Best Turkish Action and Crime Series
Mafia families, police and spy stories, revenge and thrillers. The Turkish action series fans rate highest.
1. Maraşlı
Starring Burak Deniz and Alina Boz
Maraşlı is a Turkish action drama produced by Tims&B Productions for ATV, starring Burak Deniz and Alina Boz. Directed by Arda Sarıgün, it premiered on 11 January 2021 and ended on 13 July 2021 after 26 episodes. Maraşlı is a…
2. Masumiyet
Starring Deniz Çakır, İlayda Alişan and Deniz Işın
Masumiyet (Innocence) is a Turkish psychological thriller directed by Ömür Atay, written by Sırma Yanık and produced by Gold Film for FOX. It starred Hülya Avşar, Mehmet Aslantuğ, Deniz Çakır and İlayda Alişan, and ran from 24…
3. Çarpışma
Starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Elçin Sangu
Çarpışma (Crash) is a Turkish action thriller starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Elçin Sangu, with Onur Saylak, Melisa Aslı Pamuk and Alperen Duymaz. It premiered on Show TV on 22 November 2018 and concluded on 30 May 2019. Kadir Adalı…
4. Sadakatsiz
Starring Cansu Dere, Caner Cindoruk and Sümeyye Aydoğan
Sadakatsiz (The Unfaithful) is the Turkish adaptation of the BBC drama Doctor Foster, produced by Medyapım and Mednova for Kanal D. Directed by Neslihan Yeşilyurt, it aired from 7 October 2020 to 25 May 2022, for two seasons and…
5. Kuruluş: Osman
Starring Burak Özçivit
Kuruluş: Osman (Establishment: Osman) is a Turkish historical action drama produced by Bozdağ Film for ATV, starring Burak Özçivit as Osman Bey, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. It ran for a record six seasons and 194 episodes,…
6. Teşkilat
Starring Tolga Sarıtaş, Bensu Soral and Murat Yıldırım
Teşkilat (The Organization) is a Turkish action and spy drama produced by TİMS&B Productions for TRT 1. It premiered on 7 March 2021 and is one of the longest-running prime-time series on Turkish television, now in its seventh…
7. Yeraltı
Starring Deniz Can Aktaş and Uraz Kaygılaroğlu
Yeraltı (literally Underground) is a Turkish action and crime drama produced by Medyapım, written by Berna Aruz and directed by Murat Öztürk. It premiered on NOW on 28 January 2026 and returned for a second season in autumn 2026,…
8. The Protector (Hakan: Muhafız)
Starring Çağatay Ulusoy, Hazar Ergüçlü and Okan Yalabık
Hakan: Muhafız (The Protector) is the first Turkish Netflix original series, a fantasy action drama starring Çağatay Ulusoy as Hakan Demir. Created by Binnur Karaevli and adapted from Nilüfer İpek Gökdel's novel Karakalem ve Bir…
9. Atiye
Starring Beren Saat, Metin Akdülger and Mehmet Günsür
Atiye (The Gift) is Netflix's second Turkish original series, a fantasy drama starring Beren Saat as Atiye. It is based on Şengül Boybaş's novel Dünyanın Uyanışı and ran for three seasons of eight episodes each, released on 27…
10. Behzat C (Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi)
Starring Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Fatih Artman and Canan Ergüder
Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi (Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Detective Story) is a cult Turkish police drama starring Erdal Beşikçioğlu as the head of Ankara's homicide department. Based on Emrah Serbes's novels Her Temas İz Bırakır and…
11. Kara Para Aşk
Starring Engin Akyürek, Tuba Büyüküstün and Öykü Karayel
Kara Para Aşk (Black Money Love) is a Turkish action and crime drama produced by Ay Yapım, written by Eylem Canpolat and Sema Ergenekon and directed by Ahmet Katıksız. It aired on ATV from 12 March 2014 to 15 July 2015, for two…
