To Better Days (2012–2015)
To Better Days is a Turkish drama, comedy series broadcast on TRT 1, first aired in 2012–2015. Nisa, Yusuf, and Nazlı form a team that tries to help families on the verge of divorce. Each episode focuses on a different family problem and gives marriages a chance to survive.
To Better Days cast: Nergis Öztürk (Nisa Yazıcı), Cemal Toktaş (Av. Yusuf Hakbilir), Yeliz Kuvancı (Psk. Nazlı Hakbilir), Kaan Çakır (Latif Yazıcı), Tomris İncer (Hümeyra Akkale), Adnan Biricik (Cevdet Eroğlu).
Detailed content was compiled from sources with AI; pending editorial review. Editor: Uğur Arı.
Plot
Böyle Bitmesin follows a team working to prevent families from falling apart. Nisa, Yusuf, and Nazlı try to help couples facing different reasons for divorce, family conflicts, and everyday problems. The personal relationships of the main team also develop alongside these cases. The series combines the theme of divorce and family breakdown with elements of drama and comedy, presenting a different family story and conflict in each episode.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
No reliable source reviewed identifies the series as an adaptation of a novel, book, film, series, play, memoir, or historical work.
Connection to reality
The series is not presented as the story of a specific real person or event. Its official description refers to rising divorce rates and family breakdown in Turkey as a social background, while presenting the narrative as a fictional episodic series built around different family cases.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 2012–2014
- Channel
- TRT 1
- Genre
- drama, comedy
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 69
- Rating
- 7.5
Cast
Character Map
Hero
- ↳ Latif Yazıcı — spouse
- ↳ Yusuf Hakbilir — ally
- ↳ Nazlı Hakbilir — ally
- ↳ Nazlı Hakbilir — spouse
- ↳ Latif Yazıcı — ally
Supporting
- ↳ Meral Eroğlu — relative
- ↳ Özlem — spouse
- ↳ Fatih Yazıcı — sibling
What's in this series?
Episodic structure and the Family Desk
The series uses an episodic structure in which different families and different reasons for divorce are addressed from one episode to another while the main cast remains. Director Emre Kabakuşak stated in an interview that the subjects and the guest actors change from episode to episode. tabii’s episode summaries also confirm this structure through cases involving marriage, family crises, children, health, and financial problems.
The theme of divorce and family breakdown
TRT’s archive description explains that the series was conceived around rising divorce rates in Turkey over the previous 20 years, the different causes of divorce, and the breakdown of families. This does not mean that the series recounts specific real events; it means that a social issue is explored through fictional family stories.
Direct contact with the audience
In a 2012 interview, the actors said that viewers had sent letters asking for their homes to be saved because the series dealt with family problems. This suggests that some viewers perceived the production not only as fiction but also as a space for advice and solidarity; it is not, however, an independent measurement of the series’ social impact.
Overlap with the social-policy agenda of its period
A parliamentary record refers to Böyle Bitmesin as one of the TRT 1 series addressing divorce during the 2012–2014 period. The same source notes that family, children, and social-responsibility themes became more visible in television productions of the period. This does not prove that the series was adapted from a public project; it only places its themes within the family and social-policy discussions of its broadcast period.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is To Better Days?
To Better Days has 69 episodes across 2 seasons.
When did To Better Days air?
To Better Days first aired in 2012–2015 on TRT 1.
Who is in the cast of To Better Days?
The main cast includes Nergis Öztürk (Nisa Yazıcı), Cemal Toktaş (Av. Yusuf Hakbilir), Yeliz Kuvancı (Psk. Nazlı Hakbilir), Kaan Çakır (Latif Yazıcı), Tomris İncer (Hümeyra Akkale), Adnan Biricik (Cevdet Eroğlu).
Sources
- Böyle Bitmesin 1. Bölüm — TRT 1
- Böyle Bitmesin — To Better Days — tabii / TRT
- ‘Yuvamızı kurtarın’ mektupları alıyoruz — Star
- Böyle Bitmesin — Senaristbir
- Böyle Bitmesin Oyuncuları — TRT 1
- Böyle Bitmesin: 1. sezonun oyuncuları — Beyazperde
- Böyle Bitmesin Oyuncu Kadrosu — Sinefil
- ‘Böyle Bitmesin’de neler olacak? — Star
- TBMM Genel Kurul Tutanağı — Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi
