📺 Turkish TV Series Continuing in the 2025/2026 Season

The 2024–2025 Turkish television season has officially concluded, and anticipation is already high for the return of several beloved series. Below is a detailed list of 16 TV dramas that are confirmed to continue in the upcoming 2025/2026 season, with all the key information including cast, episode count, writers, directors, and plot summaries.

Arka Sokaklar – Kanal D

A legendary name in Turkish television, “Arka Sokaklar” returns for its 20th season. Airing Friday nights, the series centers on the special operations team within Istanbul’s Police Department, tackling high-stakes cases while balancing their personal lives.

• Episode Count: 717 (19 seasons)
• Director: Baran Özçaylan
• Writers: Ozan Yurdakul, Sinan Yurdakul, Barkın Şenüren, Metin Arslan
• Main Cast: Zafer Ergin, Şevket Çoruh, Özgür Ozan, Oya Okar, Ozan Çobanoğlu, Ebru Cündübeyoğlu, Özlem Çınar, Ferit Aktuğ

The series will air its season finale next week. Full episodes available below.

Bahar – Show TV

Last season’s most-watched drama “Bahar” will return for its third season. Airing Tuesday evenings, the show follows Bahar, whose seemingly perfect life is turned upside down after a liver failure diagnosis leads her on a journey of personal freedom and transformation.

• Episode Count: 48 (2 seasons)
• Director: Neslihan Yeşilyurt
• Writers: Ayça Üzüm, Deniz Akçay
• Main Cast: Demet Evgar, Buğra Gülsoy, Mehmet Yılmaz Ak, Nihal Yalçın, Büşra Pekin, Ecem Özkaya, Elit Andaç Çam, Elçin Afacan

Season 3 premieres in September.

Can Borcu – ATV

One of ATV’s newest dramas, “Can Borcu” returns for its second season. Airing Saturdays, it tells the story of a man who, in a desperate effort to save his daughter, causes the death of a stranger and must deal with the emotional and legal aftermath.

• Episode Count: 22 (1 season)
• Director: Semih Bağcı
• Writers: Onur Uğraş, Yekta Torun, Nazlı Sunlu Kaçan
• Main Cast: Bülent İnal, Ebru Özkan Saban, Mine Tugay, Ragıp Savaş, Cüneyt Mete, Demircan Kaçel, Oktay Çubuk, Goncagül Sunar

Season 2 returns in September.

Eşref Rüya – Kanal D

Starring Çağatay Ulusoy and Demet Özdemir, “Eşref Rüya” returns with Season 2. The Wednesday night series revolves around Eşref, the leader of a criminal syndicate named “Yetimler,” who falls in love with Nisan, a police informant. Their forbidden love triggers chaos in both their lives.

• Episode Count: 13 (1 season)
• Director: Uluç Bayraktar
• Writer: Ethem Özışık
• Main Cast: Çağatay Ulusoy, Demet Özdemir, Necip Memili, Tolga Tekin, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Macit Koper, Büşra Develi, Görkem Sevindik

Gönül Dağı – TRT 1

A heartwarming drama from TRT 1, “Gönül Dağı” returns for its sixth season. Airing Saturdays, the show explores the touching lives of three cousins from Anatolia who dream big despite their modest surroundings.

• Episode Count: 182 (5 seasons)
• Director: Aslı Kahraman
• Writers: Ali Asaf Elmas, Teoman Gök
• Main Cast: Berk Atan, Semih Ertürk, Cihat Süvarioğlu, Ferdi Sancar, Öykü Gürman, Eser Eyüboğlu, Erdal Cindoruk, Erdal Özyağcılar

Season 6 is set to begin in September.

Hudutsuz Sevda – Now TV

From the creators of “Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz,” this drama returns with its third season. Airing Thursdays, it follows Halil İbrahim, who loses his father to a blood feud and falls in love with his enemy’s daughter after being exiled to Istanbul.

• Episode Count: 63 (2 seasons)
• Director: Murat Öztürk
• Writers: Bahadır Özdener, Berna Aruz, Haydar Şişman
• Main Cast: Denizcan Aktaş, Miray Daner, Asuman Dabak, Burak Sevinç, Hülya Gülşen, Naz Çağla Irmak, Erkan Can, Burak Çelik

İnci Taneleri – Kanal D

One of the top-rated dramas of last season, “İnci Taneleri” returns for a third season. The series follows Azem Yücedağ, a literature teacher wrongly imprisoned for his wife’s death, and the complex web of events that unfolds after his release.

• Episode Count: 44 (2 seasons)
• Director: Şenol Sönmez
• Writer: Yılmaz Erdoğan
• Main Cast: Yılmaz Erdoğan, Hazar Ergüçlü, Selma Ergeç, Kubilay Aka, Rıza Kocaoğlu, Sera Kutlubey, Gülenay Kalkan Ünlüoğlu

Kızılcık Şerbeti – Show TV

A cultural phenomenon, “Kızılcık Şerbeti” enters its fourth season. The story focuses on Doğa and Fatih, a couple from vastly different cultural backgrounds, and the tension that arises between their families.

