Bir Baskadir

About the series

Bir Başkadır (Ethos) is an acclaimed Netflix drama written and directed by Berkun Oya, starring Öykü Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryiğit, Defne Kayalar and Tülin Özen. It was released on 12 November 2020 as a single season of eight episodes, set and filmed in Istanbul.

Story

Meryem is a part-time cleaner from a conservative family on the outskirts of Istanbul. After a series of fainting spells, she starts seeing Peri, a psychiatrist who is educated, wealthy and secular, and who quietly holds prejudices against religious people. Peri herself sees a therapist, to whom she complains about the growing conservatism of Turkish society.

Through Meryem, the series connects a wide range of characters: a rich but depressed playboy, a middle-class Kurdish family, a soap opera actress, a survivor of sexual violence, a former soldier, an intellectual, and a hodja and his daughter who is secretly gay. Together they paint a nuanced portrait of a deeply divided society.

Main cast

• Öykü Karayel as Meryem
• Fatih Artman as Yasin, Meryem’s domineering brother
• Funda Eryiğit as Ruhiye, Yasin’s troubled wife
• Defne Kayalar as Peri, the psychiatrist

Reception

Ethos was hailed by critics in Turkey and abroad as one of the finest Turkish series ever made, praised for its writing, acting and empathy.

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