Who is Hayalibalaban?

Hayalibalaban is Cemal Fatih Polat. Cemal Fatih Polat was born in Kırıkkale, Turkey, in the year of 1985. He graduated from Marmara University Department of Economics. However, he took professional theatrical education later on, and he is still acting. Beginning from 2006, he was also interested in Puppetry, especially Karagoz, a traditional shadow puppetry from Turkish culture. Thus he received the education in master-apprentice relationships. Not only in his homeland, but he also represented his cultural values about shadow puppetry in different countries such as Germany, Brasil, Rwanda, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia, Tunisia, Qatar, N. Macedonia, Denmark, Portugal, Holland, Italy and Romania at the events and festivals.