Memet Ali Alabora

The eldest child of a family of artists, Alabora's first performing experiences were in the plays The Matchmaker, Fiddler on the Roof, and West Side Story, which were performed in English by the theater branch of his school. In high school, Alabora also acted in plays by Shakespeare and Orhan Veli. In 1994, with support from his high school, Özel Boğaziçi Lisesi, Alabora founded a semi-professional theater.

His first professional acting position was in the play Acaba Hangisi?, performed at the Tiyatro Istanbul. At the same time, between 1995 and 1997, he worked as a reporter for the TV program A Takımı ("The A Team"), broadcast on ATV.

Alabora graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory. He received his master's degree from Yıldız Technical University's Faculty of Art and Design. Alabora is one of the founders of garajistanbul, a contemporary performing arts institution where he worked until May 2010. He is married to actress Pınar Öğün.

In 2011 he was awarded a Tarzan of Manisa award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/6-manisa-tarzani-odulu-entelkoy-efekoy-filmine-2769562-haberi/|title = 6. Manisa Tarzanı Ödülü 'Entelköy-Efeköy' Filmine!|date = 2 June 2011}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}}

In 2012 he financed, starred in and directed Mi Minör.

Alabora is an activist in favor of civil rights and the environment; in 2013 he supported the Gezi protests.{{cite news|title=Gendarmerie to guard threatened Gezi Park protester actor Alabora|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gendarmerie-to-guard-threatened-gezi-park-protester-actor-alabora.aspx?pageID=238&nid=52520&NewsCatID=341|accessdate=14 August 2013|newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News|date=14 August 2013}}

Because of his support for the protests, and because of the way the media had shown clips of the Mi Minör play, Alabora and his teammates "felt it would be better to leave the country."{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38690471|title=The persecuted Turkish artists who made Cardiff their home|work=BBC News|date=24 January 2017}} They left and settled in Cardiff, Wales{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2019/08/belonging-to-wales-from-turkey-to-trebinshun/|title = Belonging to Wales: From Turkey to Trebinshun|date = 12 August 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-memet-ali-alabora-ve-haluk-bilginer-7-yil-sonra-ayni-filmde-40113657|title=Memet Ali Alabora ve Haluk Bilginer 7 yıl sonra aynı filmde|date=4 August 2017|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|accessdate=27 March 2024}}

• 1998 Hommage to Çiğdem Talu (Istanbul University State Conservatory)
• 1998–2010 Acaba Hangisi? (Tiyatro İstanbul) - Vladi
• 1999 Uzakta Piyano Sesleri (Piano Sounds From Distance) (İ.Ü. Devlet Konservaturarı) - Stanislavski
• 2003–04 The Taming Of The Shrew (Istanbul City Theatre) - Petruchio
• 2008 Hüsn-ü Aşk'a Dair (Istanbul State Opera and Ballet) - Narrator
• 2008–10 Histanbul ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100325030643/http://www.garajistanbul.org/garajistanbulpro.php garajistanbulpro]) - Ali Bora
• 2009–10 Muhabir ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100505001400/http://www.garajistanbul.org/10.php 10+]) - Memet Ali Alabora
• 2012–13 Mi Minor (EEMPCM) - President
• 2014 Gegen Die Wand (Theater Freiburg) - President

• 1996 Kara Melek - Hakan
• 1999 Yılan Hikayesi - Memoli
• 2002 Kınalı Kar - (Guest role)
• 2003 Canım Kocacım - Can Berke
• 2004 Kasırga İnsanları
• 2004 Hayalet - Sonat
• 2006 Karınca Yuvası - Engin
• 2013 Galip Derviş - Zafer Uzungöl
• 2017 Keeping Faith as Luca Samaras
• 2018 Dark Heart as Nick Kyriacou
• 2021 Fflam as Deniz
• 2022 Four Lives as Sami Sak
• 2022 Y Golau as Murat Özdemir
• 2022 The Serpent Queen as Sultan Suleiman I

• 2002 Pamuk Prenses - Young Man
• 2019 Involuntary Activist - Hakan

• 2010 Heberler - Çeşitli

• 1995–1997 ATV A Team News Programme - Reporter
• 2001–2003 Notada Yazmayanlar "Classical Music Programme" (Radyo Kozmos) - Together with [https://www.emirgamsizoglu.com/ Emir Gamsızoğlu] producer and host
• 2001 The Road To Eldorada- Tulio's voiceover
• 2002–2007 :tr:Müjdat Gezen Sanat Merkezi (Mujdat Gezen Art Center) - Stage instructor
• 2002–2008 Andante Magazine - Editor, writer - Shared column with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu
• 2007–2010 garajistanbul - Board member, communications director
• 2008 [https://web.archive.org/web/20091006174429/http://www.cevrebeyfilm.com/ Çevre Bey] - Çevre Bey's voiceover and model for the character
• 2008 Goldberg Variations Journey (Classical Music Project) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
• 2009–2010 Notada Yazmayanlar for Children ([http://www.issanat.com.tr/ İş Sanat]) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
• 2010 Chopin's 200th Birthday, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723100416/http://www.crrks.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=89&year=2010&month=02&day=22&Itemid=119 Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall], (Classical Music Project) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
• 2011 Oyuncular Sendikası (Union of Actors) - Chairman
• 2012 Mi Minör - Director

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