Arka Sokaklar

Arka Sokaklar (English: Back Streets) is a long-running television crime series on Kanal D, which started its broadcast in July 2006. In its 15 consecutive seasons the series has become a success story with its TV ratings despite being criticized[1] for continuity/logic errors,[2] near superhero abilities of main characters,[3] overused lines of dialogue[4] and excessive use of zoom.[5]

Arka Sokaklar
Also known as	Back Streets
Genre	Detective Action Drama-comedy
Developed by	Erler Film
Written by	Ahmet Yurdakul Ozan Yurdakul
Directed by	Orhan Oğuz
Starring	Zafer Ergin Şevket Çoruh Özgür Ozan Hülya Kalebayır Çelik Alp Korkmaz
Theme music composer	Murat Evgin
Ending theme	Bambaşka Bir Şehir (A Different City)
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	576
Production
Producer	Türker İnanoğlu
Production location	Istanbul
Running time	130 minutes
Release
Original network	Kanal D
Picture format	4:3 16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	31 July 2006 – present
External links
Website
Production website

Characters

Actor	Character	Episodes	Notes
Zafer Ergin	Rıza Soylu	1-	Chief Superintendent (4th Degree) of the Istanbul Police Department, Public Order Section. A well-experienced and successful cop. He is the chief of his team and is also called Rıza Baba (Father Rıza) by his teammates.
Özgür Ozan	Hüsnü Çoban	1-	Chief Inspector. Joined the team as an Inspector. A very successful cop who often gets awards from the Police Department. He has a large family containing a wife, 5 children and also his wife's aunt. Despite the hard life in Istanbul and the troubles his wife or sons cause him, he never gives up the life. He is one of the primal members of the team alongside Rıza and Mesut. He got promoted to Chief Inspector of the team.
Şevket Çoruh	Mesut Güneri	1-	Inspector. He served in the Special Forces as a bomb expert against the terror on the East and returned to Istanbul with the mental trauma due to the side effects of his mission. Although he's tough in his career and private life, he's quite friendly and somewhat sarcastic among the family, or the team. He has a son named Tunç whom he raised, and still raising all by himself. Like Hüsnü, he's one of the oldest members of the team.
Çağla Kubat	Elif Doğan Bahadır	126-209	A late joining inspector of the team. She worked with the team for 1 year. Her father is a retired superintendent in the Istanbul Police Department. She was engaged with Inspector Sinan Bahadır. At the day of her wedding, she was attacked by a criminal who stabbed the knife into her stomach and later died in the hospital due to heavy bloodloss.
Gamze Özçelik	Zeynep Akyüz Ateş	1-126, 210-292	Inspector. A young cop. Her father was a narc and a fallen cop. She was the wife of the Inspector Murat Ateş. She used to serve at Ankara Police Department. After her arrivat at Istanbul, she first served as a speedcop but later returned to the team and reunited with Murat. She was shot by the ear during a gunfight and later died due to cerebral hemorrhage.
Uğur Pektaş	Murat Ateş	1-125, 173-336, 377-383	Inspector. A successful cop. He was married with Inspector Zeynep Akyüz. He left the team and started serving as the chief of security at the Turkish Consulate of London. Later he divorced with his wife and returned to the team. He's both ambitious and hard-working at his job. Although he looks quite, he can be troublesome if he loses his temper. After the death of his wife from the gunfight, he temporarily leaves the team and closes his heart to the love. Now his only care is his son, Ömer.
Berk Oktay	Sinan Bahadır	126-250	A late joining inspector to the team but also quick to adopt. He has similar characteristics with Murat and they become good friends sometime after his return. After Elif was killed during the day of their wedding, he almost gave up everything but was convinced to rejoin the team. He was later appointed to the Diyarbakır Narcotics Department and will eventually return to team as an expert of narcotics.
Zeynep Beşerler	Melek Serter	168-293	Deputy Inspector. She joined the team later. She formerly worked as a narc. She had married once and later divorced. She has a daughter named Şirin. Initially, she was disliked by Mesut but the two later became good friends. She has feelings towards Mesut. In 293th episode, she was appointed to the Kayseri Police Department. It's unknown whether she will return.
Alp Korkmaz	Ali Akdoğan	1-	Inspector. A young cop. He is currently married to Rıza's daughter. Due to being the youngest member of the team, his teammates often have fun with him and call him 'Tulip'. He serves in the team as a sniper.
Özlem Çınar	Aylin Aydın	1-521	Deputy Inspector. She was serving in the team as the monitor and technician.
Boğaç Aksoy	Volkan Acar	377-521	Deputy Inspector. He and Arda are good friends.
Tunç Oğuz	Arda Atik	unknown	Deputy Inspector. He and Volkan are good friends.
Beste Seyhan Şamcı	Eda Bulut	400-521	Deputy Inspector. She is assisting Aylin in monitoring.
Başak Atıcı	Hande	400-521	Constable. The newest member of the team. Her colleagues are sometimes making fun of her, because her lack of experiency.
Figen Evren	Suat Çoban	1-447	Hüsnü's wife. She is loyal to her husband but she often gets him into trouble unintentionally. On the day of her son Metin's wedding she was attacked by car, which was being used by an escaping criminal, and died.
Gülcan Arslan	Leyla Candaş	294-336	One of the newest inspectors of the team alongside Muzo. She used to be an inspector at the homicide desk. She's currently "inexperienced" in the team and an expert at crime scene investigation.
Gizem Soysaldı	Muazzez "Muzo" Kaplan	294-336	One of the newest members of the team alongside Leyla. She's a bomb expert. Due to her tough personality, she's often looked up by the other team members, especially Mesut, who's also experienced with bombs.
Onur Bay	Tekin Çoban	1-	Hüsnü's younger son and 3rd child of the family. He and his brother often cause troubles for their father. He is mainly responsible. He is also a perversive womanizer even attempting to flirt with females who are way older than him including his elder sister's friends. He is trying to become a famous actor in a theatre.
Furkan Göksel	Metin Çoban	1-522	Hüsnü's elder son and 2 child of the family. He and his brother often cause troubles for their father. His brother is mainly responsible. He has a better behaviour than his brother. Now working in a restaurant.
Yüsra Geyik	Zeliha Çoban	1-	Hüsnü's elder daughter and the eldest child of the family. After university, she is now working as a journalist. Often quarrels with her brothers.
Kerimhan Duman	Tunç Güneri	1-	Mesut's son and best friends with Hüsnü's sons. He lost his mother at a young age. Unlike Hüsnü's sons, he is calm well-behaved and also very intelligent. He has a very good relationship with his father. He's also quite hard-working and very successful at his school.
İlker İnanoğlu	Engin Balkan	44-172, 210-214, 358-376, 493-	Chief Inspector. He served as the chief of security at the Turkish Consulates of Washington DC and Madrid. Although he joined the team later, he went to a special mission to Moscow where he currently is.
İlker Yiğen	Yavuz Ateş	1-unknown	Doctor. Murat's younger brother.
Nazlı Tosunoğlu	Nazike	126-	Suat's aunt. Hüsnü strongly dislikes her.
Oya Okar	Selin Demirci	377-	Mesut's her lover. Police.

