00:04:07.737 --> 00:04:10.277 why didn't you think of becoming a model. 00:04:10.406 --> 00:04:12.836 But this thing came to my mind: 00:04:13.262 --> 00:04:16.162 Have you ever thought about being a model 00:04:16.306 --> 00:04:19.346 so that you can switch to acting? 00:04:19.450 --> 00:04:20.790 Did you think about it? 00:04:20.911 --> 00:04:23.221 -Actually... -Because, in my opinion, 00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:27.280 as far as I know you, instead of modeling, 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:30.040 acting has precedence over it. It seemed to me that way. 00:04:30.063 --> 00:04:31.613 Did you begin with that idea? 00:04:32.154 --> 00:04:33.694 I didn't begin with that idea. 00:04:34.198 --> 00:04:35.798 But right now 00:04:36.256 --> 00:04:37.946 both are... 00:04:38.049 --> 00:04:41.883 You asked me something like, "Do you like your mom or dad more?" 00:04:43.093 --> 00:04:45.466 I began with modeling and have performed for 2 years. 00:04:45.756 --> 00:04:47.408 So you loved modeling? 00:04:47.457 --> 00:04:49.517 Yes, I liked it a lot. It's enjoyable. 00:04:49.978 --> 00:04:52.568 You pose for photos and 00:04:52.984 --> 00:04:54.254 you earn money. 00:04:54.924 --> 00:04:56.544 It's a nice job. 00:04:56.615 --> 00:04:57.715 But 00:04:58.035 --> 00:04:59.975 I didn't have this thought when I participated in the contest: 00:05:00.194 --> 00:05:03.514 "I'm working as a model now and earn money 00:05:03.514 --> 00:05:07.514 but to earn more or to become more famous I should be an actor." 00:05:07.952 --> 00:05:10.532 I mean, I didn't use the contest as a steppingstone. 00:05:10.840 --> 00:05:12.920 So they recommended and you tried. -Yes. 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:15.250 - I participated in and... -When you were chosen the best model you received offers. 00:05:15.594 --> 00:05:17.554 It was a bit about seeing my potential. 00:05:17.725 --> 00:05:21.075 I never used "the best model contest" as a steppingstone 00:05:21.529 --> 00:05:24.369 to switch to acting, to become known more. This is kismet, destiny. 00:05:24.583 --> 00:05:25.983 Thousands of people participated in the contest after all. 00:05:26.126 --> 00:05:27.696 And that year, I was chosen. 00:05:27.696 --> 00:05:28.326 Yes. 00:05:28.326 --> 00:05:31.248 More or less 2,000 people applied for it. 00:05:31.248 --> 00:05:32.558 Yes, you're right. 00:05:32.632 --> 00:05:34.162 That's what I remember too. 00:05:34.961 --> 00:05:37.421 When you were chosen as the best model last year 00:05:37.932 --> 00:05:41.932 ou received offers for acting and you focused your attention on it. 00:05:42.183 --> 00:05:43.753 There was something strange, 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.319 I remember it clearly, 00:05:45.328 --> 00:05:46.848 the night when I was chosen the best model 00:05:46.899 --> 00:05:50.899 -you know, rain means blessing, abundance- 00:05:51.341 --> 00:05:54.731 that night it was raining very heavily outside. 00:05:55.612 --> 00:05:59.152 Like, the drops that were falling were splashing water on my face. 00:05:59.830 --> 00:06:02.380 So I said, "Hopefully this becomes as abundant as the rain." 00:06:02.515 --> 00:06:04.695 Since I was chosen the best model. 00:06:04.993 --> 00:06:06.753 I hoped that my success would continue. 00:06:06.762 --> 00:06:08.102 I said, "I will put effort for it too." 00:06:08.162 --> 00:06:12.162 And 2011 has been very productive for me. 00:06:12.397 --> 00:06:13.447 I'm very lucky! 00:06:13.487 --> 00:06:15.697 -But you... -That night I promptly received an offer 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:18.989 Right after I wished for the rain to bring abundance. 00:06:20.355 --> 00:06:22.565 12 a.m. at night I announced as the best model. 00:06:22.710 --> 00:06:24.750 We went to celebrate it with my friends at 2 a.m. 00:06:25.490 --> 00:06:27.320 At around 3 a.m. Erkan Ozerman called me. 00:06:27.545 --> 00:06:29.255 He said, "Cagatay, go to MedYapim (the production company) tomorrow." 00:06:29.703 --> 00:06:32.733 -So you started working with MedYapim. -We had an agreement in a very short time. 00:06:33.417 --> 00:06:37.189 Then we started filming. My team is amazing. 00:06:37.230 --> 00:06:39.060 Everybody is amazing! 00:06:39.123 --> 00:06:41.013 I'm so happy that I'm working with them. 00:06:41.246 --> 00:06:44.326 Children who were raised by older people, 00:06:44.356 --> 00:06:48.356 like by grandparents, are tend to be more mature than their peers. 00:06:48.667 --> 00:06:50.877 Did you experience a similar situation? 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:53.820 I guess you were loved a lot 00:06:53.907 --> 00:06:58.357 that you are a person who gives and takes love. 00:06:58.455 --> 00:06:59.366 Am I right? 