Teşkilat (2021)
Also known as: The Shadow Team
The Shadow Team (Teşkilat) is a Turkish historical, drama, action series broadcast on TRT 1, first aired in 2021. After an international threat targets Türkiye’s unmanned aerial vehicle and defense program, a covert intelligence team gives up its identities and family ties to protect the country. Later story cycles expand around Altay, Neslihan and new conflicts involving Kate, Tufan, Hamdi and Korkut. Looking for something similar? See the criteria-based guide Turkish series like Diriliş: Ertuğrul (Resurrection: Ertuğrul).
The Shadow Team cast: Serdar Yeğin (Uzay Çelenkli), Yunus Emre Yıldırımer (Korkut Sönmezay), Tolga Sarıtaş (Altay Yalçındağ), Melisa Akman (Nazlı Hisarca), Deniz Baysal (Zehra Balaban), Ahmet Uğur Say (Gürcan Yücesoy).
Editor: Uğur Arı
Where to watch The Shadow Team (Teşkilat)
The Shadow Team (Teşkilat) is available in United States on YouTube (Official YouTube).
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Subtitle/dubbing languages not verified; availability on a platform does not imply language support.
Last checked: 13 Sept 2026 · May be outdated
Streaming availability data via TMDB / JustWatch — TMDB / JustWatch
When does The Shadow Team air?
The Shadow Team is currently on air, Sundays on TRT 1. Next episode: 1 November.
How many episodes does The Shadow Team have?
The Shadow Team has aired 190 episodes so far across 7 seasons (as of October 2026) and is still ongoing.
Plot
The series begins when a shadowy structure targets Türkiye’s UAV and UCAV program. Mete Bey forms a special team whose members must allow everyone who knows them, including their families, to believe that they are dead. Led by Serdar Kılıçaslan, the team includes intelligence operatives with different areas of expertise. They try to prevent operations directed against Türkiye while paying the personal cost of living apart from their former lives. Later story cycles introduce a new central period built around Altay and Neslihan, alongside conflicts involving Kate, Tufan, Hamdi and Korkut.
Origins of the story
Adaptation status
No verified information was found in the cited official sources indicating that the series is adapted from a novel, short story, book, film, series, play, memoir or historical work.
Why was Neslihan (Aybüke Pusat) written out of Teşkilat?
Aybüke Pusat (Neslihan)
TRT Director General Zahid Sobacı stated that Aybüke Pusat's social media post calling for an economic boycott was deemed "contrary to the principles of public broadcasting," and announced that the parties had parted ways. The character Neslihan was written out of the story in the show's final episode by mysteriously disappearing — being "buried" in the narrative — following a mysterious phone call.
Sources: Cumhuriyet · Onedio · Editor: Uğur Arı
No primary source (a statement from the production, the channel or the actor) was found for this claim; the sources above are press reports.
Official video
Episodes (191)
Season 7
- Episode 185S7·E120 September159 min
- Episode 186S7·E227 September152 min
- Episode 187S7·E34 October141 min
- Episode 188S7·E411 October146 min
- Episode 189S7·E518 October135 min
- Episode 190S7·E625 October
- Episode 71 November· scheduled
Season 6 (36 episodes)
- Episode 121 September 2025163 min
- Episode 228 September 2025152 min
- Episode 35 October 2025141 min
- Episode 412 October 2025153 min
- Episode 519 October 2025152 min
- Episode 626 October 2025154 min
- Episode 72 November 2025149 min
- Episode 89 November 2025155 min
- Episode 916 November 2025150 min
- Episode 1023 November 2025150 min
- Episode 1130 November 2025152 min
- Episode 127 December 2025148 min
- Episode 1314 December 2025144 min
- Episode 1421 December 2025141 min
- Episode 1528 December 2025143 min
- Episode 1611 January143 min
- Episode 1718 January144 min
- Episode 1825 January139 min
- Episode 191 February138 min
- Episode 208 February138 min
- Episode 2115 February138 min
- Episode 2222 February140 min
- Episode 231 March145 min
- Episode 248 March150 min
- Episode 2515 March153 min
- Episode 2622 March141 min
- Episode 2729 March136 min
