[4] After the end of Asi Yıldırım agreed to act in Aşk ve Ceza alongside Nurgül Yeşilçay.
His next role, in 2012, was Ecevit in the hit series Suskunlar which the first Turkish drama sold to the USA market for remake alongside Aslı Enver.
[5][6][7][8][9] In middle 2015 Yıldırım signed a contract with O3 productions and MBC Group for an upcoming series,[10] which eventually premiered in early 2016 under the title Gecenin Kraliçesi.
[11] In 2017, together with his wife Iman Elbani, he played in a music video for American singer Jessica Sutta's single, "When a Girl Loves a Boy".
During the filming of Asi he starred opposite Beren Saat in the movie Güz sancisi about Istanbul pogrom.
In late 2014, Yıldırım returned on screens, after a break of one a half years, portraying Lieutenant Sadık Turan in the movie Kırımlı based on the autobiographical novel Korkunç Yıllar.
[citation needed] Yıldırım met his first wife, Burçin Terzioğlu, while filming the TV series Fırtına.