Did Berkay Kürkcü have a nose job? His own six-month update

On his own YouTube channel, on 2022-12-09, Berkay Kürkcü posted a video that opened with his own words: “Ben Berkay Kürkcü. 6 AY Önce Estetik Burun Ameliyatı Oldum... Pişman Olabilirsiniz.” (“I am Berkay Kürkcü. I had an aesthetic nose surgery 6 months ago... You might regret it.”). Watch the video on his channel. He framed it as a six-month check-in, answering questions his audience had been asking rather than hiding the subject.

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Berkay Kürkcü chose to answer the question publicly rather than let speculation run in his comment section — a common move for creators once a change becomes visible to a large audience. Framing the video as a six-month follow-up, rather than a day-one reveal, also signals something useful: he waited for swelling to settle before showing results, which lines up with how rhinoplasty actually heals. This article does not comment on his appearance or judge the outcome; it only uses his own words as the starting point.

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Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose and can also correct breathing problems. For male patients, surgeons generally aim to keep the bridge a bit straighter and the tip less rotated than in typical female rhinoplasty, while still removing a hump or correcting asymmetry. The main surgical approaches are:

• Open rhinoplasty — a small incision on the columella gives full access to the cartilage and bone, often preferred for more structural male noses.

Men consider rhinoplasty for a dorsal hump, a wide or bulbous tip, asymmetry after a break, or nasal obstruction that affects breathing. The usual age range is 18–45, and older patients can still be candidates if their general health allows surgery. Before the operation the clinic requires a full blood count, a coagulation panel, infection screening, blood typing, an ECG, a chest X-ray and sinus imaging — most of it done around two weeks ahead.

The first 24 hours after surgery are spent under observation in the clinic's own inpatient unit. For the first one to three days, splints inside the nostrils mean breathing through the mouth, and some swelling and bruising is expected — exactly the kind of period a six-month update video, like his, is designed to skip past. The internal splints come out on day 7, and the external cast with any stitches come off by day 14, after which full nasal breathing typically returns within one to two weeks.

City Medical Centre performs primary and revision rhinoplasty, septorhinoplasty and reconstructive nasal surgery, including for male patients, for international patients travelling to Istanbul. The first consultation is free, and the exact price is confirmed after an in-person examination and fixed in the contract. A primary rhinoplasty costs $4,200, a septorhinoplasty $5,000, and a revision rhinoplasty $5,400. More detail is on the rhinoplasty page.