Internet serials are now more popular than television serials. Because it is now possible to bring more original stories to the screen by not being dependent on the cliché world of television. In this way, productions that can attract the attention of everyone from 7 to 70 can be signed on streaming platforms.
With the effect of the increase in quality, the way to win an Emmy award is opened, big production companies are easier to reach, and various adaptations of the series are even made in different countries. Streaming platforms are also a good way to expand globally, as we are the country with the highest sales of TV series after the USA. Here are the highlights of these original and popular TV series, which we have ranked according to their IMDb scores:
The best Turkish TV series on internet platforms:
- 2008 National Team Story
- Pavilion
- East
- Fatma
- The Money Shots
- Exactly Exactly
- Respect
- Unfinished Love
- Fi
- 10 Thousand Steps
- Alef
- Steppe
- First and Last
- Innocent
- It’s Another
- Like
- Behzat Ç.
- Personality
- Leyla and Majnun
A 4-part documentary in which the actors who made that wonderful atmosphere live as guests: 2008 National Team Story
Platform: Exxen
Year: 2021
Genre: Documentary, Sports
IMDb: 7.0
Cast: Fatih Terim, Arda Turan, Nihat Kahveci, Tuncay Sanli, Hamit Altintop, Semih Senturk
The documentary series, which takes you once again to the summer of 2008, talks about many details that happened behind the scenes. While Semih Şentürk tells how he feels about his last minute goals, Nihat Kahveci conveys his thoughts before hitting the ball in the Czech Republic game.
The extraordinary story of the extraordinary venues that carry the Ankara entertainment industry: Pavilion
Platform: blutv
Year: 2019
Genre: Documentary
IMDb: 7.4
Director: Richard Sohl, Sami Öztürk, Oğuz Satellite
Hostesses, regulars, loners, realists, operators, lots of neon lights and fluffy accounts will accompany you in the documentary series, where the pavilion culture is discussed in detail.
The TV series in which Doğu Demirkol tells his own life story in a humorous way: Doğu Demirkol
Platform: blutv
Year: 2021
Genre: Comedy
IMDb: 7.4
Director: Emrah Agus
Cast: Doğu Demirkol, Evliya Aykan, Aegean Origin
Doğu, who is in his 7th year at the university, who studied an unwanted department due to family pressure and is in his 7th year, is a smart but lazy person. Still, he will take some risks for the sake of his dreams.
The flawless acting of Burcu Biricik bears the lack of the series: Fatma
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2021
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
IMDb: 7. 5
Director: Özgür Önürme
Cast: Burcu Biricik, Uğur Yücel, Mehmet Yılmaz Ak
Working as a cleaner, Fatma risks everything to find out the whereabouts of her husband, who disappeared after being released from prison. So much so that he finds himself committing a murder. Then, when new murders come, things get worse and worse.
Documentary series examining those who deceived the public in various ways in Turkey’s recent history: Those Who Shot the Money
Platform: blutv
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary
IMDb: 7. 6
Director: Ümit Oktay Aymelek, Kürşad Bayhan
In this documentary signed by 140journos, the subjects of those who hit the money with commercial games from Turkey in the 90’s to the present. Serial swindler Jet Fadıl, the rush of 900 lines, Titan who cheated with the Ponzi scheme, and Tosuncuk’s Çiftlik Bank are told.
A series of snacks, each of which consists of an average of 10 minutes, describing the relationships between men and women with a humorous approach: Exactly.
Platform: blutv
Year: 2019
Genre: Comedy, Romance
IMDb: 7. 6
Director: Yunus Ozan Korkut
Cast: Nilperi Şahinkaya, Kerem Bürsin, Uraz Kaygılaroğlu
After the first two seasons, Kerem Bürsin replaces Uraz Kaygılaroğlu and the couples’ relationship with absurd comedy sauce continues at full speed. Although what you watch may seem like an exaggeration, you will see that it also carries breezes from your own life.
The phenomenal antihero Ercüment Çözümer teaches his new victims in his own way: Respect
Platform: blutv
Year: 2020
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb: 7. 6
Director: Ali Taner Baltacı
Cast: Nejat İşler, Boran Kuzum, Miray Daner, Erkan Can
Finding the solution to the decay in society in his own justice, Ercüment Solver’s path crosses with Helen and Savas, two young people who are stuck in the perversions and evils of the society, and events develop.
A fantastic story with a gripping and entertaining flow from start to finish: Unfinished Loves
Platform: blutv
Year: 2020
Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
IMDb: 7. 8
Director: Umur Turagay
Cast: Burak Deniz, Dilan Cicek Deniz
Ozan dies in a traffic accident while he is about to marry Elif. Ozan comes back to life in a new body with an unexpected strange event. While the process of getting used to this new body is already difficult, he will also try to fix what was left unfinished in his old life.
Fi
Platform: puhutv
Year: 2017
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
IMDb: 7. 8
Director: Mert Baykal
Cast: Ozan Guven, Serenay Sarikaya, Mehmet Gunsur
Fi, which has the distinction of being puhutv’s first original production, lasted for 22 episodes and became a hot topic on social media with every episode when it was broadcast. The production, which also draws attention with its rich cast, engraved the obsessions of the character of Can Manay into our memories.
