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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.

The new Turkish TV series that premiered one after another in early September have now been on air for two months, and the ratings picture has become much clearer. Some shows doubled the numbers of their first episode and climbed to the top of their night; others were told they were finishing before their first month was even over. Using the latest TİAK data, here is how the new series of the 2026-2027 season are doing, with the advertising slump casting a shadow over all of them.

Ceren Karakoç, who plays Nursema in the Turkish drama Kızılcık Şerbeti, answered the question of who else is coming back to the series in an interview with Oksijen TV. Ceren Karakoç said that apart from Sevtap, played by Neslihan Yeldan, no one else is returning to the cast. Asked about reports that Sıla Türkoğlu's character Doğa would return, she said: 'There are reports, but no.'

Uzak Şehir, Kanal D's ambitious Monday night drama, finally crossed the threshold it had been approaching for weeks with its new episode on November 9. Starring Sinem Ünsal and Ozan Akbaba, the series took first place in all three ratings lists and pushed its rise since the season premiere one step further. Among the dozens of series that have aired since September, only a handful have managed to reach this figure.

Sena Mia Kalıp, who plays Melek Toprak in Altı Üstü İstanbul, told Bavela about her first days on set as an actress. Known to many from social media before she started acting, Sena Mia Kalıp said people looked at her as an 'influencer' for a long time. So how did she get past that prejudice?Source: Bavela

Kızılcık Şerbeti has been a fixture of Friday nights on Show TV since January 2023. Over five seasons, seven series that aired against it fell behind in the ratings race and wrapped up one by one. The list includes ambitious productions, from season champion Yalı Çapkını to Hande Erçel's Aşk ve Gözyaşı.

Göksu Girişken has joined the cast of Eşref Tek, the Prime Video series in which Çağatay Ulusoy once again plays Eşref. The actress, known for playing Damla in Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün and Ayça in Şahin Tepesi, also appeared in Kuruluş Osman. Filming for the new series, which tells the story before Eşref Rüya, the show that ended abruptly on Kanal D, has started in Cyprus.Source: Magazin Burada

The ABC1 ratings averages of the 21 series that have aired since the new season began on September 1 are in. Taşacak Bu Deniz sits at the top with 10.36, while Kızılcık Şerbeti, at 5.93, finished outside the top seven. Uzak Şehir, second in the averages for the year, placed fourth in ABC1. Here is how all 21 series line up, from first to last.

Asena Keskinci, who took over the role of Çimen from Selin Türkmen in Show TV's Kızılcık Şerbeti, spoke to Gece Muhabiri. The actress said that for most of her career she has appealed to a younger audience, but since joining the series, older women and men have also started coming up to congratulate her on the street. Asena Keskinci summed up the change in one line: 'I used to be a friend; now I've also become the family's daughter.'Source: Gece Muhabiri

Ceren Karakoç, who returned to Kızılcık Şerbeti about two months after being written out of the series, described her first day back on set on Oksijen TV. Karakoç said that as soon as she walked in, she told the crew: “I wanted to take a slightly longer holiday from you, guys, about 2 months.” Her castmates greeted her with “Welcome back, where have you been?” The actress also talked about what Nursema went through after the accident.

With TRT 1 airing the Galatasaray–Stuttgart match on Tuesday night, Tuzlu Kahve, Anne Yarısı, Haysiyet and Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı did not air new episodes. That left 18 series competing in the ratings for the week of November 2–8. Taşacak Bu Deniz held on to first place, while the middle of the table was reshuffled in a single week: Yeraltı, which aired on a Champions League night, slipped five places, and Ömür Usta moved into the top three.

The TV ratings for Sunday, November 8 are out, and there has been a notable change at the top. The series that held first place in the Total list a week ago slipped to second in all three categories this time. Its rival widened the gap and became the clear leader of the night, while TRT 1's long-running drama also managed to raise its numbers.