Changed Characters

Actor	Character	Notes	Episodes
Pınar Aydın	Pınar Soylu Akdoğan 1	Rıza's daughter and Ali's wife. She is rather snobbish and quick-tempered. She sometimes criticizes Ali but loves him very much.	1-86
Sitare Bilge	Pınar Soylu Akdoğan 2		87-125
İpek Yaylacıoğlu	Pınar Soylu Akdoğan 3		126-521
Elvan Dişli	Pınar Soylu Akdoğan 4		522-continues
Özge Özbütün	Şule Çoban 1	Hüsnü's younger daughter and the 4th child of the family.	1-209
Manolya Aşık	Şule Çoban 2		210-521
Ecem Öz	Şule Çoban 3		522-continues
Filiz Taçbaş	Ayla Soylu 1	Rıza's wife, Pınar's mother and Efe & Zeynep's (Zeyno) grandmother.	1-250
Hülya Kalebayır Çelik	Ayla Soylu 2		251-continues

Episodic Characters (Season #6)

Actor	Character	Episodes	Notes
Nail Kırmızıgül	Cevher Şanlı/Cevher the Hunter	306-330	Mesut's former comrade and friend who's now his nemesis. He sends an assassination squad to gun down Mesut's house and kill him in process in Episode #305 but this attempt fails as Mesut survives the assault and even wounds one of the attackers. Mesut starts pursuing him in Ep. #307. He's the current main antagonist of the series. Cevher eventually met his demise by the hands on Mesut after one final fistfight, in which Mesut emerged victorious and choked Cevher to death.
Gökhan Mumcu	Tarık Bostancı	302-305	A man whom the team coincidentally met on a murder case and secretly a criminal. He became the boyfriend of Muazzez since his true identity was unknown to her. After he was revealed to be the killer of his own worker, the team started to pursue him. He was arrested by Muazzez personally in Ep. #305.
Cumhuriyet Kiper	Mazlum	145-	A mentally deranged individual who's under the protection of the team. He appears in some episodes.
Engin Kocagöz	Canay	50-	Mesut's informant in Beyoğlu district. He appears in some episodes.

International broadcasters

Country	Local name	Network	Premiere date
Northern Cyprus	Arka Sokaklar	Kanal D	31 July 2006
Bulgaria	Опасни улици	bTV	24 March 2011
Iraq	كۆڵانه‌كانى پشته‌وه‌	NRT2	2 August 2015

See also

• Television in Turkey
• List of Turkish television series
• Turkish television drama

References

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845088/
2. "Arka Sokaklar Mesut Telefonda Melek Telsizde".
3. "Arka sokaların ölmeyen komiseri 'Mesut'".
4. "Beyaz Show Arka Sokaklar Klişeleri".
5. "Arka Sokaklar Gereksiz Zoom". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-07-13.

External links

• Arka Sokaklar at IMDb