10 Thousand Steps: 10 Thousand Steps, an average of 10-minute episodes, where you won’t understand how time passes.
Platform: GAIN
Year: 2020
Genre: Comedy, Drama
IMDb: 8.0
Director: Duygu Guzelmeric
Cast: Engin Günaydın, Devin Özgür Çınar
It’s a movie you can watch in one sitting. You will feel as if you have taken a walk in the coastal parts of districts such as Sarıyer, Kadıköy and Karaköy.
The detective thriller that made it to Variety’s “Top 15 International Series of 2020” list: Alef
Platform: blutv
Year: 2020
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
IMDb: 8.0
Director: Emin Alper
Cast: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan, Melisa Sözen, Müfit Kayacan
Emin Alper, who has produced award-winning films with films such as Beyond the Hill, Blockade, and Kız Kardeşler, showed his quality in the world of TV series this time. In Alef, the story of two detectives trying to solve the mystery of various murders that emerged after a body was found in the Bosphorus is the subject.
“Every murderer is like where he lives. Rusted cages, seeing and silent tongues, murders in the stash of a small city. Is there a hell or not? Bozkır has something to say.”: Steppe
Platform: blutv
Year: 2018
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
IMDb: 8. 1
Director: Bahadır İnce
Cast: Yiğit Özşener, Ekin Koç, Nur Fettahoğlu
Experienced superintendent Seyfi and rookie cop Nuri try to solve a child murder. This murder will lead them to the city’s influential businessman Abbas Bey and his daughter Dilara.
The adventures of Deniz and Barış, whose love started at a young age, over the course of 10 years: First and Last
Platform: blutv
Year: 2021
Genre: Romance, Drama
IMDb: 8.2
Director: Cem Karcı
Cast: Özge Özpirinççi, Salih Bademci
Focusing on the perfection, mediocrity and ending period in every relationship, the series successfully describes how the couple’s relationship takes on a completely different dimension in this process.
One of the most elaborate works in the history of Turkish TV series: Innocent
Platform: blutv
Year: 2017
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
IMDb: 8. 4
Director: Seren Yüce
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Ali Atay, Okan Yalabık, Serkan Keskin
Retired Commissioner Cevdet and his wife spend the last years of their lives peacefully in their small farmhouse far from the city. That is, until their young son comes home with terrible news in the middle of the night.
A masterpiece that popularized Ferdi Özbegen’s songs again years later: Bir Başkadır
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2020
Genre: Drama, Thriller
IMDb: 8. 5
Director: Berkun Oya
Cast: Öykü Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryiğit, Defne Kayalar
We can say that the series that subtly tells the intersecting life stories of different cultures is Netflix’s best original Turkish series. After Berkun Oya wrote Innocent for blutv, this time he changed the platform and was successful in the director’s chair. They reunited with Öykü Karayel, who had previously worked with her in the theater play.
Now there is something called “Feyyaz Yiğit style” and we can see it in every production he plays. This series is one of them: Like
Platform: Exxen
Year: 2021
Genre: Comedy
IMDb: 8. 6
Directed by: Ömer Sinir
Cast: Feyyaz Yiğit, Kıvanç Kılınç
As you can watch the first episode for free on YouTube, it is about two strange friends constantly arguing with each other and strange things happening to them all the time. A boon for those who love absurd comedy.
Legends continue to come to the internet one by one after years. One of the most spectacular: Behzat Ç.
Platform: blutv
Year: 2010-2019
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
IMDb: 8. 8
Director: Serdar Akar, Doğan Ümit Karaca, Sadullah Şentürk
Cast: Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Fatih Artman, Canan Ergüder, Nejat İşler
The last season of the series, which was broadcast on TV for the first time in 2010 and made feature films in 2011 and 2013, was on blutv. Ankara Murder Bureau Chief Superintendent Behzat Ç. We couldn’t watch ‘ due to various disagreements later on.
A masterpiece adapted by HBO, which brought Bilginer the grand prize at the Emmy: The Personality
Platform: puhutv
Year: 2018
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb: 9.1
Director: Onur Saylak
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Cansu Dere, Metin Akdülger
Retired court officer Agâh Beyoğlu lives a reclusive life in Beyoğlu. His daughter lives abroad and his wife passed away years ago. Agâh’s monotonous life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Agâh realizes that forgetting is an opportunity and sees this as an opportunity to commit a murder that he has planned for years but has always postponed.
A legend that goes from TV to the internet and continues at full speed: Leyla ile Mecnun
Platform: Exxen
Year: 2011-2021
Genre: Comedy, Drama
IMDb: 9.1
Director: Onur Ünlü, Murat Onbul, Funda Alp
Cast: Ali Atay, Cengiz Bozkurt, Serkan Keskin, Osman Sonant, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan, Köksal Engür, Deniz Işın
Leyla and Majnun, whose new episodes were still admired even though they didn’t give their old taste, made him miss a lot. It remains the king of the absurd comedy genre.
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