• Episode Count: 103 (4 seasons)
• Directors: Hakan Kırvavaç “Ketche”, Aydın Bulut
• Writers: Melis Civelek, Zeynep Gür
• Main Cast: Barış Kılıç, Evrim Alasya, Sıla Türkoğlu, Sibel Taşçıoğlu, Doğukan Güngör, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Feyza Civelek

Kral Kaybederse – Star TV

Adapted from Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu’s bestselling novel, “Kral Kaybederse” returns for a second season. It follows Kenan Baran, a narcissist raised like royalty, whose life spirals after an affair.

• Episode Count: 16 (1 season)
• Directors: Yağmur Taylan, Durul Taylan, Cem Toluay
• Writers: Ertan Kurtulan, Sedef Bayburtluoğlu Gürerk, Eylem Akın
• Main Cast: Halit Ergenç, Merve Dizdar, Aslıhan Gürbüz, Nilperi Şahinkaya, Müjde Uzman, İsmail Demirci, Murat Garipağaoğlu, Cenan Çamyurdu

Kuruluş Osman – ATV

A monumental historical drama, “Kuruluş Osman” returns for Season 7. It continues the journey of Osman Gazi and the founding of a global empire.

• Episode Count: 194 (6 seasons)
• Director: Ahmet Yılmaz
• Writers: Mehmet Bozdağ, Ayça Mutlugil, Mehmet Arı, Özden İnal, Fatma Nur Güldalı, Aslı Zeynep Peker Bozdağ
• Main Cast: Burak Özçivit, Özge Törer, Emre Bey, Özgür Çevik, Feyza Işık, Çağrı Şensoy, Ali Sürmeli, Yiğit Uçan, Tayanç Ayaydın

Leyla: Life…Love…Justice – Now TV

An adaptation of Brazil’s hit telenovela “Avenida Brasil,” this series follows Leyla, who seeks revenge on her stepmother Nur years after being abandoned as a child.

• Episode Count: 36 (1 season)
• Director: Hilal Saral
• Writers: Nükhet Bıçakçı, Su Ersöz
• Main Cast: Cemre Baysel, Alperen Duymaz, Gonca Vuslateri, Yiğit Kirazcı, Halil İbrahim Ceyhan, Melisa Duru Ünal, Gamze Karaduman

Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı – TRT 1

A compelling historical epic focusing on the life of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, returning with its third season.

• Episode Count: 49 (2 seasons)
• Directors: Selahattin Sancaklı, Yıldıray Yıldırım
• Writers: Ozan Bodur, Enes Şengönül
• Main Cast: Serkan Çayoğlu, Selim Bayraktar, Seçkin Özdemir, Barış Bağcı, Sinan Albayrak, Ertan Saban, Ufuk Bayraktar, Tuba Ünsal

Sahipsizler – Star TV

Initially starting with low ratings, “Sahipsizler” gained traction throughout the season. The story follows Azize and her siblings who flee to Istanbul after their parents’ death, seeking a new life.

• Episode Count: 28 (1 season)
• Director: Cem Karcı
• Writers: Elif Hamamcı, Selin Arapkirli, Ramazan Demirli, Özgür Ağaoğlu
• Main Cast: Hazal Subaşı, Burak Berkay Akgül, Kaan Miraç Sezen, Reha Özcan, Doğa Bayram, Ece Bağcı, Sacide Taşaner, Turgut Tunçalp

Şakir Paşa Ailesi: Mucizeler ve Skandallar – Now TV

One of the season’s highest-budget dramas returns for Season 2. The show tells the extravagant and scandalous story of the aristocratic Şakir Paşa family.

• Episode Count: 98 (3 seasons)
• Directors: Koray Kerimoğlu, Ece Erdek Koçoğlu
• Writer: Hande Altaylı
• Main Cast: Vahide Perçin, Fırat Tanış, Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Meryem Uzerli, Denise Capezza, Nilsu Berfin Aktaş, Helin Kandemir, Devrim Yakut

Teşkilat – TRT 1

Returning with its sixth season, “Teşkilat” continues to showcase the heroic lives of undercover intelligence officers.

• Episode Count: 147 (5 seasons)
• Director: Burak Arlıel
• Writers: Teşkilat Writing Team
• Main Cast: Tolga Sarıtaş, Aybüke Pusat, Yunus Emre Yıldırımer, Tuvana Türkay, Murat Aygen, Ushan Çakır, Erkan Petekkaya, Murat Han

Uzak Şehir – Kanal D

Breaking rating records in its debut season, “Uzak Şehir” tells the emotional journey of Alya, who travels from Canada to Mardin to honor her late husband’s final wish.

• Episode Count: 28 (1 season)
• Directors: Ahmet Katıksız, Emre Aybek, Yıldız Aşanboğa
• Writer: Gülizar Irmak
• Main Cast: Ozan Akbaba, Sinem Ünsal, Gonca Cilasun, Müfit Kayacan, Alper Çankaya, Ferit Kaya, Mine Kılıç, Nursel Köse, Atakan Özkaya, Sahra Şaş

Stay tuned to turkish321.com for full coverage, trailers, and episode updates for all your favorite returning Turkish dramas!