Dilşad Budak Sarıoğlu
Born in Istanbul and raised in Germany, Dilşad Budak-Sarıoğlu graduated from the law school of Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. After moving to Turkey in 2011, she first worked as a CEO in a law firm, and later as a freelance journalist and producer for German media. In 2015, she completed her acting training at the Şahika Tekand Studio Players in Istanbul and subsequently acted in various plays and short films. In 2017, she adapted her autobiographical book Türkland for the stage and is one of the actors of the piece. In 2021 she produced a digital version of the performance. She lives in Istanbul and Berlin.
Ilgıt Uçum
Ilgıt Uçum is an actress born in 1987 in Kars. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law. After studying acting at Studio Players, she completed her master’s degree in Film and Drama at Kadir Has University. She took part in the plays of Studio Players and Istanbul State Theater. She adapted Türkland for the stage in 2017 and is one of the actors of the piece.
She lives in Istanbul and takes part in films, TV/internet series and commercials as well as theater.
İrem Aydın
İrem Aydın is a writer and theater director born in 1990 in Istanbul. After graduating from Spanish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, she completed master’s degree in Theater Creation at Carlos III de Madrid University in Spain.
In 2017, she adapted and directed Türkland for the stage. She has been working as an independent artist in Berlin since 2019.