Tv Series

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Original Title: Menajerimi Ara
English Title: The Agency
Also Known As: Call My Agent (literal title), Dix Pour Cent
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Episodes: 45
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: 25 August 2020 – 11 July 2021
Production Company: Ay Yapim
Director: Ali Bilgin (episodes 1-9); Deniz Celebi Dikilitas (episodes 10-)
Screen Writer: Yelda Eroglu (episodes 1-7); Yesim Citak (episodes 1-7); Emine Yildirim (episodes 1-7); Ekin Atalar (episodes 8-34)
Filming Locations: Agent company EGO is the building named 42 Plaza which is located in Maslak, Istanbul.

Synopsis
Dicle (Ahsen Eroglu) is a young girl who studied in the Radio and Television School in Antalya. After graduation, she decides to come to Istanbul in order to work in the heart of entertainment world in Turkey. Even though she applies for many jobs in the television sector, she cannot manage to find any job.

After one month of job search, Dicle understands that she cannot find a job without any reference in the entertainment sector. As a last resort, she takes her courage and decides to meet his father Kirac (Baris Falay) who works in the entertainment sector.

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Original Title: Seni Cok Bekledim
English Title: Waiting for You
Also Known As: I Waited You So Much (literal title)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 10+
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: 29 January 2021 –
Production Company: Skala Yapim and DNZ Film
Director: Sahin Altug
Screen Writer: Ozcan Deniz
Filming Locations: Doha, Istanbul

Synopsis
Kadir (Ozcan Deniz) is a middle aged business man who lives in Doha to carry out his business in abroad. He is a cool and successful guy who never believes in coincidences. He achieves to grow the family business through working so hard.

27 years ago, Kadir’s life turns upside down when he is 17 years old. His happy life together with his father and mother breaks into pieces due to an earthquake in Erzincan in 1992. His father passes away right away while his mother and his newly born brother disappear without any trace.

After an earthquake, Kadir looks for his family for almost 1 year. His mother, meanwhile, cannot find Kadir and assumes that he is dead just like her husband.

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Original Title: Rise of Empires: Ottoman
English Title:
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Docudrama
Episodes: 6
Broadcast Network: Netflix
Broadcast Period: 24 January 2020
Production Company: Kara Seven Pictures, STX Television
Director: Emre Sahin
Screen Writer: Kelly McPherson
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
In 1453, Roman Emperor Constantine XI and Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (Cem Yigit Uzumoglu) start an epic war for Byzantine capital of Constantinople (Istanbul). This war would shape the course of history for centuries.

Constantinople is always cited as the promised land. Whoever holds Constantinople, he will be the ruler of the world.

One prophecy claims that a great warrior will take Constantinople, the center of Christian orthodoxy and bring it home to Islamic world.

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Original Title: 50M2
English Title: 50M2
Also Known As:
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Episodes: 8 episodes in Season 1
Broadcast Network: Netflix
Broadcast Period: 27 January 2021 (season 1)
Production Company: BKM Film
Director: Selcuk Aydemir
Screen Writer: Burak Aksak
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Golge (Engin Ozturk) is a hitman who seeks answers about his parents. He does not know anything about his past. Throughout his life, he has been trying to find where he comes from and what has happened to his family.

Golge has been raised by a wealthy businessman Servet (Kursat Alniacik). He becomes a right-hand man of Servet, handles his dirty businesses, and takes the name of Golge (meaning “shadow” in Turkish) until he figures about his true identity.

While searching for his identity, Golge comes across to a journalist named Adem. He goes to the journalist’s house and learns a dark truth linked to his long-time custodian Servet.

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Original Title: Börü
English Title: Wolf
Also Known As:
Genre: Action, Crime
Episodes: 6
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: 28 February 2018 – 11 April 2018
Production Company: CaglarArts; Insignia Productions
Director: Can Emre, Cem Ozuduru
Screen Writer: Alper Caglar, Cem Ozuduru, Emre Sirel, Cam Emre
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Kaya (Serkan Cayoglu) is a young guy who is 27 years old. He comes from a wealthy family. He is well-educated urban man whose future is bright. His parents do not want Kaya to work as a police officer and risk his life on the duty. However, Kaya is determined to serve for the country especially after the tragic death of his sister due to a terrorist attack at the night club.

Kaya graduates from Police Academy as the most successful student. After graduation, he decides to join to the special operations team composing of highly talented and brave police officers. No matter what his parents say, Kaya joins to the special operations team especially due to the sorrow of losing his sister.

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Original Title: Sol Yanim
English Title: My Better Half
Also Known As: My Left Side (literal title), Mi Lado Izquierdo
Genre: Drama, Romance, Youth
Episodes: 12
Broadcast Network: Star TV
Broadcast Period: 26 November 2020 – 17 February 2021
Production Company: BKM
Director: Serdar Gozelekli
Screen Writer: Melis Civelek; Ozlem Cadirci
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Serra (Ozge Yagiz) is a young girl who studies architecture at Kuzey University in Istanbul. She is a mature, responsible and beautiful young girl. She and her mother Nilgun (Esra Bezen Bilgin) live in a small shanty house and try to survive without the help of other people.

