Arka Sokaklar
| Arka Sokaklar Back Alleys | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Detective Action Drama-comedy |
| Developed by | Erler Film |
| Written by |
Ahmet Yurdakul Ozan Yurdakul |
| Directed by | Orhan Oğuz |
| Starring |
Zafer Ergin - (Rıza Baba) Şevket Çoruh - Mesut Özgür Ozan - Hüsnü Hülya Çelik Kalebayır - Ayla Figen Evren - Suat Alp Korkmaz- Ali |
| Theme music composer | Murat Evgin |
| Ending theme | Bambaşka Bir Şehir (A Different City) |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 330 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Türker İnanoğlu(Erler Film) |
| Location(s) | Istanbul |
| Running time | approx 85 - 120 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Kanal D |
| Picture format | 4:3 16:9 |
| Audio format | stereo |
| First shown in | July 17, 2006 |
| Original airing | July 17, 2006 - Present |
| External links | |
| (Turkısh) Website | |
| Production website | |
Arka Sokaklar (Turkish for "back alleys" or "back streets"), a long-running television crime series on Turkish Kanal D, was first broadcast in July 2006. The characters are described, below, using in-universe tone.
Characters
| Actor | Character | Episodes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zafer Ergin | Rıza Soylu | 1 - | Superintendent of the Istanbul Police Department. 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 - | 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. |
| 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 - 209-210-250 | A late joining inspector of the team. She worked with the team for 2 years. 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 celebral hemorrhage. |
| Uğur Pektaş | Murat Ateş | 1 - 125, 173 - | 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 | Sub-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 - | Sub-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 Pınarcı | 1 - | Sub-inspector. She serves in the team as the monitor and technician. |
| Figen Evren | Suat Çoban | 1 - | Hüsnü's wife. She is loyal to her husband but she often gets him into trouble unintentionally. |
| Gülcan Arslan | Leyla Candaş | 294 - | 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 - | 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. |
| İpek Yaylacıoğlu | 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. |
| Onur Bay | Tekin Çoban | 1 - | Hüsnü's younger son and 3rd child of the family. He alongside with 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. |
| Furkan Göksel | Metin Çoban | 1 - | Hüsnü's elder son and 2 child of the family. He alongside with his brother often cause troubles for their father. His brother is mainly responsible. He has a better behaviour than his brother. |
| Yüsra Geyik | Zeliha Çoban | 1 - | Hüsnü's elder daughter and the eldest child of the family. She is a university student and strongly dislikes her brothers. |
| Manolya Aşık | Şule Çoban | 1 - | Hüsnü's younger daughter and the 4th child of the family. |
| 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 | 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- | Doctor. Murat's younger brother. |
| Yasemin Balık | Seyran | 210-224 | Mesut's former fiancee. She broke up with Mesut after being ran over by a car droven by one of Mesut's enemies that caused her to lose her baby. She later married with someone else. |
| Nazlı Tosunoğlu | Nazike | 138 - | Suat's aunt. Hüsnü strongly dislikes her. |
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. |