Mehmet Ali Alabora

Mehmet Ali Alabora

As well as a theatre director, Memet Ali Alabora is a recognised Turkish actor in theatre, TV and cinema. He was one of the founders of garajistanbul, a contemporary performing arts institution in Istanbul. He is one of the founders of Actors’ Union of Turkey and served as the first president until 2014.

He had to leave Turkey in 2013 after his involvement in the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul.
The play he directed was accused by government officials and pro-government media of being the “rehearsal” for and him being one of the architects of the protests. The resulting smear campaign forced him to leave the country. Alabora is one of 16 human rights activists who is being charged with life imprisonment without parole in the Gezi trial.

He moved to Wales in 2013. He directed plays and toured across Wales many times. He also continues to work as an actor for TV and films.

In 2018 he founded b a k, a creative agency and he is the Creative Director of the company. Pandemic has changed his life. A series of online gatherings inspired him and his partners to develop dedicated software. He is the co-founder of ‘video gathering platform’ gather-in.