The Late Offices (2024)
The Late Offices is a Turkish drama, comedy series broadcast on tabii, first aired in 2024. After facing death, Baki, a ritual body washer, begins questioning his life and loneliness while searching for an answer to who would wash his body after his death.
The Late Offices cast: Ahmet Kural (Baki), Demir Karahan (Hüseyin), Mertcan Ertürk (İmam), Yağız Ata Dinçer (Ali), Ferhan Vural (Nadir), Hande Soral (Nihan).
Detailed content was compiled from sources with AI; pending editorial review. Editor: Uğur Arı.
Plot
Baki is a thirty-something ritual body washer who prefers to isolate himself from society. After a sudden encounter with death, he becomes preoccupied with who would wash his body after he dies. His search leads him into humorous and emotional confrontations involving marriage, friendship, family, loneliness and his past. In the second season, Baki takes responsibility for the children left behind after the deaths of Ahmet and Neslihan, while the arrival of Nihan, a woman who works as a ritual body washer, changes the course of his life. In the third season, the experienced ritual body washer Kadir Hoca joins the story and teaches Baki the finer points of the profession.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
The official TRT and tabii materials reviewed do not identify the series as an adaptation of a novel, book, film, series, play, memoir or historical work.
Connection to reality
The official production and broadcaster sources reviewed do not identify Gassal as being based on a specific real event, real person or lived story. The series uses the real social practice of ritual washing within a fictional character narrative.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 2024–2026
- Channel
- tabii
- Genre
- drama, comedy
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 30
- Rating
- 8.0
Cast
Character Map
Hero
- ↳ Nihan — ally
- ↳ Ahmet — friend
- ↳ Haris — parent
- ↳ Nadir — ally
- ↳ Kadir Hoca — ally
Supporting
- ↳ Neslihan — spouse
What's in this series?
Death, reflection and social isolation
The series’ central conflict begins when Baki, who is constantly in contact with death, starts thinking about his own death. The question of who would wash his body after his death also exposes questions about the relationships he forms in life and whether anyone would remember him.
The ritual body-washing profession and funeral rites
A gassal is a person who washes the deceased as part of Islamic funeral practices. The series places washing, shrouding, prayers and funeral preparation at the centre of its story, making a profession that usually remains out of sight the subject of a fictional narrative.
The expansion of family responsibility in season two
The second season shifts Baki’s story from loneliness and the search for marriage toward responsibility for children. After Ahmet and Neslihan’s deaths, the children remain in Baki’s care, forcing him to weigh his profession against his wish to build a family and protect them.
Professional mentorship in season three
With the arrival of Kadir Hoca in the third season, ritual washing becomes more than Baki’s personal occupation; the transmission of professional knowledge and experience also becomes part of the story.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is The Late Offices?
The Late Offices has 30 episodes across 3 seasons.
When did The Late Offices air?
The Late Offices first aired in 2024 on tabii.
Who is in the cast of The Late Offices?
The main cast includes Ahmet Kural (Baki), Demir Karahan (Hüseyin), Mertcan Ertürk (İmam), Yağız Ata Dinçer (Ali), Ferhan Vural (Nadir), Hande Soral (Nihan).
Sources
- Gassal - tabii’de izle — tabii
- Gassal — TRT 1
- Gassal dizisinin 2. sezonuyla ilgili tüm merak ettiklerin! — TRT
- tabii Orijinal Dizisi “Gassal”ın Galası Gerçekleşti — TRT Haber
- “Gassal” üçüncü sezonuyla tabii’de — TRT Haber
- TRT Vizyon — TRT
- ‘Gassal’ Series from the Perspective of Death Education: Representation of Death and the Mourning Process in Popular Culture — DergiPark
- From Türkiye to the World — Turkish Festival
