Binbir Gece Masalları Turkish TV series scene

Binbir Gece Masalları (2026)

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Binbir Gece Masalları is a Turkish drama, fantasy series broadcast on tabii, first aired in 2026. After a deep betrayal destroys Sultan Shahryar’s faith in love, he creates a reign of fear in which the young women he marries disappear after their wedding night. Scheherazade, the Grand Vizier’s daughter, marries him to save herself and others, using unfinished stories to challenge his anger and uncover the secrets of the palace.

Binbir Gece Masalları cast: İbrahim Çelikkol (Sultan Şehriyar), Cansu Dere (Şehrazat), Didem Balçın (Cadı), Rüzgar Aksoy (Yunus).

Editor: Uğur Arı

Topics:Turkish Drama Series

Genres:drama fantasy

Plot

After a deep betrayal, Sultan Shahryar loses his faith in love and begins marrying young women who are never seen again after their wedding night. As fear spreads through the kingdom, Scheherazade, the daughter of the Grand Vizier, chooses to marry him. She hopes not only to survive but also to stop him and save other women. On their wedding night, she begins a story and leaves it unfinished at the most suspenseful moment. Shahryar spares her life so that he can hear the ending. Night after night, Scheherazade tells new stories that gradually challenge his anger and lead her toward the truth behind the palace’s secrets. Hidden plans, powerful enemies and a struggle for the throne turn each story into a risk—and a possible chance to change the Sultan’s fate.

Origins of the story

Adaptation status

The official international catalogue uses the Shahryar–Scheherazade frame narrative associated with One Thousand and One Nights, but it does not explicitly identify the series as a book adaptation. The adaptation status therefore remains uncertain.

Connection to reality

The available official materials present the series as a fictional, fairy-tale-like story centered on a sultan and his palace. No reliable source was found linking it to a specific real event or real person.

Related sources:TRT Sales Düzce Hür Haber

Trailer

Details

Year: 2026
Channel: tabii
Genre: drama, fantasy
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 1
Rating: —

Cast

İbrahim Çelikkol

Sultan Şehriyar

Cansu Dere

Şehrazat

Nazan Kesal

Özgür Çevik

Didem Balçın

Cadı

Osman Alkaş

Erdem Kaynarca

Hakan Vanlı

Selin Türkmen

Fatih Ayhan

Sevinç Gürşen Kıranlı

Şahin Ergüney

Yağmur Öztürk

Yunus

Character Map

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

Hero

Scheherazade

Cansu Dere

↳ Shahryar — spouse

Anti-hero

Shahryar

İbrahim Çelikkol

What's in this series?

Connection with the One Thousand and One Nights tradition

Shahryar’s distrust of women and Scheherazade’s nightly storytelling to postpone her death are core elements of the frame narrative associated with One Thousand and One Nights. The work is not attributed to a single author and is connected to stories formed and compiled across different periods and regions. The series appears to expand this traditional frame through palace intrigue, a succession struggle and the betrayal in Shahryar’s past, but official public materials do not provide episode-level details about those expansions.

The transformative function of storytelling

In the official series synopsis, the stories are more than a way for Scheherazade to gain time. Each tale gradually breaks Shahryar’s anger, reveals hidden truths in the palace and changes the balance of power between the two characters. Storytelling is therefore connected to survival, healing and the search for truth.

Production and release status

The series is listed in TRT Sales’ international catalogue as a 2026, 30-episode production by Bozdağ Film, directed by Metin Günay. Turkish reports identify it as a Tabii project starring Cansu Dere and İbrahim Çelikkol. According to a Sözcü report dated April 22, 2026, the series was removed from the release schedule and postponed to a later season; its current release status is therefore not confirmed.