The 6 best Turkish series of 2021 to travel to Istanbul without leaving home

"Turkish productions have been on our radar for a long time. From the beginning we fully trusted Fatmagül, an impressive story coupled with a high-budget quality production and backed by an undisputed international success. The results far exceeded expectations," he says. Charo Calvo, head of serial product selection at Atresmedia. They were the ones who opened the ban on Turkish series in Spain and, years after the premiere of the series that started it all, this type of production dominates national programming and generates a stir in a large number of countries.

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What do these titles have to hook the public so faithfully? "I love them all. What I like the most are their stories because they usually happen in real life," said Isidra, 66, in a report on SensaCine. Cristina, 14, is completely from a generation, also a fan of the series that come from the Ottoman country. She loves them so she can "know the culture of that country" and she thinks it's "very easy to get hooked on them."

Whatever the reason, Turkish series are experiencing their golden age. And not by chance. Many years have passed since the premiere of Fatmagül and today its fiction companions continue to triumph, such as Infiel, an unmissable event for many viewers every Sunday on Antena 3. Telecinco also has its jewels, such as Love is in the air. Fiction has been the great revolution in recent years and last September it closed its broadcasts definitively, to the misfortune of its fans.

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There is no one who, zapping between different television channels, has fallen into one of these Turkish soap operas and has not stayed to see what the story was about. Whether it's because they have a different style, because of their plot twists or because of their often tragic premises, the Turkish series have something that catches us. During this year there has been no lack of good premieres and here is the result: we compile the 6 best Turkish series of 2021.

'Club Istanbul'

Netflix has left us one of the great Turkish series of the year and has done so by hurrying up 2021. Club Istanbul premiered last November and soon became one of the productions with the highest number of viewing hours on the streaming platform. stream. Its success has made the company not hesitate to confirm a second season, which will be released on January 6, just two months after its worldwide launch.

What has hooked her is a love story in the underworld of Istanbul during the 1950s. Mathilda is a woman who has just been released from prison after serving her sentence. All she wants to do is win back the love of her daughter Rashel from her, but it won't be easy, especially when she begins a love affair with an ill-advised partner.

Club IstanbulRelease date November 5, 2021 | 50 minutes Series : Club Istanbul With Gökçe Bahadır, Barış Arduç, Asude Kalebek, Salih Bademci, Salih Bademci Users 3,2 Streaming 'Yargi'

Yargi aimed to be one of the series of the year and has achieved it by far. In the first place, for escaping a bit from the usual style of Turkish series to which we are so accustomed. Yargi is a courtroom drama where Ilgaz and Ceylin cross paths to find the culprit of a murder. They are two very successful lawyers but with a very different philosophy. All of that is put aside when Ilgaz's brother is accused of murder and requires Ceylin's services.

Starring Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Pınar Deniz -two actors who have drawn attention for their acting- it is a brilliant production to break with the romantic comedies and family dramas common in 'dizi', as these series are called. Behind the fiction is Ali Bilgin, the same from Stiletto Vendetta or Sühan: Revenge and love.

YargıRelease date September 19, 2021 Series : Yargı With Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Pınar Deniz, Hüseyin Avni Danyal, Uğur Polat, Zeyno Eracar Users 3.1'Love Logic Revenge'

Amor Lógica Venganza came sweeping from Turkey and has done the same when landing in Spain. In our country we can enjoy it thanks to Divinity and, if you haven't given it a chance yet and you're a fan of romantic comedies, you'll surely enjoy it. The reasons are many.

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For starters, it was the summer premiere of the year, just like Love is in the air in 2020. On the other hand, its protagonists are Burcu Özberk and Ilhan Şen, who do not stop wasting chemistry in front of the camera. Working alongside them are Melisa Döngel, from Love is in the air, and Burak Yörük, from 20 minutes, two faces that fans are sure to know. Finally, the central axis is an impossible love story that hooks you from minute one.

