Ql - ITO

TURKISH TELEVISION BROADCASTING 20 ı ı 5 7
drama/melodrama. Comedy and increasing in the last years the
detective/adventure genres are just following the dramas. The other genres
only showed periodic coming out. For instance, some fantastic movies were
made especially for children towards the end of the 2000s. They were
appreciated for a certain time, but then the audience showed no interest any
more. W e can also mention so me historical series made by TR T and
broadcasted by the channel at some periods of time it judged important. Since
2005, the commercial channels started producing some historical series as well.
At the beginning, there w ere productions focused on recent history ( especially
on the military coup period), then some productions about the last years of the
Ottoman Empire and the Turkish W ar of Independence reached high rating
scores, but this situation didn't last. Historical series came up again with the
series on the era of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman and Hurrem Sultan called
'Muhtesem Yuzyil' ("The Magnifıcent Century"). This series started to be
broadcasted in 20 ı ı and w as followed with deep intere st. This series' success
triggered other channels to 'buy' this series at high prices and to make other
series taking place during the Ottoman Empire with the same kind of subject.
Dispersion of TV Series• Genres according to Channels
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KANAL ATV FOX STAR TRT 1 SHOW STV
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• DRAMA
• COMEDY
THRILLER/ACTION/WAR
• TEEN