A prosecutor protecting a mob boss's son? The Turkish crime drama that'll ruin your sleep schedule.
Season 2 • Episode 5
LatestIdealist Public Prosecutor Selim Kara receives an offer he cannot refuse from the organized crime leader Selçuk Taşkın, whom he sent to prison 8 years ago. Selçuk Taşkın wants to testify in one of Prosecutor Selim's cases and his testimony will destroy the whole criminal organization. However, there is only one condition for this; the personal protection of his son, Akgün Gökalp Taşkın.
Acting
Ali Atay's slow-motion moral collapse is masterful
Direction
Istanbul as suffocating character, not backdrop
Writing
Selim's every compromise lands like a body blow
Ali Atay
Savcı Selim Kara
Alperen Duymaz
Akgün Gökalp Taşkın
Yaprak Medine
Cemre Sancaktar
Hafsanur Sancaktutan
Av. Yağmur Kara
Birce Akalay
Sare Akay
Arif Pişkin
Selçuk Taşkın
Zuhal Gencer
Kıymet Sancaktar
Halil Babür
Soner Sancaktar
Yasemin Yazıcı
Naz Yaman Sancaktar
Sezer Avcı
Emel Yıldız Yaman
Cengiz Okuyucu
Ahmet Tunalı
Yilmaz Bayraktar
Cihan Sancaktar
Yunus Narin
Eray Duraner
Ata Nedim Arman
Altay Kara
Onur Bay
Burak Sancaktar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Turkish dizi format (2+ hour episodes) lets relationships marinate in ways Western prestige TV rushes. The Selim-Akgün dynamic needs that runtime to feel earned rather than contrived.
Ali Atay and Alperen Duymaz reportedly improvised several key confrontation scenes, including the kitchen knife standoff in episode 7. Director Arlıel kept rolling.
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