Love, logic, revenge Release date June 18, 2021 Series : Love, logic, revenge With İlhan Şen, Burcu Özberk, Burak Yörük, Melisa Döngel, Günay Karacaoğlu Users 3,1'Kanunsuz Topraklar'

Kanunsuz Topraklar is the original title of Tierra Amarga, a series that landed last summer in our country on Antena 3 and made headlines, among other reasons, because it dethroned Arturo Valls and his famous contest Now in prime time I fall after ten years on the air. The series is considered a great production in its country of origin, with a team of more than 500 people working for several years to get it off the ground.

Upon arrival in our country, Tierra Amarga already had a very good record, since it had triumphed in more than 30 countries. Set in the 1970s, the Turkish series tells a love story, that of Züleyha and Yilmaz, marked by a tragic event that marks them for life and forces them to leave their lives in Istanbul to go to Çukurova, where no one cares. known.

Kanunsuz TopraklarRelease date September 29, 2021 Series : Kanunsuz Topraklar Con Uğur Güneş, Necip Memili, Esra Bilgiç, Murat Daltaban, Kaan Taşaner'Evlilik Hakkında Her Şey'

Evlilik Hakkında Her Şey has not been released in Spain, but it was released in Turkey last September 2021 and, according to Turkish television audience data, it has been a real success in its borders. There is no title in Spanish, since it has not yet been released here nor does it seem that it has been acquired by any network, but it could be translated something like 'All about marriage'.

Exploring this couple union from different perspectives, specifically from those of four women from the same family in very different stages of their respective marriages. The story centers on Azra, a successful divorce lawyer who follows in the footsteps of her mother, Çolpa, who is about to retire.

Evlilik Hakkında Her ŞeyRelease date September 21, 2021 Series : Evlilik Hakkında Her Şey Con Gökçe Bahadır, Sarp Akkaya, Yiğit Kirazcı, Gökçe Eyüboğlu, Fırat Altunmeşe Users 3.0'Yesilçam'

Two seasons, 20 episodes. That is how long it takes for the Turkish series Yesilçam, still without a date or channel in Spain, to tell its story about the film industry in Turkey in the 1960s. There it is considered a miniseries and has been received with open arms since it was premiered last spring, since it had two interpreters as protagonists who they know very well there: Çagatay Ulusoy (Feriha's secret) and Afra Saraçoglu (Mrs. Fazilet).

It tells the story of a producer during the golden years of Turkish cinema, Semih Ates, a handsome and ambitious young man who has everything to succeed but is betrayed by his partner and is forced to leave everything and start from scratch. zero. Needing to produce a successful movie quickly, the protagonist meets a talented actress who changes his life in many ways. The series was a real success on the BluTV platform.

Bonus: 'Ada Masali', the great loss of the year

Premiered as Ada Masali: The story of the island in our country, where it arrived last November, the series starring Seyit Alp Navruz and Ayça Ayşin Turan has not enjoyed a long history in its country of origin, so, Although it continues to air here and has managed to captivate fans of this type of romantic story, it doesn't have much of a future ahead of it. After the production of 25 episodes, the original chain of the series has put the finishing touch to the story.

It tells the story of Haziran, a cosmopolitan, professional and ambitious woman who accepts a job change that represents a significant improvement. The bad? That her new position is on a remote island, which forces her to radically change her life. There she soon meets Poyraz, a boy very different from her, but with whom an unbreakable bond arises. Curiously, as happened with the protagonists of Love is in the Air, the actors have confirmed that her love has crossed screens.

Ada Masali: The Tale of the Island Release date June 15, 2021 Series : Ada Masali: The Tale of the Island With Seyit Alp Navruz, Ayça Ayşin Turan, İpek Tenolcay, Nihan Büyükağaç, Bülent Çolak Users 3,2If you want to be up to date and receive the premieres in your mail sign up for our Newsletter