Yolcu founded the Diyalog TheaterFest and has been the artistic director of the festival ever since. From 1979 to 1984, he belonged to the Turkish Ensemble of Berlin actors. He then played at the Tiyatrom Theater in Berlin and at the Turkish language family theater in Berlin. He also had engagements at the Schauburg in Munich and the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse as well as the Munich Kammerspiele.
