Yalı Çapkını (2022)

The Golden Boy (Yalı Çapkını) first aired on 23 September 2022 on Star TV.

The main cast of The Golden Boy includes Afra Saraçoğlu (Seyran Şanlı), Mert Ramazan Demir (Ferit Korhan), Çetin Tekindor (Halis Korhan), Şerif Sezer (Hattuç Şanlı), Gülçin Santırcıoğlu (İfakat Korhan), Emre Altuğ (Orhan Korhan).

Available sources do not identify a specific novel or other published work as the source. The series is associated with a story attributed to Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu and should not be presented as a confirmed novel adaptation.

The story has been reported as being connected to a real client’s life story associated with Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu. The client’s identity and the extent to which the series reflects that life story have not been disclosed.

Yalı Çapkını was distributed internationally as "The Golden Boy".

Afra Saraçoğlu, Seyran in Yalı Çapkını (The Golden Boy), was abroad when a detention order was issued for her on 18 September; on 21 September 2026 she was taken into custody at Istanbul Airport upon returning from France, gave a statement to the gendarmerie, and was released after her procedures at the Forensic Medicine Institute and the prosecutor's office were completed. According to Forensic Medicine results reported in the press on 30 September, cocaine was detected in a hair sample; the reports reviewed do not include a detailed official report. In her written statement of 1 October, Saraçoğlu said she had been informed that a finding of "a substance" was detected in the hair analysis, said her blood and urine tests came back clean, that this could occur in her hair at crowded events she attends for work through "passive exposure or contact," and stated that she is not a user. In the same investigation, the test result for Aras Bulut İynemli, who was taken into custody on 18 September, came back negative according to reports. A test finding is not an accusation or a conviction; the reports reviewed contain no decision by the prosecutor's office based on these reports.

No. Pelin Akil, who played Diyar in Yalı Çapkını (The Golden Boy) and Zehra in Arka Sıradakiler, denied a social-media rumour that she was "getting married" in an Instagram post on 12 September 2026. As quoted by Habertürk and Milliyet, she wrote: "So I'm getting married. God bless them, whichever me that is. Go and check whether I'm even at that wedding. Still, for the friends who got excited or curious, here is my statement: there is no such thing." The sources do not agree on whom the rumour concerned; according to Haber Aktüel, the claim was that she would remarry actor Anıl Altan, whom she married in 2016 and divorced on 27 August 2025, and their frequent meetings for their twin daughters Alin and Lina had fed the speculation. As of 14 September 2026 this denial is the only official statement; there is no wedding or engagement.

Rumours spread on social media alleging that Afra Saraçoğlu would be leaving the series; however, these rumours proved unfounded and the actor continued in the show. The origin of the speculation was a scene in the season finale in which Seyran collapsed ("she's not breathing, call an ambulance"), combined with a reduction in the actor's screen time due to taking a holiday break over the new year. The character's fate was left unresolved at the season finale and was clarified in the following season — no actual departure took place.