Destan: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set to premiere later this Fall on ATV, the Bozdağ Film-produced series, which has been in the works for over a year, is being directed by Emir Khalilzadeh, with Nehir Erdem and Ayşe Ferda Eryılmaz penning the script.

Ebru Şahin and Edip Tepeli are said to lead the one-of-a-kind project, which will tell the epic love story between Akkız, the legendary warrior mountain girl orphaned by Gök Kagan Korkut Khan in the harsh steppes of Central Asia, and Gök Tegini Batuga, who was orphaned by Korkut Khan in the Gök Palace. Destan will center around these two unfamiliar birds, as they try to achieve the impossible by making their love a sword and a shield of their hearts.

Series details

• Title: Destan
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Turkish
• Premiere date: 2021-11-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-09-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ATV
• Network country: Turkey
• Typical episode runtime: 150 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 58662
• IMDb ID: tt14779804
• TVDB ID: 410153

Cast and credited roles

• Ebru Sahin — Akkız
• Edip Tepeli — Gök Tegini Batuga
• Selim Bayraktar — Alpagu Han
• Deniz Barut — Ulu Ece
• Elif Doğan — Tutkun
• Esra Kılıç — Mei Jin
• Ahmet Olgun Sünear — Yaman
• Burak Tozkoparan — Temur Tegin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-11-23; final listed air date 2022-09-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Destan on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.