7 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama Country of origin Turkey No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 23 March 2015 Number of seasons 1 Cast Emre Kınay | 7.1/10 IMDb Directed by Murat Onbul Original language(s) Turkish First episode date 23 June 2014 Network Kanal D Number of episodes 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Uğur Polat
Şebnem Bozoklu
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Sevtap Özaltun
Kaan Yıldırım
Caner Özyurtlu
Salih Bademci
Zeynep Kankonde
Beyti Engin
Zihni Göktay
Demet Gül
Ayta Sözeri
Emre Kınay
Gökhan Niğdeli
Bahadır Hakim
Gözde Türkpençe
Can Bartu Aslan
Alptekin Serdengeçti
Necip Memili
Bekhan Doğan
Gökhan Kıraç Similar Şeref Meselesi, Runaway Brides, Little Lord, Waiting for the Sun, Back Streets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ulan Istanbul was a Turkish drama TV series that was aired from June 23, 2014 to March 23, 2015 on the Kanal D network. The television finale which was aired on February 9, 2015, and its last six episodes were streamed on the internet.
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Plot
The TV series portrays a group of con-artists disguised as a well-established Istanbul family, the Nevizades. Firuz (Emre Kınay) loses one million Turkish Lira in a scam and blames Derya's father, Captain(Sevtap Özaltun), for his loss, resulting in Captain being imprisoned. This leads Kandemir (Uğur Polat), a member of the Nevizade family, and his five children to become con-artists, scamming "bad" people in order to raise money for Captain's release. The Nevizade family begins by moving to a historical street of Istanbul.
After the 29th episode of the series, the Nevizade family finally manages to collect one million Turkish Lira, enough to free Captain. However, unknown to them, one of their scams was recorded by a former family friend, Firuz. In lieu of being exposed by Firuz, the family is blackmailed into working for Firuz and continues to scam people.
Release
The show started being broadcast on Kanal D and was released via Kanal D's web portal. After the 33rd episode, the show ended its television broadcasts and became web-only. The first web episode was aired on February 16, 2015 and was free to view, along with the second and third web episodes. The following episodes were paid-only. The show ended with the explanation that Turkish audiences were not yet ready to pay for content.