[3] After finishing his high school in Bafra, he enrolled in Akdeniz University's tourism management program.

After studying at this school for three years, he decided to change his major and in 1994 enrolled in Hacettepe University State Conservatory's theatre program.

[1] After being introduced to drama actor Genco Erkal in 1999, he joined the Dostlar Theatre and got a role in the play Barefoot in Athens.

Alongside his career on stage, Okur soon began appearing in a number of movies and television series.

[5] In the following year he began portraying Tuğrul Bozan in another historical drama, titled Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu.