Arka Sokaklar

Arka Sokaklar
Also known as	Back Streets
Genre	Detective Action Drama-comedy
Developed by	Erler Film (2006-2022) D Media (2023-present)
Written by	Ahmet Yurdakul Ozan Yurdakul Sinan Yurdakul Metin Arslan
Directed by	Orhan Oğuz
Starring	Zafer Ergin Şevket Çoruh Özgür Ozan Hülya Kalebayır Çelik Alp Korkmaz İlker İnanoğlu Tunç Oğuz Oya Okar Ozan Çobanoğlu Elvan Dişli Efe Günay Onurcan Sesli Oğuz Peçe Cansın Çekili Batuhan Ekşi Sebahat Kumaş Yılmaz Tüzün Nazlı Tosunoğlu Kerimhan Duman Ecem Öz Perihan Ünlücan Gaye Gürsel Gizem Terzi Garip Kont
Theme music composer	Murat Evgin
Ending theme	Bambaşka Bir Şehir (A Different City)
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	18
No. of episodes	640
Production
Producer	Türker İnanoğlu (2006-2022)
Production location	Istanbul
Running time	135 minutes
Original release
Network	Kanal D
Release	31 July 2006 (2006-07-31) – present

Arka Sokaklar (English: Back Streets) is a television crime series that was broadcast on Kanal D on 31 July 2006 . In its 18 consecutive seasons the series has become a success story with its TV ratings despite being criticized for continuity/logic errors, near superhero abilities of main characters, overused lines of dialogue, and excessive use of zoom.

Characters

Actor	Birthday	Death	Character	Episodes	Notes
Zafer Ergin	30 August 1942	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	5 January 1966	Hüsnü Çoban	1-	Chief Inspector. Joined the team as an Inspector. A v ery 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	30 June 1973	Mesut Güneri	1-632	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	16 November 1979	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	26 August 1982	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 arrival 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	16 April 1979	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	28 October 1982	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	1 August 1979	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	2 March 1981	Ali Akdoğan	1-594-600	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	2 October 1974	Aylin Aydın	1-521	Deputy Inspector. She was serving in the team as the monitor and technician.
Boğaç Aksoy	30 July 1989	Volkan Acar	377-521	Deputy Inspector. He and Arda are good friends.
Tunç Oğuz	9 July 1987	Arda Atik	294-	Deputy Inspector. He and Volkan are good friends.
Beste Seyhan Şamcı	1995	Eda Bulut	400-521	Deputy Inspector. She is assisting Aylin in monitoring.
Başak Atıcı	19 May 1994	Hande	400-521	Constable. The newest member of the team. Her colleagues are sometimes making fun of her, because her lack of experience.
Figen Evren	1965	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	1 May 1986	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	4 February 1984	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	19 March 1996	Tekin Çoban	1-594	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	13 July 1994	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	21 June 1990	Zeliha Çoban	1-594	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	13 June 1996	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	20 August 1965	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	4 July 1984	Yavuz Ateş	1-unknown	Doctor. Murat's younger brother.
Nazlı Tosunoğlu	6 July 1966	Nazike	126-	Suat's aunt. Hüsnü strongly dislikes her.
Oya Okar	12 January 1986	Selin Demirci Güneri	377-	Mesut's her lover. Police.
Ali Haydar Çataltepe	3 June 1994	Alper	628-	He is a police who joins the team at the end of season 16.
Canan Türker	1951	5 February 2008	Semiha	1-86	Murat's mother.

Changed Characters

Actor	Birthday	Character	Role number	Role order	Notes	Episodes	Total episode	Seasons	Total season	Years	Total year
Pınar Aydın	16 July 1981	Pınar Soylu	ONE	FIRST	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	86	1-2	2	2006-2007	2
Sitare Bilge	28 November 1983		TWO	SECOND		87-125	39	3	1	2008	1
İpek Yaylacıoğlu	31 July 1984		THREE	THIRD		126-521	396	4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13	10	2009-2018	10
Elvan Dişli	2 May 1987		FOUR	FOURTH		522-638	117	14-15-16-17	4	2019-2022	4
Özge Özbütün	16 December 2000	Şule Çoban	ONE	FIRST	Hüsnü's younger daughter and the 4th child of the family.	1-209	209	1-2-3-4-5	5	2006-2010	5
Manolya Aşık	23 March 2000		TWO	SECOND		210-521	312	6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13	8	2011-2018	8
Ecem Öz	18 April 2004		THREE	THIRD		522-638	117	14-15-16-17	4	2019-2022	4
Filiz Taçbaş	1964	Ayla Soylu	ONE	FIRST	Rıza's wife, Pınar's mother and Efe & Zeynep's (Zeyno) grandmother.	1-250	250	1-2-3-4-5-6	6	2006-2011	6
Hülya Kalebayır	23 February 1969		TWO	SECOND		251-638	388	7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17	11	2012-2022	11

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

External links

• Arka Sokaklar at IMDb