Yeraltı

About the series

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, starring Deniz Can Aktaş, Devrim Özkan and Uraz Kaygılaroğlu.

It was one of the breakout hits of 2026: Yeraltı ranked among the five most watched series of the first half of the year and finished third in the 2025–2026 season ratings.

Plot

Haydar Ali Aslan lost his family as a child and grew up abroad. On the day he proposes to the woman he loves, he kills Bedrettin Hanoğlu, the man who murdered his father. To protect the woman he loves, he agrees to work with the intelligence service and infiltrate one of Turkey’s most dangerous underground cartels.

He wins the trust of the cartel boss and serves three years in prison. But the deadliest test comes when he walks free: the woman he never forgot is now married to the man closest to him.

Main cast

• Deniz Can Aktaş as Haydar Ali Aslan
• Devrim Özkan
• Uraz Kaygılaroğlu

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