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Original Title: Avlu
English Title: The Yard
Also Known As: Prison Yard
Genre: Action, Drama
Episodes: 44
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: March 29, 2018 – May 30, 2019
Production Company: Limon Film
Director: Yuksel Aksu
Screen Writer: Ahmet Yurdakul
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Deniz (Demet Evgar) is a beautiful and attractive middle aged woman who has been exposed to domestic violence for a long time. Her husband Hakan (Teoman Kumbaracibasi) uses alcohol and accuses his wife for preventing him to become a successful musician. Even though they have a wealthy life, Deniz does not have happiness and peace at home. She tries to be strong as much as possible and endure this violence for the sake of her only daughter Ecem (Eslem Akar).

One day, during the fight, Ecem shoots her father while she is trying to protect her mother. Deniz does not want to let her daughter get a penalty and ruin her future. For this reason, she hides the truth and takes all the blame.

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Original Title: Cukur
English Title: The Pit
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 131
Broadcast Network: Show TV
Broadcast Period: October 23, 2017 – June 7, 2021
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Sinan Ozturk, Ozgur Sevimli
Screen Writer: Gokhan Horzum
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Kocovali is a powerful crime family in Cukur neighborhood in Istanbul. Idris Kocovali (Ercan Kesal) is the head of the family and does whatever he can in order to protect his family as well as the members of Cukur. He is such a powerful man that he becomes kind towards those who show him respect yet ruthless against those who do not.

Idris Kocovali has four sons: Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, and Yamac.

Cumali is the eldest son of the family who is in prison right now.

Kahraman (Mustafa Ustundag) is the second eldest son of the family who successfully carries out the important part of the family business.

Selim (Oner Erkan) is the third eldest son of the family who has a fragile personality that is not appropriate for Mafia business.

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Original Title: Siyah Beyaz Ask
English Title: Black White Love
Also Known As: Price Of Passion
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: October 16, 2017 – May 28, 2018
Production Company: D Productions
Director: Yasin Uslu
Screen Writer: Eylem Canpolat, Sema Ergenekon
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Asli (Birce Akalay) is a young and beautiful doctor who is dedicated to save the lives of her patients. She even sacrifices her own life for the sake of her patients. She is so free-spirited and thinks that she can change the lives of people through love and effort.

Asli lives happily with her brother named Cem (Ugur Aslan) who works as a police officer. Cem is also passionate about his job and does whatever is needed without any fear. After their parents’ death, Cem has become the head of the family and does his best to protect his sister Asli.

On the other hand, Ferhat (Ibrahim Celikkol) is young and cold-hearted guy who works as a hitman. After his father’s death, he moves to Istanbul together with his mother, sister, and brother. Ferhat sacrifices his own life for the sake of his family and starts to work with his uncle Namik (Muhammet Uzuner). Ferhat believes that Namik is his uncle but in fact, Namik is his biological father. Without knowing this secret about the past, Ferhat becomes the most trustworthy man of Namik and starts to carry out all the illegal activities.

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Original Title: Kacak
English Title: The Fugitive
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Mystery
Episodes: 52
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: September 24, 2013 – February 3, 2015
Production Company: Surec Film
Director: A. Volkan Kocaturk
Screen Writer: Zulkuf Yucel, Hurer Ebeoglu
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Serhat (Gurkan Uygun) is a cop who works for a mafia undercover. The cruel mafia leader Ismet (Mustafa Avkiran) considers Serhat as his own child but cannot forgive him after learning his true identity. Serhat kills the son of a cruel mafia leader while trying to save his own life and escapes to a small town.

Serhat starts to live in Sivas-Divrigi that is a small Anatolian town. He tries to escape from his past and changes his identity. He starts to use a different name, Ahmet and hides his true identity.

8 years later, Serhat has a calm family life as a café owner. He is married to Nurgul (Ozlem Yilmaz) for 7 years and has a little son. He has a happy marriage far away from his dark past. Everybody in the town even his lovely wife Nurgul knows nothing about his past.

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Original Title: Filinta
English Title: Filinta
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime, Mistery, History
Episodes: 56
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: December 23, 2014 – April 22, 2016
Production Company: Es Film
Director: Osman Kaya, Omer Gokhan Erkut
Screen Writer: Omer Genc, Altug Kucuk

Synopsis
Filinta is the first Ottoman detective story in the history of Turkish television. The drama takes place between the years 1850 and 1900.

Filinta Mustafa (Onur Tuna) is a young and successful police officer in the 19th century Istanbul, in the Ottoman era. He and his teammates are working hard to keep the peace in the streets of the Ottoman Empire. They are trying to catch the leader of the gun smuggling and organize intelligent plans to disclose the identity of this leader step by step.

However, one day, Mustafa and his close friend Ali (Cem Ucan) find themselves in a big ambush planned by a wealthy merchant Boris (Serhat Tutumluer).

Boris, in fact, is the mafia leader who is behind these entire gun smuggling activities. But, nobody is actually aware of his illegal activities because Boris only works with his loyal men and kills others that know his identity.

