Turkish Series News on August 22, 2025

Several options are being considered for the broadcast day of the series “Heartbeat”—Thursday, Friday, or Sunday. A Friday release would allow the series to compete with “Cranberry Sherbet,” making actress Sibel Taşçıoğlu a rival to her past project.

Heartbeat

The actress Mahassin Merabet has joined the cast of the series “Orhan Bey” and will play a character named Fatma Hatun. It was reported that she received an official offer and signed the contract yesterday.

Mahassin Merabet

Filming has started for the series “My Name is Ayla” for the platform Tabii, with Yağmur Tanrısevsin in the lead role.

Yağmur Tanrısevsin

Ebru Nil Aydın, known for the series “Intelligence,” has joined the cast of “Eşref’s Dream.” Filming for the second season will begin next week. She will play a prosecutor, and her appearance in the series will bring significant changes to the plot. Çağatay Ulusoy, who played agent Ferman in the film “The Sleeping Man” this summer, will start filming for the series on August 27, if the schedule does not change.

Ebru Nil Aydın

The famous musician Can Bonomo, who openly expresses his love for Öykü Karayel, congratulated his wife on her birthday on social media, calling her “duchess.” In an interview, he said that after getting married, he stopped making decisions on his own because he completely trusts his wife.

Filming has started for the series “I am My Mother’s Dream,” starring Funda Eryiğit, Caner Cindoruk, Zerrin Tekindor, and Azra Aksu.

I am My Mother’s Dream

The Moscow TV channel “Moscow 24” noted that Turkish TV series influence tourism. A phrase was aired on the channel that many people specifically come to Istanbul to take a photo on the same bench where Serkan Bolat sat. We remind you that Kerem Bürsin played the role of Serkan Bolat in the series “Love is in the Air.”

Kerem Bürsin

Rojbin Erden has signed her first advertising contract. She recently participated in a shoot for the brand.

Rojbin Erden

There has been a return to the old practice of casting models in lead roles in TV series. Previously, the Best Model competition served as a kind of “star factory.” Most of the modern actors who now earn millions per episode came from this competition. The production company MF Yapım decided to give a chance to the model Mümün Karacilu in its new series “The Stranger in the Mirror.” If the series is successful, the young actor will quickly become a fan favorite.

Mümün Karacilu

Mustafa Uslu, the producer of the successful films “Ayla,” “Cicero,” and “Müslüm,” has run into a problem: due to a debt to Ziraat Bank, the copyrights to these films will be sold at auction. The estimated value of the rights is 24 million Turkish Lira.

Mustafa Uslu

It is reported that the famous actor Ufuk Bayraktar, who played the young Ramiz Dayı in the series “Ezel,” was detained in Istanbul on charges of extortion. Ufuk was released. He commented on the situation on social media, noting that the conflict with his co-worker was misinterpreted by the media and that the racketeering accusations are false. He also emphasized that he has never taken anything that does not belong to him, and those who know him will confirm this.

Ufuk Bayraktar