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Mehmet Günsür, who played Şehzade Mustafa in Magnificent Century (Muhteşem Yüzyıl), shared the story behind one of the series' most remembered scenes. Appearing on Pazar Sohbeti, the show Fatih Altaylı hosts on his YouTube channel, the actor was asked about claims that he could not recover for days after filming the execution scene. Here is what he said.Source: Fatih Altaylı / YouTube

The last weeks of 2026 are packed for both streaming platforms and cinemas. Bir Başkadır returns with its second season six years after the first, while The Rings of Power, Percy Jackson and Maxton Hall also come back with new episodes. On the big screen, the list runs from Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever 3 to the new Rafadan Tayfa adventure, and Dune and Avengers open on the same day. Release dates below follow the calendar in Turkey.

Nursema's return in Kızılcık Şerbeti, after everyone believed she had died, reached the screen as an emotional reunion. The new episode explained how she survived the crash, and Nursema came face to face with the family that had been mourning her. Her father Abdullah, who thought he had lost his daughter, met her again in a scene full of emotion, and Nursema's words 'Dad, I'm here!' became the most touching moment of the reunion.

The ratings for Friday, November 6 are in. Friday night's two big contenders, Taşacak Bu Deniz and Kızılcık Şerbeti, went head to head again with new episodes. Kızılcık Şerbeti, airing the episode in which Nursema returns, rose in all three lists, while Taşacak Bu Deniz dipped slightly in two of them but held on to first place.Taşacak Bu Deniz: first in all three listsThe TRT 1 series Taşacak Bu Deniz, starring Deniz Baysal and Ulaş Tuna Astepe, scored 11.11 in Total, 10.00 in AB and 10.86 in ABC1 with episode 6 of its second season, ranking first in every category.On October 30, when Kızılcık Şerbeti did not air a new episode, Taşacak Bu Deniz had the night to itself and set its season record with 11.52 in Total, 9.11 in AB and 11.12 in ABC1. With its rival back this week, it lost 0.41 points in Total and 0.26 points in ABC1.AB tells a different story: there the series climbed from 9.11 to 10.00, its highest rating of the season in that list. It had opened the season with 9.44 in AB.

Ceren Karakoç, who plays Nursema in Kızılcık Şerbeti, says fans come to the show's set every day. In a conversation on Oksijen TV's YouTube channel, she said the crowd outside doesn't disperse even when it rains.

Aile Arasında drew more than 5 million viewers in 2017, becoming one of the most-watched Turkish comedies. Nine years later it is returning with a sequel: filming on 2 Aile Arasında is complete, the trailer has been released and tickets are on pre-sale.

Ceren Karakoç, who has returned to Kızılcık Şerbeti as Nursema, has explained for the first time how the comeback happened. Speaking on Oksijen TV's YouTube channel, the actress said it all started with a phone call from producer Faruk Turgut. She did not answer the offer right away: she took a night to think and said 'okay' the next day.

Some storylines from Magnificent Century stay with viewers long after the final episode, and the romance of Hatice Sultan and Pargalı İbrahim, played by Selma Ergeç and Okan Yalabık, is one of them. On screen their love ended in tragedy. Years later, the two actors have appeared in the same photo, and the picture has taken the show's fans on social media straight back to those episodes.

Aybüke Pusat, who will be paired with Çağatay Ulusoy in Prime Video's upcoming Eşref Tek, has spoken about the project for the first time. Talking to the cameras of 2. Sayfa, the actress said filming has not started yet and that she is very excited about both the project and the character she will play.

Vurgun Adayalı, who has played Yusuf on Kızılcık Şerbeti since the first season, is leaving the series. The actor announced the departure on Instagram and gave the reason as what the story requires. In season 5, Yusuf had teamed up with Asil and parted ways with the Ünal family.

Turkish dramas had a hard Wednesday night on November 4. Fenerbahçe's UEFA Champions League match against Liverpool, shown live on TRT 1, finished first on all three ratings lists, and Yeraltı, which set its season high a week earlier, fell behind its rival Sevdan Bir Ateş.

Prime Video's new series Grand Maison İstanbul, adapted from the Japanese production Grand Maison Tokyo, has its female lead, according to a report by Birsen Altuntaş: Demet Özdemir will play Defne opposite Kerem Bürsin's chef Ateş. Filming for the DASS Yapım series is planned to begin in December.

Büşra Develi, who plays Çiğdem in Eşref Rüya, was asked whether she will appear in Eşref Tek, the new series being prepared for Prime Video. Her answer: 'Nobody from Eşref Rüya will be in the new series.' Producer Timur Savcı, however, had earlier said that Çağatay Ulusoy will again play Eşref and Görkem Sevindik will again play Kadir.

Cinemas in Türkiye closed October with 1,675,955 admissions and 489.97 million Turkish lira in revenue, according to Box Office Türkiye. Admissions were up 17.1% on the same month last year, and the film behind that rise is Gupi ve Gülmeyen Kral, the Turkish animated feature written by Gupse Özay, who also voices its lead character. In only nine days on release, it drew one in every five people who went to the cinema in October.

The ratings for Tuesday, November 3 are in, and there were no new drama episodes on Turkish prime time that night. TRT 1 aired the Galatasaray-Stuttgart match in place of Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı, while rival channels ran reruns of Tuzlu Kahve, Anne Yarısı and Haysiyet.