Erdal Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu (; born 5 January 1970) is a Turkish actor and politician. He is mayor of the Etimesgut municipality in Ankara Province.
Erdal Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu is of paternal Laz and maternal Albanian descent. He is a maternal nephew of ðlhan Cavcav.
Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu attended ðzmir Private Turkish College and Mehmet Seyfi Eraltay High School after which he studied at the Hacettepe University State Conservatory in Ankara. He participated in creative workshops with William Gaskill among others. Upon graduating, he started working in several state theatres and was head of the Diyarbakñr State Theatre between 1995 and 1996.
He has acted in a number of films such as Eve Giden Yol 1914, Barda, Hayat Var, Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin and the Golden Bear winning Bal.
He portrayed as Faruk Yazñcñ in series Köprü and film Vali. Since 2010, He stars as the title character Police commissioner Behzat àin the series "Behzat ÃÂ" which has two films, one spin off series and one sequel series. Erdal Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu won the Golden Orange for Best Actor for his role in '. He is brilliant in the TV series 46 as Dr, Murat Gurnay, in a black comedy take on the Jekyll and Hyde story alternately dark and menacing and then playful and sensitive.
He is married to the actress Elvin Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu. He is also theatre director and the owner of Tatbikat Sahnesi theaters located in Ankara and Istanbul.
In the 2024 local elections in Turkey, he became the mayoral candidate for the Republican People's Party in Etimesgut, Ankara Province. Beà ÂikçioÃÂlu, who received the majority of the votes, was elected Mayor of Etimesgut.