Beklenen Mehdi

Beklenen Mehdi (2026)

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Beklenen Mehdi is a Turkish drama, crime series broadcast on tabii, first aired in 2026. Ahrar Zakirov, an Uzbek-descended intelligence officer, crosses paths with Rana, a scholar of the history of religions. Their story begins in Şanlıurfa and develops into a mysterious conflict involving faith, identity and intelligence work.

Beklenen Mehdi cast: Engin Benli (Mazhar), Alperen Duymaz (Ahrar Zakirov), Feyyaz Duman (Zeynel), Didem İnselel (Zehra).

Editor: Uğur Arı

Topics:Turkish Drama Series Turkish Crime Series

Genres:drama crime

Plot

Beklenen Mehdi is presented as a 10-episode tabii series centered on Ahrar Zakirov, an intelligence officer of Uzbek descent whose missions become entangled with his personal past. Ahrar meets Rana, an academic working in the field of the history of religions at Harran University. The series combines the world of intelligence with a mystery built around the idea of the Mahdi. The story is reported to begin in Şanlıurfa and later expand toward Istanbul.

Origins of the story

Adaptation status

No reliable source confirms that the series is adapted from a novel, story, book, film, series, play, memoir or historical work.

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Connection to reality

Some secondary listings describe the series as inspired by real events, but this claim could not be directly verified through a producer, broadcaster, writer or reliable interview source. No confirmed connection to a real person or event has been established.

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Trailer

No trailer found.

Details

Year: 2026
Channel: tabii
Genre: drama, crime
Seasons: —
Episodes: —
Rating: —

Cast

Mazhar

Ahrar Zakirov

Zeynel

Zehra

Character Map

● Hero● Anti-hero● Villain● Supporting● Character

Hero

Ahrar Zakirov

Alperen Duymaz

Supporting

Rana

Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun

Zeynel

Feyyaz Duman

↳ Sadık — ally

Sadık

Fatih Gühan

Nafi

Erdal Özyağcılar

↳ Rana — parent

Kenan

Kubilay Tunçer

↳ Rana — parent

Character

Mazhar

Engin Benli

Zehra

Didem İnselel

Çağrı

Taylan Meydan

Kayra

Burcu Türünz

Işıl

Ilgaz Kaya

What's in this series?

Production and release plan

The series was announced as a Medyafikir Kulübü project for tabii. İbrahim Elma is credited as producer, while the screenplay is attributed to İbrahim Elma, Kemal Çelik and Pınar Uysal, with Aytaç Çiçek as director. The first season was planned as 10 episodes, with filming reported in Şanlıurfa.

From Şanlıurfa to Istanbul

Production reports state that the early part of the story takes place in Şanlıurfa and that the narrative was planned to move toward Istanbul in a later stage.

The Mahdi belief in a fictional narrative

The promotional descriptions frame the series around the question of how a person claiming to be the Mahdi might affect the Islamic world in the modern information and digital age. There is no verified statement that the story dramatizes a specific historical event or real person.

Cast and character updates

Early announcements mentioned discussions with different actors for Rana, while later reports identified Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun in the role after Bensu Soral left the project.