- Episode 285 April148 min
- Episode 2912 April144 min
- Episode 3026 April151 min
- Episode 313 May146 min
- Episode 3210 May143 min
- Episode 3317 May136 min
- Episode 3424 May
- Episode 3531 May150 min
- Episode 367 June152 min
Season 5 (37 episodes)
- Episode 122 September 2024154 min
- Episode 229 September 2024130 min
- Episode 36 October 2024130 min
- Episode 413 October 2024137 min
- Episode 520 October 2024143 min
- Episode 627 October 2024142 min
- Episode 73 November 2024145 min
- Episode 810 November 2024139 min
- Episode 917 November 2024139 min
- Episode 1024 November 2024143 min
- Episode 111 December 2024145 min
- Episode 128 December 2024145 min
- Episode 1315 December 2024138 min
- Episode 1422 December 2024144 min
- Episode 1529 December 2024146 min
- Episode 1612 January 2025146 min
- Episode 1719 January 2025147 min
- Episode 1826 January 2025146 min
- Episode 192 February 2025144 min
- Episode 209 February 2025143 min
- Episode 2116 February 2025144 min
- Episode 2223 February 2025141 min
- Episode 232 March 2025141 min
- Episode 249 March 2025141 min
- Episode 2516 March 2025141 min
- Episode 2623 March 2025139 min
- Episode 276 April 2025142 min
- Episode 2813 April 2025138 min
- Episode 2920 April 2025145 min
- Episode 3027 April 2025144 min
- Episode 314 May 2025140 min
- Episode 3211 May 2025138 min
- Episode 3318 May 2025138 min
- Episode 3425 May 2025138 min
- Episode 351 June 2025138 min
- Episode 368 June 2025140 min
- Episode 3715 June 2025144 min
Season 4 (32 episodes)
- Episode 122 October 2023158 min
- Episode 229 October 2023129 min
- Episode 35 November 2023134 min
- Episode 412 November 2023140 min
- Episode 519 November 2023151 min
- Episode 626 November 2023149 min
- Episode 73 December 2023134 min
- Episode 810 December 2023137 min
- Episode 917 December 2023137 min
- Episode 1024 December 2023149 min
- Episode 117 January 2024138 min
- Episode 1214 January 2024142 min
- Episode 1321 January 2024150 min
- Episode 1428 January 2024141 min
- Episode 154 February 2024148 min
- Episode 1611 February 2024144 min
- Episode 1718 February 2024143 min
- Episode 1825 February 2024158 min
- Episode 193 March 2024146 min
- Episode 2010 March 2024145 min
- Episode 2117 March 2024151 min
- Episode 2224 March 2024144 min
- Episode 237 April 2024138 min
- Episode 2414 April 2024139 min
- Episode 2521 April 2024140 min
- Episode 2628 April 2024145 min
- Episode 275 May 2024134 min
- Episode 2812 May 2024142 min
- Episode 2919 May 2024136 min
- Episode 3026 May 2024135 min
- Episode 312 June 2024132 min
- Episode 329 June 2024154 min
Season 3 (31 episodes)
- Episode 12 October 2022160 min
- Episode 29 October 2022142 min
- Episode 316 October 2022148 min
- Episode 423 October 2022139 min
- Episode 530 October 2022150 min
- Episode 66 November 2022150 min
- Episode 713 November 2022150 min
- Episode 820 November 2022144 min
- Episode 911 December 2022145 min
- Episode 1018 December 2022145 min
- Episode 1125 December 2022148 min
- Episode 121 January 2023145 min
- Episode 138 January 2023149 min
- Episode 1415 January 2023141 min
- Episode 1522 January 2023133 min
- Episode 1629 January 2023148 min
- Episode 1726 February 2023148 min
- Episode 185 March 2023155 min
- Episode 1912 March 2023150 min
- Episode 2019 March 2023149 min
- Episode 2126 March 2023133 min
- Episode 222 April 2023134 min
- Episode 239 April 2023134 min
- Episode 2416 April 2023134 min
- Episode 2523 April 2023134 min
- Episode 2630 April 2023147 min
- Episode 277 May 2023152 min
- Episode 76S3·E2814 May 2023137 min
- Episode 2911 June 2023136 min
- Episode 3018 June 2023124 min
- Episode 3125 June 2023142 min
Season 2 (34 episodes)
- Episode 126 September 2021120 min
- Episode 23 October 2021120 min
- Episode 310 October 2021120 min
- Episode 417 October 2021120 min
- Episode 524 October 2021120 min
- Episode 631 October 2021120 min
- Episode 77 November 2021120 min
- Episode 814 November 2021120 min
- Episode 921 November 2021120 min
- Episode 1028 November 2021120 min
- Episode 115 December 2021120 min
- Episode 1212 December 2021120 min
- Episode 1319 December 2021120 min
