Yiğit Sertdenir

Yiğit Sertdemir was born in Izmir, in 1979. After graduating from Science High School in 1995, he came to Istanbul to study Mechanical Engineering at ITÜ (Istanbul Technical University).

In 1998, he wrote his first play, "Soft Ge". In 1999 he founded “Theatre After Six”with his friends from ITU and made his professional debut at “Sadri Alışık Theatre” the same year.
In 2002, he started studying at Yeditepe University Theatre Department  and working at İBBŞT (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres). He founded Theatre Kumbaracı50 with a group of friends in 2009.
He wrote and directed several plays and worked as an actor as well at Theatre After Six and İBBŞT.
Some of the plays he has written were published as Yiğit Sertdemir Collected Plays I and II by Mitos Boyut Publishing House in 2005 and 2009.
He received several “Best Writer Awards, especially with his play called “444”, from different institutions like Afife Theatre Awards - Cevat Fehmi Başkut Special Award, National İsmet Küntay Theatre Awards, Best Playwright Award, Theatre...Theatre Magazine Awards.