Arka Sokaklar

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

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.

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.

Terrible camera angles, lights, acting ... The story is not bad but this show's quality is under average

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.