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Original Title: Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek
English Title: This City Will Come After You
Also Known As: Heart Of The City; Kota ini Mengikuti Arahmu 
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Netflix, ATV
Broadcast Period: January 4, 2017 – June 14, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Cagri Vila Lostuvali
Screen Writer: Ece Yorenc
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Ali Smith (Kerem Bursin) has had a tough life after his mom was killed by his father when he was just 4 years old. He starts to live in cargo boats together with a man Rauf (Osman Alkas) who has cared for him after this tragedy. Ali travels all over the world and considers the cargo boat as his home/country. He becomes a man with no country.

Ali does not want to come back to Istanbul where he remembers the tradegy in his childhood. However, he returns to Istanbul out of pure coincidence when he becomes 20 years old. He needs to spend 24 hours in Istanbul until his cargo boat take off to the next destination.

Whenever Ali sets foot in Istanbul, he manages to gets into trouble. While he wants to help a young girl named Derin (Leyla Lydia Tugutlu), he loses his passport but finds true love. Ali and Derin spend all day together without knowing what will bring them the next day.

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Original Title: Olene Kadar
English Title: Until Death
Also Known As: Eternal, To Death
Genre: Drama, Action, Romance
Episodes: 13
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: January 12, 2017 – April 13, 2017
Production Company: Tims Productions
Director: Umur Turagay
Screen Writer: Elif Usman Erguden

Synopsis
Daghan (Engin Akyurek) is a talented young doctor who is trained to get his proficiency. He has a moderate life with his parents and his little sister. When he learns that his girlfriend Beril (Gulcan Arslan) is pregnant, they decide to get married as soon as possible. Even though his family does not approve the marriage at the beginning, he persuades them that he can work and study at the same time and can give a happy life to his lover.

Daghan and his family go to Beril’s house to get her father’s approval for the marriage. However, they are rejected at the door even without meeting in person. They feel humiliated but Daghan never gives up his love. He gets Beril without her father’s approval and plan to get married.

On their wedding day, Daghan gets a call from Beril’s father and goes to the meeting place with the hope of making peace. However, he falls into a big trap: Daghan is narcotized meanwhile a hitman shots Beril’s father, a little girl gives false testimony and Daghan is accused by the murder. He cannot persuade that he is innocent and he is sentenced to life imprisonment. He loses his hope, his future, his lover and the most beautiful days of his lives due the crime that he has never committed.

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Original Title: Icerde
English Title: Insider
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Romance
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: Show Tv
Broadcast Period: September 19, 2016 – June 19, 2017
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Uluc Bayraktar
Screen Writer: Ertan Kurtulan, Toprak Karaoglu
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Sarp (Cagatay Ulusoy) is a young man who goes to Police Academy and is eager to graduate within one week as the most successful student. He wants to honor his mother with his success and wants to give her a comfortable life. Since his father was put into prison due to a murder and his younger brother was kidnapped when he was a little child, Sarp has been living together with his mom and dreaming to become a police officer.

Just one week before graduation, Sarp is called to Police Academy. His superior Yusuf (Mustafa Ugurlu), who is so passionate about catching the famous mobster Celal (Cetin Tekindor), dismisses Sarp by stating that his father was imprisoned for working under a famous mobster Celal.

Even though Sarp has informed the Police Academy about his father’s past, he cannot persuade his superior and says goodbye to his brilliant future. On the graduation date, Sarp attacks his superior Yusuf and is put into prison for one year.

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Original Title: Eskiya Dunyaya Hukumdar Olmaz
English Title: Bandits
Also Known As:
Genre: Mafia, Action, Romance
Episodes: 200+
Broadcast Network: Atv
Broadcast Period: September 8, 2015 – Present
Production Company: Pana Yapim
Director: Onur Tan
Screen Writer: Raci Sasmaz, Bahadir Ozdener
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

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Hizir Cakirbeyli (Oktay Kaynarca) is a powerful and rich man who enters the underground world after his elder brother is killed. He vows to revolt against in justice and starts to produce weapons for the mafia leader. He is a trustworthy man and is known by his fidelity: He never betrays to his country and the people whom he works together with.

His character is also known by the government. The government thinks that there is not a better candidate than him in order to carry out the illegal activities. This is because; current mafia leader Unal (Tarik Unluoglu) continues to sell the weapons to Turkish enemies without considering the country’s future. Therefore, the government calls Hizir and makes him an offer of becoming the greatest: the government will destroy the current mafia leader and Hizir will become the new mafia leader and in return, Hizir will be loyal to his country and stop selling weapons to Turkish enemies.

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Original Title: Ulan Istanbul
English Title:  Buddy Istanbul
Also Known As: 
Genre: Action, Comedy
Episodes: 39
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period:  June 23, 2014 – March 23, 2015
Production Company:  D Productions
Director:  Murat Onbul
Screen Writer: Ugras Gunes

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Derya (Sevtap Ozaltun) is young girl who comes to Istanbul to study acting. However, she cannot continue her acting career when her father is being imprisoned for no reason. In order to free her father and clear their family name, Derya has to find one million Turkish Lira. Luckily, her way intersects with her father’s old friend Kandemir (Ugur Polat) who decides to help Derya to raise enough money.