Seksenler (2012)
Seksenler is a Turkish family, comedy, drama series broadcast on TRT 1, first aired in 2012. Seksenler is a family comedy-drama centered on a family and its neighbors in an old Istanbul district, tracing everyday change from the 1980s to the present.
Seksenler cast: Özlem Türkad (Rukiye Özdemir), Şoray Uzun (Ahmet Özdemir), Ayşe Tolga (Gülden Petek/Özdemir), Berat Yenilmez (Sami Adıgüzel), Ceyhun Fersoy (Şahin Balcı), Onur Dilber (Rıza Çakıroğlu).
Detailed content was compiled from sources with AI; pending editorial review. Editor: Uğur Arı.
Plot
The series is built around Fehmi, who lives with his wife Rukiye in an old neighborhood, and their family. In the first episode, the family gathers to persuade Fehmi to sell the old house, which is filled with shared memories. Returning to the past allows the story to compare the family’s former closeness, sibling relationships and romances with their present lives. Neighborhood life also brings in the period’s social and political atmosphere, single-channel television, music, fashion, wood-burning stoves, children’s games and other everyday habits.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
No verified source examined for this draft identifies Seksenler as an adaptation of another work.
Connection to reality
Seksenler is not presented as a biography of a real person or as a recreation of verified real events. Producer and screenwriter Birol Güven has said that he used the Darıca of his childhood in the series and that a replica of the old Çınaraltı was built as part of the set. The series is therefore best described as a fictional neighborhood story shaped by personal childhood experience and broader social change.
Inspirations and influences
Birol Güven’s childhood Darıca and the old Çınaraltı area
Confirmed by a creator or official sourceAccording to Birol Güven, Seksenler uses the life of Darıca as he experienced it during childhood; a replica of the old Çınaraltı was built as the neighborhood set.
Confirmed by creator
Limit of the evidence: The statement concerns the neighborhood atmosphere and setting design; it does not establish that the characters were based on specific real people.
Trailer
Details
- Year
- 2012–2022
- Channel
- TRT 1
- Genre
- family, comedy, drama
- Seasons
- 10
- Episodes
- 655
- Rating
- 7.2
Cast
Character Map
Hero
- ↳ Rukiye — spouse
- ↳ Ahmet — parent
Supporting
Character
What's in this series?
Adaptation status
The official and reliable sources examined do not identify Seksenler as an adaptation of another work. It should be treated as an original family-and-neighborhood narrative.
Connection with Darıca and everyday life
Producer Birol Güven says that he used the Darıca of his childhood in Seksenler. According to his explanation, a replica of the old Çınaraltı was built as part of the set, while shopkeepers, neighbors and the small but important problems of ordinary people formed the narrative basis.
Social change from the 1980s onward
According to TRT’s first-episode description, the series combines its family story with the period’s social and political atmosphere, single-channel television, music, fashion, wood-burning stoves, children’s games and childhood experiences. Historical context is presented through everyday neighborhood change rather than as a chronology of major political events.
Production and broadcast context
Seksenler was broadcast on TRT 1 and produced by Birol Güven. A 2019 TRT announcement states that the screenplay was written by Birol Güven and the MinT writing team, directed by Bora Tekay, and broadcast on weekdays.
Frequently asked questions
How many episodes is Seksenler?
Seksenler has 655 episodes across 10 seasons.
When did Seksenler air?
Seksenler first aired in 2012 on TRT 1.
Who is in the cast of Seksenler?
The main cast includes Özlem Türkad (Rukiye Özdemir), Şoray Uzun (Ahmet Özdemir), Ayşe Tolga (Gülden Petek/Özdemir), Berat Yenilmez (Sami Adıgüzel), Ceyhun Fersoy (Şahin Balcı), Onur Dilber (Rıza Çakıroğlu).
Sources
- Seksenler 1. Bölüm — TRT 1
- Seksenler Oyuncuları — TRT 1
- Metin Şentürk Seksenler’de! — TRT 1
- Kocaeli’nin Değerleri: Birol Güven röportajı — Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi
