At a special event held last week, Pelin Diştaş, Netflix Turkey Original Content Director, presented a selection of local productions to be launched in the upcoming period.

The new series Hot Skull is based on Afşin Kum’s novel Hot Skull. It is about an epidemic that spreads from mind to mind through communication. Created by Mert Baykal, the eight-episode dystopian adventure story is produced by TIMS Production. In a world shaken by an epidemic of madness called ‘jabbering’ that spreads through language and speech, former linguist Murat Siyavuş is the only person who has mysteriously unaffected by this disease.

Shahmaran is directed by Umur Turagay, starring Serenay Sarıkaya and Burak Deniz. The highly anticipated series Shahmaran is brought to the screen by TIMS&B Production, with the “unique” script of Pınar Bulut.

Going to Adana as a lecturer, Şahsu is determined to confront her grandfather, who left her mother behind years ago. On this journey, she finds herself in the middle of an unusual and mysterious community called Mar, descended from Shahmaran. Believing in the legend of Shahmaran, one of the greatest symbols of love and wisdom, the Mar race awaits the completion of the historical prophecy with the arrival of Şahsu. Nothing will be the same again when Şahsu’s path crosses with Maran’s.

Longed-for actor Çağatay Ulusoy is returning to Netflix withThe Tailor, a seven-episode series based on a true story. Cem Karcı sits on the director seat of the screenplay on this OGM Pictures production. Written by Rana Mamatlıoğlu and Bekir Baran Sıtkı, Çağatay Ulusoy is accompanied by a powerful cast including but not limited to Şifanur Gül, Salih Bademci and Olgun Şimşek.

The Tailor depicts the story of Peyami, a young and famous tailor who inherited talent and successful business from his grandfather. With the death of his grandfather, Peyami brings his biggest secret, mentally ill father, to the core of his life in Istanbul and now has to take care of him without a soul finding out the truth. Esvet, running away from an abusive relationship finds herself in the middle of this secrecy, with her own mystery.

Based on Perihan Mağden's novel of the same name, Who Were We Running From, the series WWWRF tells the run-away story of a mother and her daughter. Scripted by Ertan Kurtulan and produced by 1441 Production, the mother is brought to life by the ever so talented Melisa Sözen.

A mother and her young daughter Bambi are on the run, away from someone, staying in luxury hotels, keeping on the move, leaving a trail of bodies behind… But as the luxury hotels get replaced with seedy motels, it becomes clear that the fairytale isn't all that her mother promised Bambi it was going to be. Can they be the hunter, not the prey?

Created and directed by Çağan Irmak,Creature is an adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel “Frankenstein”. Starring Taner Ölmez, Erkan Koçak Köstendil accompanied by talented names like Şifanur Gül and Bülent Şakrak, the show is produced by O3 Medya.

With its epic story, created in the early 1900’s and stretching from Bursa to Istanbul, Creature focuses on one of the most fundamental questions of humanity, "death and beyond”. The biggest wish of Ziya, an adventurous, rebellious and excited young medical student, is to be a very good physician and cure many epidemics that medicine cannot find a cure for. Standing between madness and genius, Doctor İhsan, whom Ziya met in Istanbul, is almost the only person in this world who could understand him. These two eccentric and wounded souls will pay a heavy price for the secret and forbidden experiment they embarked on together…

The following titles are set to premiere in 2024:

Asaf is a series created and directed by Özgür Önurme. It tells the story of an ordinary Uber driver with strong moral values trying to find a way to get his life back on track after his separation with his wife and son. One day an unfortunate accident changes Asaf’s life forever as he becomes a pawn to wrong people. Asaf will be produced by Idea Film.

From the eyes of successful director Seren Yüce, written by Deniz Karaoğlu and Doğu Yaşar Akal, Bir Film production The Town centers around two brothers who fell apart over the years, reunite in their small hometown after the death of their mother. After discovering bags full of cash in the trunk of a crashed vehicle together with their loyal childhood friend, they find themselves stuck in a game of cat and mouse, squeezed between a rock and a hard place. Will they give up on their dreams or take the only shot at changing their lives?

Untitled Berkun Oya Project: A mother, a father and a child... The story follows a nuclear family and their journey spanning decades. As we witness the family members confront and defy both one another and the society surrounding them, the unorthodox narrative structure will allow viewers to immerse in a realm of unique reality that includes life and before, death and beyond...

Working Title: “Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti” - Talented writer Ece Yörenç takes us to modern day relationships through this fresh and contemporary rom-com with an Ay Yapım production. It’s an “extreme love” story with complicated relationships and high energy. This is the story of different characters from a few weddings ago, or right after the "first love", sometimes in the "bench", sometimes in the "ghost"; some on the run, other on the chase, caught up in teases in search of relationships.