12. Kuzey Güney
Starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Buğra Gülsoy and Öykü Karayel
Kuzey Güney (North South) is a Turkish drama produced by Ay Yapım for Kanal D, starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey and Buğra Gülsoy as Güney. Directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin and Hilal Saral, it is adapted from the American miniseries…
13. Resurrection Ertugrul (Diriliş: Ertuğrul)
Starring Engin Altan Düzyatan, Engin Öztürk and Uğur Güneş
Diriliş: Ertuğrul (Resurrection: Ertuğrul) is a Turkish historical drama inspired by the life of Ertuğrul Bey, father of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. Created and produced by Mehmet Bozdağ under Bozdağ Film, written by…
14. Adım Farah
Starring Demet Özdemir and Engin Akyürek
Adım Farah (My Name Is Farah) is a Turkish crime drama starring Demet Özdemir as Farah and Engin Akyürek as Tahir. Produced by O3 Medya, directed by Recai Karagöz and written by Deniz Dargı, Cem Görgeç and Cenk Boğatur, it…
15. Arıza
Starring Tolga Sarıtaş
Arıza is a Turkish action drama starring Tolga Sarıtaş as Ali Rıza and Ayça Ayşin Turan as Halide. Produced by O3 Medya, directed by Recai Karagöz and written by Yılmaz Şahin and Çağla Kızılelma, it premiered on Show TV on 13…
16. Avlu
Starring Demet Evgâr and Deniz Can Aktaş
Avlu (The Yard) is a Turkish prison drama starring Demet Evgar, Ceren Moray and Nursel Köse. Produced by Limon Film and directed by Yüksel Aksu and Hülya Gezer, it is the Turkish adaptation of the Australian series Wentworth and…
17. Brave and Beautiful (Cesur ve Güzel)
Starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Serkan Altunorak
Cesur ve Güzel (Brave and Beautiful) is a Turkish romantic thriller produced by Ay Yapım, starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Cesur Alemdaroğlu and Tuba Büyüküstün as Sühan Korludağ. It premiered on Star TV on 10 November 2016. Cesur…
18. Çukur
Starring Aras Bulut İynemli, Dilan Çiçek Deniz and Damla Sönmez
Çukur (The Pit) is a Turkish crime drama produced by Ay Yapım, directed by Sinan Öztürk and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on Show TV on 23 October 2017 and ended on 7 June 2021 after four seasons and 131…
19. Fatma
Starring Burcu Biricik
Fatma is a Turkish crime thriller released on Netflix on 27 April 2021, directed by Özer Feyzioğlu and Özgür Önürme. It stars Burcu Biricik in the title role, with Uğur Yücel, Mehmet Yılmaz Ak and Hazal Türesan. Set and filmed in…
20. Galip Derviş
Galip Derviş is a Turkish comedy crime series produced by Barakuda Film and NBC Universal, adapted from the American hit Monk. It stars Engin Günaydın as Galip Derviş, with Algı Eke, Ersin Korkut and Orhan Güner, and aired on…
21. İntikam
Starring Beren Saat
İntikam (Revenge) is the Turkish adaptation of the American drama Revenge, starring Beren Saat with Nejat İşler, Yiğit Özşener and Mert Fırat. It aired on Kanal D from 3 January 2013 to 20 February 2014, for two seasons and 44…
22. Kaçış
Starring Engin Akyürek and İrem Helvacıoğlu
Kaçış (Escape) is a Turkish action thriller for Disney+, starring Engin Akyürek as Mehmet Yücel and İrem Helvacıoğlu as Zeynep Karaca. Produced by O3 Medya and Same Film and directed by Yağız Alp Akaydın, it was released from 14…
23. Magarsus
Starring Sümeyye Aydoğan
