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Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu (2021)
Great but not perfect
The 1st season was too much fiction than actual history and most of it was a wierd copy past of "Uyanis buyuk selcuklu". The drama made in Uyanis made more sens to me and it was way more interesting and created so much of suspens until the finale.
In the overall serie, there were so many inaccuracies. I wish they were sticking to actual history, this would have made more sens.
In particular, Erbaskan was known to be a spy/refugee among the byzantin and this is how the batlle of Manzikert started.
I wish they explained the details of how an important battle in history happened.
Same thing for Sulayman and Qavurt, things in history were quite different.
Uyanis: Büyük Selcuklu (2020)
Best
This serie is amazing.
The historical context is very particular; It was during the raise of the Hashashin, right before the beginning of the crusade.
Historically very accurate, apart from small details made for the drama. The fiction was very intriguing, you are hooked since the very beginning and you cant stop watching until the very end.
Which is interesting in this serie is that, it is not about one lead where all the story is about him. We have Malik Shah as much as Nizam el Mulk and Ahmed Sancar, also Omar Khayyam and El Ghazali. On the other side, Hassan Sabbah with the Hashashin.
The cast is wonderful, mostly Hassan Sabbah.
The music is amazing, the battles are wonderful to watch.
Kuzgun (2019)
season 1 was a masterpiece
I fell in love with Baris Arduc in this serie. Kuzgun is a very complex character and Baris nailed it. Very conflictual feelings where you cry from beginning until the end. The female lead is also very nice.
I liked the part where it felt like Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Both having their secrets and both lying to each other but both falling in love meanwhile. Season 1 ends like a very big explosion.
I like that women are quite involved with all the events. They are not like, in many series, weak and crying.
2nd season feels like written by completely different writers, feels very much like Kara Sevda where some man is desperately chasing a woman he knows she loves another. Not bad nevertheless.
Çukur (2016)
The best out there from far
Season 1 is a masterpiece. Cukur is a whole world with its own rules. You feel you want to live there but escape it in the same time. You see the lead evolving slowly and the way he couldnt escape it anymore.
Season 2, started cool but then there were barely anything going on ... it became really boring and I started feeling disconnected.
Season 3 & 4 were more feminist, we see more active women. Season 4 was so full of action and strong emotion. It was so exciting to watch and I couldnt stop waiting for what would happen next. You can never expect what could be next.
It is all about family and mostly fatherhood. It is also about unifying people and turning enemies into friends. It is about leadership also, in the sense, you should understand people. A lot of tragic love stories, a real drama.
Kurt Seyit ve Sura (2014)
I liked season 1
I liked so much the historical context, I learned more about this period of time.
It was interesting to learn about the turkish of Russia, the russian civil war which happened during WWI.
I didnt know about all the refugees that escaped to Istanbul and the social context at that time.
I wish we saw more about the russian context. I wish we saw more about Seyit childhood, his friends and when he joined the army. I wish if we saw more about the beginning of Seyit and Sura and the way they fell in love. It was pointless to know anything about Murvet. I wish we saw their end also, when he died.
The serie talked too much about the turkish resistance against the british. I guess the reason is that they wanted to talk more about Turkey, as long as it is a turkish serie at the end.
Ask-i Memnu (2008)
I am in love with Kivanc <3
I liked the first episodes when Behlul and Bihter were falling for each other.
Then Season 1 became like a thriller, you feel scared they get caught everytime they meet.
Season 2 made no sens to me, and the last 10 episodes were so full of unfairness. I couldnt coninue watching.
My favourite episode is the last one. Everyone got what they deserved at the end.
Last scene of Behlul I expected it to be more emotional. But it was the end he deserved pretty much.
The best performance of Kivanc, I think, is in this series. The way he is in love, the way he is scared, the way he lies. I am in love with him.