Erol was born and raised in Adana, Turkey from where he received a full scholarship to attend the University of Okan in Istanbul, studying hotel management. But Erol's time at university found him more attracted to performance and theatre, and he turned his back on his formal studies to audition in drama schools. With his parents dead-against his new career choice, Erol packed up and headed for Germany, without a plan or much knowledge of German. Within a short time he got a grip on the language, and impressed the Head of Drama at the prestigious Folkwang University of Arts to allow Erol to study Drama at the Folkwang University of arts. He since landed theatre rolls in the Ballhaus Theatre, MAxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin and 2010 he makes his film debut in Anthony Maras' "The Palace1974".
