Arka Sokaklar

I have read the bad reviews and opinion is fine, however, this long running and very popular show is anything but 'badly acted' or 'badly written'. The main characters are strong, believable and consistent, remaining true to their archetype. Many of the main female characters are no less valued than their male counterparts, facing the same dangers and treated as equals, as they should be. Admittedly this has developed over time.

The writing addresses issues otherwise taboo in many Turkish programmes like spouse and child abuse, different sexualities, economic exclusion, political corruption, people trafficking and a plethora of other subjects. Yes, the soundtracks can be a little generic (*read cheesy. :o)) but I have still found a few new (to me) songs over the years through this programme.

Give it a go and if you don't like it, that's also good but definitely don't dismiss it.

A neverending tale which should have concluded long ago even though they had to chance to do so! It's quite obvious that the producers have been fully using the advantage of the acting skills of the 2-3 pivotal leading actors' till the bone.

Along with the disgusting camera angles, poor acting skills of the minor roles (which decrease the attention of the viewers), bad jokes, the script is simply suffering since the last couple of years which makes it hard to continue the series. It's unfortunate that the show evolved into a waste of time because of the producers' greed and so fear of losing the profit.

In case you might want to watch against all odds, then my advice would only cover the first 3-4 seasons.

Same plot cycle again and again. Anyone who hasn't seen a good show says this is good. The acting the scenario the 10 seasons long show only a waste of time.

This series started airing before I was born and even though it is 2025 and has 17 seasons, it still hasn't ended.

It is obvious why they didn't finish it. Money I don't know about the first seasons of the series, but the seasons after 2020 started to become repetitive. Each season is almost the same as the other. The production is in God's hands anyway. They should have finished the series around 2015 or 2017. In this way, small series telling the story of each character could have been made, but at that time, there were no spin-off-like series or mini-series productions in the Turkish series industry. I will give 4 points just for the sake of the series, otherwise it would be a 2 point or even 0 point series.

Waste of time the actors aren't even that good, boring.