We Heard About Leyla ve Mecnun from İskender

Actor Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, one of the famous names of stage and screen and a guest of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication, talked about the TV series "Leyla ve Mecnun", whose school scenes were filmed at our Şişli campus.

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, who has achieved success both as a director and as an actor, took part in a talk at Bahçeşehir University that drew great interest from students. Talking about his life and projects, Taylan said that he had not accepted any offers for a year and a half after the films "Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da" and "Sonbahar", and explained why he took a role in the series "Leyla ve Mecnun", broadcast on TRT with its school scenes filmed at Bahçeşehir University, as follows:

"I trust its director. The cast is successful and comes from a theater background. It is a job I have done very willingly in my life, and it has been well received. 'Leyla ile Mecnun' will continue until the audience and we get bored."

Regarding İskender, the character he plays in the series, the actor said, "I am not İskender, and İskender is not Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan."