Onur Rüzgar Erkoçlar (born 26 March 1986) is a Turkish former actor and model.
Erkoçlar debuted with TV adverts as a child. In 2002, he achieved national recognition after an advert of Molped, a sanitary napkin brand. After the advert's popularity, he started to play in the series such as Seni Yaşatacağım, Bütün Çocuklarım, and Emret Komutanım.
In February 2013, Erkoçlar came out as a trans man and debuted his new image and name "Rüzgar" (meaning wind). The award winning 2022 documentary Blue ID narrates the story of his transition and struggles for state recognition.
Filmography Movies Year Title Role Notes 2006 Emret Komutanım Şah Mat Fato Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Seni Yaşatacağım Özlem 2004 Bütün Çocuklarım Irmak Kıroğlu 2005–2008 Emret Komutanım Foto Fato 2008 Elif Yağmur Üvey Aile Özlem Orakçı 2009 Hesaplaşma Defne 2010 Maskeli Balo Zehra Çakıl Taşları Zeynep 2012 Yamak Ahmet Anna 2nd season
Personal life Erkoçlar married Tuğba Beyazoğlu in 2017. His father is Engin Erkoçlar, his mother is Sema Erkoçlar, and his brother, Görkem Batu Erkoçlar, is also transgender.
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