Şahsiyet – Haluk Bilginer “Best Actor” (47th International Emmy Awards)
Last night New York City hosted the “International Emmy Awards”, one of the most important television awards.
The winners of the International Emmy Awards, held this year for the 47th time, have been announced. There was particularly happy news for Türkiye: Haluk Bilginer won the Best Actor award for his role as Agah Beyoğlu in the series Şahsiyet, streamed on puhutv.
At the ceremony where Haluk Bilginer won his award, prizes were handed out in 11 different categories, going to a total of 8 different countries. The breakdown is as follows: 2 to the Netherlands, 2 to Brazil, 2 to the United Kingdom, 1 to Türkiye, 1 to the USA, 1 to Colombia, 1 to Australia and 1 to Hungary.
The winners of the International Emmy Awards, series and productions:
47th International Emmy Awards Winners
Best Performance by an Actor: Haluk Bilginer – Şahsiyet (Ay Yapım / Türkiye)
Best Performance by an Actress: Marina Gera – Eternal Winter (Szupermodern Studio Ltd. / Hungary)
Arts Programming: Dance or Die (Withfilm / Netherlands)
Comedy: The Last Hangover (YouTube / Brazil)
Documentary: Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World (VPRO / Netherlands)
Non-English Language Programme: Falco (Spiral International-Red Arrow Studios International-Dynamo / United States of America)
Non-Scripted Entertainment: The Real Full Monty: Ladies’ Night (Spun Gold TV-ITV / United Kingdom)
TV Movie – Mini-Series: Safe Harbour (Matchbox Pictures / Australia)
Drama Series: McMafia (Cuba Pictures-BBC-AMC / United Kingdom)
Telenovela: La Reina del Flow (Teleset-Caracol Television / Colombia)
Short-Form Series: Hack the City (Fox Lab-Yourmama / Brazil)
Haluk Bilginer and Şahsiyet: what the award means
As reported, Haluk Bilginer received the Best Actor award for his role as Agah Beyoğlu in the series Şahsiyet, streamed on puhutv. The award was presented at the 47th International Emmy Awards in New York. At the ceremony, awards in 11 categories went to 8 different countries, and Türkiye took its place on that list with Şahsiyet.
The International Emmy Awards honour television productions made outside the USA. A Turkish actor winning on this stage was therefore seen as an important threshold in bringing Turkish series to a global audience. The fact that a production streamed on an online platform achieved this success also highlighted the rise of digital broadcasting.
If you are curious about award ceremonies in the fashion world, take a look at our story on the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards. For all the nominees and winners of the ceremony, you can also see the 47th International Emmy Awards entry on Wikipedia.