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Çalıkuşu

1986 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest period drama that unfolds slowly, anchored by a pioneering female voice and a quiet sense of longing.

Created by
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Aydan Şener, Kenan Kalav, Sadri Alışık
Overview
Pioneered the first female narration ever on Turkish TV series follows a female teacher at the end of age of Classicism examining the role of business women in the post-modern society.

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Created by
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Aydan Şener, Kenan Kalav, Sadri Alışık
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • education
  • gender
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Created by
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Starring
Aydan Şener, Kenan Kalav, Sadri Alışık, Mine Çayıroğlu, Eşref Kolçak, Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Kaya Akarsu, Tomris Oğuzalp
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 55 min each
Network
TRT 1, tabii
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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