00:06:59.378 --> 00:07:00.318 Well, 00:07:00.366 --> 00:07:02.225 naturally, the more you spend time 00:07:02.886 --> 00:07:06.886 with older, more mature people than you are 00:07:06.936 --> 00:07:10.030 the more it makes you 00:07:10.056 --> 00:07:11.596 mature. 00:07:11.604 --> 00:07:12.777 You observe their 00:07:12.833 --> 00:07:14.643 behavior, you see their 00:07:14.643 --> 00:07:16.713 point of view. 00:07:16.713 --> 00:07:19.923 You observe how they behave in different places. 00:07:20.544 --> 00:07:23.484 So you start seeing life in much more detail. 00:07:23.484 --> 00:07:24.083 Or 00:07:24.179 --> 00:07:25.359 the situations in life. 00:07:25.396 --> 00:07:27.626 You start analyzing piece by piece 00:07:27.645 --> 00:07:29.035 and make a decision according to it. 00:07:29.454 --> 00:07:33.084 Your mom and dad must have raised you so well, you're such a nice man. 00:07:33.084 --> 00:07:34.754 Even though you're just 21, you are... I don't know. 00:07:34.754 --> 00:07:36.564 The new generation is being 00:07:36.611 --> 00:07:38.771 brought up like that, I guess. 00:07:38.851 --> 00:07:41.611 We have never heard anything about your mom or dad. 00:07:41.634 --> 00:07:43.784 Could you tell us a little about them? 00:07:44.893 --> 00:07:46.063 My mom and dad... 00:07:46.750 --> 00:07:48.540 I'm their first child. 00:07:48.687 --> 00:07:50.337 I have a younger sibling. 00:07:50.499 --> 00:07:53.019 -How old? -And I wanted my sibling to be born. 00:07:53.432 --> 00:07:54.742 I wanted it so much! 00:07:54.860 --> 00:07:56.040 When I was going to school 00:07:56.934 --> 00:07:58.914 I used to see the siblings of my friends. 00:07:59.346 --> 00:08:00.806 Little children... 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.089 One day I asked, "Why don't I have a sibling?" 00:08:03.187 --> 00:08:05.687 I was 7-8 years old, going to primary school. 00:08:06.143 --> 00:08:09.443 I stood over my parents and said, "I want a sibling!" 00:08:09.764 --> 00:08:13.274 I insisted on it. "I want, I want a sibling!" 00:08:13.561 --> 00:08:14.491 I had begged. 00:08:14.494 --> 00:08:16.754 So later 00:08:16.755 --> 00:08:17.875 I had one. 00:08:18.336 --> 00:08:20.376 So he's 7-8 years younger than me. 00:08:20.851 --> 00:08:22.701 I guess you're getting along really well. 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:24.830 We get along well. Lately, 00:08:25.775 --> 00:08:27.945 due to my schedule 00:08:28.046 --> 00:08:30.916 -you have been with me for 3-4 days 00:08:32.085 --> 00:08:34.195 so you know how busy I am 00:08:34.358 --> 00:08:37.718 -Yes. -It's been like this since the beginning of the year- 00:08:38.136 --> 00:08:39.856 we're living far from each other. 00:08:39.939 --> 00:08:42.049 Because when there's a long distance between my job and home 00:08:42.171 --> 00:08:44.111 the hours I sleep lessen 00:08:44.543 --> 00:08:47.283 and I already am very busy. 00:08:47.397 --> 00:08:48.887 So I moved in somewhere 00:08:48.918 --> 00:08:50.718 with the conditions that help working become easier. 00:08:50.855 --> 00:08:52.645 My family lives in Avcilar. 00:08:52.936 --> 00:08:55.016 You can't see each other frequently. 00:08:55.074 --> 00:08:56.294 Yes. Maybe 00:08:56.508 --> 00:09:00.088 1 or two times a week I can go and return home. 00:09:00.316 --> 00:09:02.896 I'm free once a week so when we meet 00:09:03.170 --> 00:09:04.950 I try to make the best of that day. 00:09:05.552 --> 00:09:07.692 When I visit on the days that also have filming 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:10.160 I go and hug them, ask how they are. 00:09:10.160 --> 00:09:12.730 Then I'm like, "I'm going to sleep."Then I wake up and go to work again. 00:09:13.043 --> 00:09:15.003 I don't really have time to conversate. 00:09:15.119 --> 00:09:17.479 Because of me, my sibling 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:19.589 is now curious -About acting? 00:09:19.705 --> 00:09:20.975 Yes, he got interested in it. 00:09:21.029 --> 00:09:22.229 He's 14 years old now. 00:09:22.246 --> 00:09:24.036 How long have you been playing guitar? 00:09:24.656 --> 00:09:25.816 It's been three. 00:09:25.834 --> 00:09:27.244 I have been playing since 3 years. 00:09:27.365 --> 00:09:28.695 I learned by myself. 00:09:30.023 --> 00:09:31.253 I bought a guitar. 00:09:31.381 --> 00:09:32.781 I few of my friends was playing it. 00:09:33.194 --> 00:09:35.494 Whose songs do you sing? 00:09:35.745 --> 00:09:38.411 Or do you compose? 00:09:38.411 --> 00:09:41.341 I mostly try to compose. 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:43.020 Do you write poems? 00:09:43.223 --> 00:09:44.453 Poem... 00:09:44.934 --> 00:09:47.274 I have a poem of 15 pages. 00:09:47.437 --> 00:09:49.557 I wish you beautiful days 00:09:49.814 --> 00:09:53.330 full of many series and movies. 00:09:53.380 --> 00:09:55.450 Thank you so much!