7 years ago, Serra and her family had a wealthy and happy life. However, their perfect life turned upside down when her father’s business went bankrupt. The sequence of tragedies happened after then. Her father left his family behind and disappeared. Her brother committed suicide and died. Her mother could not handle the situation and suffered from physiological problems.

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Original Title: Mehmetcik Kut’ul Amare
English Title: Victorious Mehmets
Also Known As: Mehmetcik Kutlu Zafer
Genre: History, Period Drama
Episodes: 33 episodes (1-19 episodes in season 1: 18 January 2018 – 7 June 2018; 20-33 episodes in season 2: 23 October 2018-31 January 2019)
Broadcast Network: TRT 1
Broadcast Period: 18 January 2018 – 31 January 2019
Production Company: Bozdag Film
Director: Mustafa Sevki Dogan, Kamil Aydin
Screen Writer: Mehmet Bozdag
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
The story takes place during the period of 1914-1916. During this time, Ottoman Empire is fighting against Entente Countries including Britain and France.

The Ottoman Empire has been fighting at various fronts. One of the fronts that is very challenging is Kutul Amare front located in Iraq border. Suleyman Askeri (Kaan Tasaner) looks for the most talented applicants for the troop that will fight at Kutul Amare.

Mehmet (Ismail Ege Sasmaz) is an orphan guy who has been raised together with his friend Sait (Semih Erturk) by a soldier Husrev (Serdar Gokhan). Husrev is a successful soldier who has fought for his country at various wars. He has been training Mehmet and Sait in a hard way so that they could fight for Ottoman army.

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Original Title: Bir Annenin Gunahi
English Title: A Mother’s Guilt
Also Known As:
Genre: Family Drama, Crime, Romance
Episodes: 5
Broadcast Network: Kanal D
Broadcast Period: 21 November 2020 – 19 December 2020
Production Company: Limon Yapim; Skala Yapim
Director: Filiz Gulmez Pakman
Screen Writer: Ozlem Atasoy (screenwriter for Turkish adaptation); Yesim Aslan (screenwriter for Turkish adaptation); original screenwriters are Ruby Leah Castro-Villanueva; Jaja Amarillo; Cyrus Dan Cañares; Jaymar Castro;Riccilyn Santos
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
A Mother’s Guilt (Bir Annenin Gunahi) Turkish series is an adaptation of Philippine television series named Hanggang Saan.

Suna (Ozge Ozberk) is a single mother who tries to do her best to provide a decent life for her children. She has three children, Yusuf (Mert Yazicioglu), Zehra (Mina Derman) and Ali.

Suna gets up before sunrise each day to go fishing and then, goes to her small restaurant where she cooks and serves fresh fish. She works so hard for her family. While she is trying to raise her children in a decent way, she also deposits a portion of her earnings every month into a mortgage plan sold by an established company.

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Original Title: Uyanis: Buyuk Selcuklu
English Title: The Great Seljuks: Guardians Of Justice
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Drama, Action
Episodes: 16+
Broadcast Network: Trt 1
Broadcast Period: 28 September 2020 –
Production Company: Akli Film
Director: Emre Konuk
Screen Writer: Serdar Ozonalan
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
The story takes place in the 11th century.

Meliksah (Bugra Gulsoy) is a young and courageous man who is the son of Sultan Alp Arslan (Serdar Kilic). He often participates in the campaigns of his father Alp Arslan together with his vizier Nizam al-Mulk (Mehmet Ozgur). Upon the death of his father, he accedes to the throne as the new sultan of Seljuk Empire. His life changes radically after then and he remains on the throne from 1072 to his death 1092.

At the same day of his father’s death, Meliksah also learns that his lover Basulu Hatun has died while giving a birth. Even though his new born son is alive, Meliksah cannot keep him for the sake of Seljuk Empire. Since the mother Basulu Haun is in exile, the baby is not considered as legitimate according to the rules. Hence, Meliksah makes a difficult decision and entrusts the guardianship of his son to his trustworthy vizier Nizam al-Mulk. He accepts not to see his son later on in order not to endanger the life of his son and the continuity of the throne.

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Original Title: Ogretmen
English Title: The Teacher
Also Known As:
Genre: Psychological Mystery, Youth, Drama
Episodes: 9
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: 4 March 2020 – 15 November 2020
Production Company: Med Yapim, MF Yapim
Director: Koray Kerimoglu
Screen Writer: Merve Girgin
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
The Teacher (Ogretmen) is a Turkish adaptation from the Japanese original series “Hiiragi’s Homeroom”.

Akif (Ilker Kaleli) is a physics teacher in a public high school in Istanbul. He seems to be silent and introverted person. After his fiancée Zeynep (Ceren Moray) falls into a coma due to an accident, he is transferred to this high school as a physics teacher. Since then, he has been working there without taking so much attention from his students and teachers at school for 6 months.

After Akif starts working at this school, one of his students commit a suicide. Akif is determined to reveal the truth behind the suicide of his student Ruya.