Magarsus is a Turkish crime drama written and directed by Yunus Ozan Korkut, co-written with Mustafa Yürüktümen. It ran for two seasons on BluTV; when BluTV became HBO Max on 15 April 2025, the last two episodes of the second…
24. Ramo
Starring Olgun Şimşek and Murat Yıldırım
Ramo is a Turkish action drama produced by BKM for Show TV, starring Murat Yıldırım as Ramazan "Ramo" Kaya and Esra Bilgiç as Sibel, with İlker Aksum, Mehmet Yılmaz Ak, Olgun Şimşek and Yiğit Özşener. Directed by Yağız Alp Akaydın…
25. Şahsiyet
Starring Haluk Bilginer, Cansu Dere and Metin Akdülger
Şahsiyet (Persona) is a Turkish crime thriller written by novelist Hakan Günday, directed by Onur Saylak and produced by Ay Yapım. The first season was released on puhutv in 2018 and the second on GAİN in 2023. It stars Haluk…
26. The Great Seljuks (Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu)
Starring Buğra Gülsoy and Sevda Erginci
Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu (Awakening: The Great Seljuks) is a Turkish historical drama produced by Akli Film for TRT 1, written by Serdar Özönalan and directed by Sedat İnci. It focuses on the life of the Seljuk Sultan Malik-Shah I…
27. Ufak Tefek Cinayetler
Starring Gökçe Bahadır
Ufak Tefek Cinayetler (Little Crimes) is a Turkish psychological thriller produced by Ay Yapım for Star TV, directed by Ali Bilgin and Deniz Yorulmazer. It aired from 24 October 2017 to 11 December 2018, for two seasons and 45…
28. Who Were We Running From (Biz Kimden Kaçıyorduk Anne?)
Starring Melisa Sözen and Eylül Tumbar
Biz Kimden Kaçıyorduk Anne? (Who Were We Running From?) is a 2023 Turkish crime thriller on Netflix, based on the novel of the same name by Perihan Mağden. It stars Melisa Sözen as an unnamed mother, Eylül Tumbar as her daughter…
29. Baba
Starring Haluk Bilginer, Tolga Sarıtaş and Özge Özacar
Baba (Father) is a Turkish family drama on Show TV led by International Emmy winner Haluk Bilginer as the patriarch Sadık, with Tolga Sarıtaş among the leading cast. It aired from 2022 to 2023 and was one of the most ambitious…
30. Deha
Starring Aras Bulut İynemli
Deha (literally Genius) is a Turkish action drama produced by Ay Yapım, written by Damla Serim and directed by Umut Aral. It aired on Show TV from 22 September 2024 to 18 May 2025, for 31 episodes, starring Aras Bulut İynemli,…
31. Eşref Rüya
Starring Çağatay Ulusoy and Demet Özdemir
Eşref Rüya is a Turkish action drama produced by TİMS&B Productions, written by Ethem Özışık and Lokman Maral and directed by Uluç Bayraktar. It aired on Kanal D from 19 March 2025 to 10 June 2026, for two seasons and 47 episodes,…
32. Gaddar
Starring Çağatay Ulusoy and Sümeyye Aydoğan
Gaddar (literally Ruthless) is a Turkish action drama produced by Ay Yapım, written by Hürer Ebeoğlu and directed by Sinan Öztürk. It aired on NOW from 19 January to 7 June 2024, for 20 episodes, starring Çağatay Ulusoy, Sümeyye…
33. Halka
Starring Serkan Çayoğlu, Hande Erçel and Kaan Yıldırım
Halka (The Ring) is a Turkish crime action drama produced by Es Film for TRT 1. It premiered on 15 January 2019 and ended with its 19th episode on 28 May 2019. The series was directed by Volkan Kocatürk (episodes 1–13), then Başak…
34. Yargı
Starring Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Pınar Deniz
Yargı (Family Secrets, literally The Judiciary) is a Turkish crime drama produced by Ay Yapım, written by Sema Ergenekon and directed by Ali Bilgin. It aired on Kanal D from 19 September 2021 to 26 May 2024, for three seasons and…
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