- Episode 1426 December 2021120 min
- Episode 159 January 2022120 min
- Episode 1616 January 2022120 min
- Episode 1723 January 2022120 min
- Episode 1830 January 2022120 min
- Episode 196 February 2022120 min
- Episode 2013 February 2022120 min
- Episode 2120 February 2022120 min
- Episode 2227 February 2022120 min
- Episode 236 March 2022138 min
- Episode 2413 March 2022142 min
- Episode 2520 March 2022141 min
- Episode 2627 March 2022151 min
- Episode 273 April 2022120 min
- Episode 2810 April 2022120 min
- Episode 2917 April 2022120 min
- Episode 3024 April 2022140 min
- Episode 311 May 2022155 min
- Episode 328 May 2022145 min
- Episode 3315 May 2022144 min
- Episode 3422 May 2022137 min
Season 1 (14 episodes)
- Episode 17 March 2021126 min
- Episode 214 March 2021135 min
- Episode 321 March 2021128 min
- Episode 428 March 2021129 min
- Episode 54 April 2021122 min
- Episode 611 April 2021129 min
- Episode 718 April 2021135 min
- Episode 825 April 2021134 min
- Episode 92 May 2021120 min
- Episode 109 May 2021120 min
- Episode 1116 May 2021120 min
- Episode 1223 May 2021120 min
- Episode 1330 May 2021120 min
- Episode 146 June 2021120 min
Episode list from TMDB, last checked 26 October. Future dates are the broadcaster's schedule and may change.
Details
- Year
- 2021–2026
- Channel
- TRT 1
- Genre
- historical, drama, action
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 190
- Next episode
- 7 · 1 November 2026
- Rating
- 7.4
Cast
Character Map
Hero
Villain
Show spoiler (2)
- ↳ Tufan — spouse
- ↳ Tufan — ally
Antagonist
Show spoiler (1)
- ↳ Korkut — rival
Supporting
Character
Show spoiler (1)
- ↳ Hamdi — spouse
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What's in this series?
Defense technology and national security
The series’ initial conflict centers on an international threat targeting Türkiye’s UAV and UCAV program. This places the action story within defense technology and intelligence competition, but the operations have not been verified as direct depictions of a specific real event.
Fictional intelligence drama and historical-heroic framing
TRT promotional material frames the series in relation to real events and heroes in Türkiye’s history. However, official episode summaries present fictional characters and operations. The series is therefore better classified as a drama using historical and national-security references, not as a biography or documentary.
Rebuilding the story across seasons
The first season centers on Serdar’s special intelligence team, while the fifth-season presentation announces a new story period centered on Altay and Neslihan. The series thus continues within the same intelligence-action framework through different teams and opposing forces.
Frequently asked questions
When did The Shadow Team air?
The Shadow Team (Teşkilat) first aired on 7 March 2021 on TRT 1.
Who is in the cast of The Shadow Team (Teşkilat)?
The main cast of The Shadow Team includes Serdar Yeğin (Uzay Çelenkli), Yunus Emre Yıldırımer (Korkut Sönmezay), Tolga Sarıtaş (Altay Yalçındağ), Melisa Akman (Nazlı Hisarca), Deniz Baysal (Zehra Balaban), Ahmet Uğur Say (Gürcan Yücesoy).
Is The Shadow Team based on a true story?
Teşkilat is a fictional intelligence action drama connected to Türkiye’s defense technology and national-security themes. No sufficient direct evidence was found that a specific real operation, person or single verifiable event was dramatized.
What is Teşkilat called in English?
Teşkilat was distributed internationally as "The Shadow Team".
Why was Neslihan (Aybüke Pusat) written out of Teşkilat?
TRT Director General Zahid Sobacı stated that Aybüke Pusat's social media post calling for an economic boycott was deemed "contrary to the principles of public broadcasting," and announced that the parties had parted ways. The character Neslihan was written out of the story in the show's final episode by mysteriously disappearing — being "buried" in the narrative — following a mysterious phone call.
Sources
- Teşkilat 1. Bölüm — TRT 1
- Teşkilat: Ömer ve Çetin karşı karşıya — TRT 1
- İşte Teşkilat’ın yeni sezon kadrosu — TRT 1
- TRT tanıtım materyali: Teşkilat — TRT