Murat Daltaban was born in Ankara in 1966.

Graduated with BA in Mining Engineering from Middle East Technical University in 1987. Studied part time at the Ankara State Conservatory Opera and Singing between 1983 - 1986.  Graduated with a BA in Acting from The Languages, History and Geography Faculty – Theatre Department of Ankara University in 1992.

Joined the Istanbul City Theatre in 1993, as an actor. Performed in numerous productions by the company. (E.g. Prince Andrei in War and Peace; Iago in Othello; Jason in Medea; Debuisson in The Mission) Resigned from The Istanbul City Theatre in 2004.

In 2005, founded a theatre space named DOT in Istanbul.

Founding Partner and Artistic Director of DOT, Murat Daltaban works both as director and actor in productions staged.

He directed Ionesco's Rhinoceros, in a new version by Zinnie Harris as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2017, the year that marked the 70th anniversary of the festival.

This co-production between DOT Theatre, Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre and EIF returned to Lyceum Theatre for the Spring Season 17/18 and Murat Daltaban has been awarded with the Best Director prize at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS)

He directed  Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad in Nilufer City Theatre (2019),

Meet Me At Dawn by Zinnie Harris in London Arcola Theatre (2019) and

Let The Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist’ a new version by Jack Thorne in İstanbul.

He has recently directed Denise Mina’s Brecht adaptation of “Mrs. Puntila and Her Man Matti” to be staged in Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre in February 2020 and in Glasgow Citizens Theatre in March 2020. “Mrs. Puntila and Her Man Matti” is a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Citizens Theatre in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul.

Murat Daltaban, paralel to his works in Dot Theatre, has been the Artistic Director of Bursa Nilufer Municipality Theatre between 2021 - 2024.

In addition to season’s artistic programming, for summer season, he has opened the open-air performance space located in the Nilufer's Balat Municipality Forest.

He directed 1984 by Robert Icke ve Duncan MacMillan in Nilufer City Theatre (2022) and has been awarded with the Best Director prize at the AFIFE Theatre Awards 2023.

Murat Daltaban is the co-founder and art director of DOT ISTANBUL/DOT ARTS AND THEATRE EDINBURGH, and artistic director of NKT.

He continues his work as a director and an actor.

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