Arka Sokaklar: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A magical, huge city that defies centuries; Istanbul. And our brave policemen who challenge all kinds of evil and hardship to make every street of this city a better, more 'livable' place for everyone. A 'civilian' team working in the Public Security Branch of the Istanbul Police Service is cruising the streets of this metropolis with their minibuses and fighting against all kinds of lawlessness that comes their way. Our policemen are constantly confronted with different and varied human stories during their duties. To these stories that make you smile from time to time and hurt from time to time; Rıza Baba becomes the Superintendent, who approaches with the experience and 'fatherhood' of his professional years and guides the other young members of the team. Father Riza; young, energetic and handsome inspector Murat, a newcomer police officer who has just joined the team.

Series details

• Title: Arka Sokaklar
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Turkish
• Genres: Action, Crime, Family
• Premiere date: 2006-07-31
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Kanal D
• Network country: Turkey
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31773
• IMDb ID: tt0845088
• TVDB ID: 287190

Cast and credited roles

• Zafer Ergin — Rıza Soylu
• Şevket Çoruh — Mesut Güneri
• Özgür Ozan — Hüsnü Çoban

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-07-31; final listed air date 2007-06-19; episode order: 43.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-09-03; final listed air date 2008-06-30; episode order: 43.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-09-08; final listed air date 2009-06-29; episode order: 39.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-09-07; final listed air date 2010-06-28; episode order: 41.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-08-23; final listed air date 2011-06-20; episode order: 43.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-09-05; final listed air date 2012-06-18; episode order: 41.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-09-03; final listed air date 2013-06-28; episode order: 43.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-09-07; final listed air date 2014-07-28; episode order: 43.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-09-12; final listed air date 2015-06-26; episode order: 40.
• Season 10: premiered 2015-11-20; final listed air date 2016-07-01; episode order: 32.
• Season 11: premiered 2016-09-23; final listed air date 2017-06-23; episode order: 39.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-09-15; final listed air date 2018-06-29; episode order: 39.
• Season 13: premiered 2018-09-14; final listed air date 2019-06-14; episode order: 35.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-09-13; final listed air date 2020-06-12; episode order: 35.
• Season 15: premiered 2020-09-18; final listed air date 2021-06-18; episode order: 38.
• Season 16: premiered 2021-09-17; final listed air date 2022-06-17; episode order: 38.
• Season 17: premiered 2022-10-14; final listed air date 2022-11-18; episode order: 6.
• Season 18: premiered 2023-09-01; final listed air date 2024-06-28; episode order: 42.
• Season 19: premiered 2024-09-13; final listed air date 2025-06-20; episode order: 37.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-09-12; final listed air date 2026-06-05; episode order: 34.

Source and licence

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