Tv Series

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Original Title: Yesilcam
English Title: The Green Pine
Also Known As:
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: Blu TV
Broadcast Period: 22 April 2021 – 10 December 2021
Production Company:
Director: Cagan Irmak
Screen Writer: Volkan Sumbul, Levent Cantek
Filming Locations: Istanbul Beyoglu District (Yesilcam Street and Ayhan Isik Street)

Synopsis
The story takes place in 1960s that is the golden age of Turkish cinema. Yesilcam (literally means The Green Pine in Turkish) refers to Turkish film industry that is similar to Hollywood in the U.S.

Yesilcam (The Green Pine) is a name referring to Turkish film industry after 1950s because many actors, directors, crew members and studios are based on the Yesilcam Street in Beyoglu District in Istanbul during that time.

Semih Ates (Cagatay Ulusoy) is a young, handsome and ambitious film producer who is the owner of Ates Film. When he is betrayed by his business partner Vehbi (Onur Bilge), Semih has nothing to do but to leave everything behind and start a journey from scratch.

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Original Title: Yemin
English Title: The Promise
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 392+ (season 1: episodes of 1-70; season 2: episodes of 71-245; season 3: episodes of 246-350; season 4: episodes of 351-)
Broadcast Network: Kanal 7
Broadcast Period: 18 February 2019 – (season 1: 18 February 2019 – 31 May 2019; season 2: 9 September 2019 – 8 May 2020; season 3: 7 September 2020 – May 2021; season 4: 17 September 2021 – 2022)
Production Company: Karamel Yapim
Director: Ayhan Ozen (director of season 1-2); Hakan Arslan and Reyhan Peker (director of season 3)
Screen Writer: Nazmiye Yilmaz
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Tarhun family is a wealthy and well-known family in Istanbul. The head of the family, Hikmet Tarhun (Berkant Muftuler), is diagnosed with a terminal disease and therefore, starts to worry about his family’s future.

His wife Cavidan (Gul Arcan) is a greedy woman who just wants to cement her place among Istanbul’s high society. His brother Kemal (Can Verel) is a successful lawyer but he is trying to settle back after his wife’s death. His son Emir (Gokberk Demirci), on the other hand, is an adventurous young man who prefers to take risks and does whatever he likes rather than work in the family business.

Hikmet wants to organize everything before his death so that he could not leave a disjoined family behind. He thinks that his son should get more responsibility as soon as possible. Thus, he wants him to get married soon. His nephew Reyhan (Ozge Yagiz) is a perfect bride for himself.

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Original Title: Kardes Cocuklari
English Title: Sisters
Also Known As: Children of Sisters (literal title)
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 21 episodes (1st season: 1-17 episodes; 2nd season: 18-21 episodes)
Broadcast Network: Star Tv
Broadcast Period: January 27, 2019 – October 8, 2019
Production Company: Gold Film
Director: Faruk Teper
Screen Writer: Sirma Yanik
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Umran (Ayca Bingol) and Umay (Nur Fettahoglu) are sisters with opposing characters. Umran is naïve, silent, and self-sacrificing. Umay, on the other hand, is ambitious, jealous, and self-seeking. They live in a small village in Zonguldak, the city in the northern region of Turkey.

Umran is betrayed by her own sister and has to sacrifice her life for the secret she needs to protect throughout her life.

Both sisters fall in love with a young doctor Yildirim (Mehmet Aslantug) who comes to their village from Istanbul. Even though Umran and Yildirim has a pure love towards each other, Umay steals him away in order to escape to a big city.

The lives of these three young persons change dramatically all of a sudden. Yildirim leaves the village and dedicates his life to save poor children all over the world. Umay gets pregnant from her betrayal and gives birth to a baby girl. She leaves everything behind and goes to Istanbul in pursuit of a new life. Umran becomes left alone in a conservative village with a little baby.

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Original Title: Son Yaz
English Title: Last Summer
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: Fox Tv
Broadcast Period: January 1, 2021 – October 16, 2021
Production Company: o3 Medya
Director: Burak Arlier
Screen Writer: Deniz Dargi, Cenk Bogatur, Cem Gorgec
Filming Locations: Izmir Cesme, Istanbul

Synopsis
Selim (Ali Atay) is an idealist prosecutor who is married and has two children. He dedicates all his time to his work, lives in Istanbul apart from his family, and neglects his family most of the time.

Selim gets an interesting offer from Selcuk Taskin (Arif Piskin) who has been in prison for 8 years due to an organized crime. Selcuk Taskin is willing to become a witness and reveal all mafia relations in Istanbul. He has one condition: his son Akgun (Alperen Duymaz) would be protected by the prosecutor Selim.

Prosecutor Selim accepts this offer in order to end the mafia relations in Istanbul and starts to keep an eye on Akgun.

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Original Title: Marasli
English Title: The Trusted
Also Known As:
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 26
Broadcast Network: ATV
Broadcast Period: 11 January 2021 – 13 July 2021
Production Company: Tims&B Production
Director: Arda Sarigun
Screen Writer: Ethem Ozisik, Hakan Bonomo, Ercan Ugur
Filming Locations: Istanbul, Turkey

Synopsis
Celal (Burak Deniz) is a young man who was born in 1987 in Maras, a city in the southeastern part of Turkey. Thus, he is known as Marasli (a person from Maras).

Marasli used to be a sergeant at special forces. His life changes drastically all of a sudden when her daughter is shot at the concert hall 2 years ago. After that tragedy, his daughter never speaks. Thus, Marasli quits his job to take care of her daughter.

Marasli becomes a retired soldier and starts to work as a second-hand bookseller in Istanbul. He tries to find a remedy for his daughter’s disease. At the same time, he does his best to find the culprits responsible for the armed attack at the concert hall 2 years ago.

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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:
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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.