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Demet Evgar, a guest on the talk show Empati hosted by Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, has drawn attention with an unexpected piece of self-criticism about 1 Kadın 1 Erkek, the sketch comedy that ran on Turkish television for years. The actress, best remembered as Zeynep in the series, explained why she questions some of its scenes when she looks back today. A clip from the programme spread quickly on social media.Source: Empati (NTV)

Meryem Uzerli, known around the world as Hürrem in Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century), is back on screen with her former co-star Halit Ergenç in the film İmroz'da Bahar. Meryem Uzerli has now described what it was like to work with Halit Ergenç again after all these years, and her words 'We got older' drew attention.

A series ends and its characters fade from memory, but the theme tune can stay in your head for years. From Kınalı Kar and Asmalı Konak to Aşk-ı Memnu, Çukur and Kızılcık Şerbeti, which is still on air, these are Turkish series remembered for their music.

Eighteen years have passed since 2008, a busy season for Turkish television. Some of the series that premiered that year are still shown in reruns today, while others were taken off air after only a few episodes. The list brings together comedies, crime stories, family dramas and one of the best-known love stories on Turkish TV.

A continuity error in the birthday scene of the latest Yeraltı episode is being discussed on social media. After a social media account shared the clip with a note saying the error was being talked about, more viewers noticed it.The tights worn by Halide Ceylan, the character played by Devrim Özkan, look black in some shots of the scene and skin-toned in others. In the surprise celebration, set in a house in Brussels, the change is easy to miss among the cake and the candles, but it shows up the moment the camera cuts to a wide shot.

Wednesday night's lineup had Sevdan Bir Ateş on Show TV and Yeraltı on NOW. Both series had lost ratings a week earlier because of a Champions League match. This week there was no match, and both climbed by more than one point in all three lists.Here are the ratings for Wednesday, November 11.

The ratings for Tuesday, November 10 are in. A week earlier, with the Galatasaray-Stuttgart match on air, Tuesday's dramas made do with repeat episodes; this week they were back with new ones. Anne Yarısı reclaimed first place in the TOTAL group, while Tuzlu Kahve once again came out on top in both AB and ABC1. Here is where Haysiyet and Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı landed. (TOTAL, AB and ABC1 are the audience groups used in Turkish TV ratings.)

Ceren Karakoç, who recently returned to the Show TV drama Kızılcık Şerbeti, has described what went through her mind the first time she read Nursema on the page. Speaking to Oksijen TV, the actress compared her character to old Istanbul: hidden behind the large buildings put up around it, yet surfacing again whenever someone digs. In Ceren Karakoç's words, Nursema's inner world is 'very precious and fragile.'Source: Oksijen TV

Filming has wrapped on Pervaneler, the new film written by and starring Turkish comedian Ata Demirer. Shooting began in Ayvalık at the end of September, and the crew closed the set by cutting a cake. Behind-the-scenes footage from the film, directed by Hakan Algül, has been shared, and the release date is now set: Pervaneler hits theaters on January 8, 2027.

Netflix has released the first trailer for the final season of Emily in Paris. In season 6, Lily Collins's Emily travels to Greece after the postcard invitation she received in the season 5 finale, and runs into Lucas Bravo's Gabriel at a market. The farewell season premieres on Netflix on Thursday, December 24.

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, who played Vartolu Saadettin in the hit Turkish series Çukur, did not stay quiet after the trailer for Çukur: Vartolu, a film made with artificial intelligence, came out. The actor shared the AI-generated Vartolu image and asked his followers: 'Mind you, he reminded me of an actor. Who do you think he looks like?'

Star TV's Tuesday-night series Tuzlu Kahve keeps growing its guest list with nods to classic Turkish dramas and much-loved faces. According to TV Dünyası, Eren Vurdem and İrem Helvacıoğlu, both seen in the new episode promo, will knock on the Aydınoğlu family's door next week. Their roles in the series have not been revealed yet.

Melis Fis, who plays İpek Aydınoğlu in the Turkish series Tuzlu Kahve, shared a fit check video with Şevval Sam, who plays her on-screen mother Candan. Şevval Sam never stepped out of character in the video and said she would leave her jewelry to İpek. The line that drew the laughs came right after: 'But I'm not going to die, that's another matter.'

Veteran actor Cüneyt Mete has joined the cast of Eşref Tek, the Prime Video series starring Çağatay Ulusoy, according to Magazin Kuryesi. Cüneyt Mete is known for playing Cemal in Aşk ve Mavi, Orhan in Kardeşlerim and Yaşar in Can Borcu. The 8-episode series will tell the story before Eşref Rüya, and filming is under way in Cyprus. The character Cüneyt Mete will play has not been announced yet.Source: Magazin Kuryesi

Kızılcık Şerbeti set its season-five high with episode 145, the one in which Nursema returned, scoring 7.25 in the ABC1 audience group. Its season average, however, stands at 5.93 for now. In their own fifth seasons, Teşkilat averaged 7.92, Gönül Dağı 7.03 and Kuruluş Osman 6.89. Here is how the four long-running Turkish series compare.