Season 3

S3E2 - Returning Dizis in Fall 2024

Eda & Maha discuss returning Dizis and what they're looking forward to.

Episode Notes

Hi friends! This week Maha and Eda are talking about the most popoular dizis which are returning to our screens this fall season. They discuss new additions to the cast and summarize briefly where they left off last season and what's to expect from their new season. This episode is a bit longer than previous ones but we think our listeners will find it useful to start the new dizi watching season on the right foot.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - 01:07 Introduction 01:07 - 09:05 Kızıl Goncalar 09:05 - 14:26 Bahar 14:26 - 23:37 Kızılcık Şerbeti 23:37 - 30:41 Yabani 30:41 - 37:18 Teşkilat 37:18 - 42:24 Yalı Çapkını 42:24 - 54:14 İnci Taneleri 54:14 - 01:00:10 Hudutsuz Sevda 01:00:10 - 01:05:38 Kirli Sepeti 01:05: 38 - 01:09:07 Taş Kağıt Makas 01:09:07 - 01:28:13 Sandık Kokusu 01:28:13 - 01:31:41 Support your dizi!

-"At Night They Dance" is the documentary about Egyptian belly dancers. (while talking about "İnci Taneleri") Find more about it here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959446/

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S3E3 - Kızıl Goncalar Characters and Themes

Before the start of the new season, Eda & Maha discuss where the Kızıl Goncalar story stopped and share our thoughts on where the story is headed.

Episode Notes

This week Maha and Eda take a look back at the last season. The day after this episode airs, on the 30th of September, the first episode of the new season will grace our screens. That's why we wanted to discuss and analyze the last 19 episodes, some themes and the main characters. Please let us know your thoughts and feelings about this episode as well as the new season of Kızıl Goncalar.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 - 00:15 00:15 - 02:18 Summary of plot 02:18 - 07:32 Meryem's character journey 07:32 - 15:01 Zeyney's journey 15:01 - 24:12 Levent's journey 24:12 - 29:55 Cüneyd's journey 29:55 - 32:40 Sadi's journey 32:40 - 36:00 Suavi's journey 36:00 - 40:20 Müyesser's journey 40:20 - 48:52 Themes: child marriages & education of girls 48:52 - 53:44 Asking ChatGPT to find similarities between Cüneyd and classic lit. characters 53:44 - 56:10 Asking ChatGPT to find similarities between Zeynep and classic lit. characters 56:10 - 58:28 Zeynep learning to protect herself and her ideals 58:28 - 01:07: 57 Our thoughts about what the future might look like for CünZey 01:07:57 - 01:17:00 Themes: healing 01:17:00 - 01:20:38 Themes: unconditional love 01:20:38 - 01:28:36 New season news and our thoughts/wishes

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S3E4 - Spotlight Chat with Sofia: Discussing Çukur, Maraşlı and Can Yaman

Maha and Eda's dizi friend Sofia is a guest on this episode and the girls chat with her about dizis.

Episode Notes

In this episode Maha and Eda get to interview a friend, Sofia, also known as @BayanSofia on X. Sofia is from Italy and in her spare time she makes wonderful edits on dizis. The girls have some questions for her as they get to learn how dizis are perceived though the eyes of their friend. Many things are discussed and we get to learn how Çukur, Can Yaman and Maraşlı have something in common. :)

Some of the things that are mentioned:

-The first dizi Sofia watched: "Erkenci Kuş" (starring Can Yaman and Demet Özdemir) (mentions also "Siyah Beyaz Aşk" after that) -Sandokan is the name of Can Yaman's new project. -Sofia's OG dizi is "Çukur" -Her favorite dizi of all time is "Maraşlı" -Her favorite couple to edit (make videos of) is "SadGül" from "Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi" -Her favorite dizi composer is Toygar Işıklı and her favorite soundtrack is the "Hercai" soundtrack. She also mentions Ezel. -Eda's favorite dizi soundtrack is from "Binbir Gece" and Maha's is "Aşk ve Ceza, both are composed by Kıraç -They also talk about Sezen Aksu and Cem Adrian (Sofia's favorite Turkish singer) -Her favorite actress is Birce Akalay and favorite actor is Aras Bulut İynemli.

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As always thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this friendly chat and Sofia's thoughtful replies as much as we did. See you on our next episode!

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S3E5 - Dizi Therapy: Venting About Kızıl Goncalar, Bahar, Bir Gece Masalı

Eda and Maha discuss their opinions and thoughts about the current state of dizis using venting as therapy

Episode Notes

In this episode Eda and Maha are doing some dizi therapy and are sharing some things that are bothering them about the dizis they are watching. We know for many people who watch dizis it's a way to let off steam but lately dizis have been causing Eda and Maha some stress too so if you are interested in why join us for an engaging conversation between two dizi friends.

Some things we discuss during the episode:

-Why we are not happy with love stories now -Writers being over-confident and ruining storylines -Why weekly dizis could learn from daily dramas -Karadut and the problem with instant love -Kızıl Goncalar - problem with Cüneyd and Mira -Bahar - concept of second season losing plot -Gizli Bahçe - the return of harquelin romance -Bir Gece Masalı - too many villains -Siyah Kalp - same instant love problem -Yabani- instant love with main leads and slow burn with supporting characters -Finance - ratings system in dizis- problem with online platform shows (Netflix, Amazon) not knowing if it will be renewed -Machine of storytelling- you have to build up to perfection -Difference between dizis of 90s and 2000s and the dizis of now

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S3E6 - Spotlight Chat with Derin Universe: The Dizi Industry and Women

Eda and Maha connect with Derin from the Derin Universe Blog and talk about women and the dizi industry.

Episode Notes

This week, Maha and Eda have a guest on the podcast; we get to speak with the person behind Derin Universe. Derin is a Turkish blogger who lives abroad and studied business in France and is starting her Masters in Creative Industry which includes TV and Films in London. She mostly writes in English so you can follow her writing easily. Interestingly, Eda discovered her blog through an article where she wrote about dizis and why there were not enough female producers.

Join us for this interesting chat and we hope you will learn fun things along the way! Also interesting that this also includes the podcast's first Turkish guest. It's a rare and valuable insight to have two Turkish women from different generations talking about dizis. Things discussed in this episode center around women and the dizi industry, some things discussed may be triggering for our listeners who are sensitive around topics such as violence against women so please keep that in mind.

Check out Derin's article that is mentioned on the podcast: https://derinuniverse.com/f/t%C3%BCrkiye%E2%80%99de-filmler-ve-diziler-yap%C4%B1mc%C4%B1lar%C4%B1n-ataerkil-g%C3%B6sterisi

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S3E7 - Uzak Şehir

Eda and Maha discuss the phenomona of the new dizi- a Turkish remake of the Arabic "Al-Hayba" and the magic of Mardin.

Episode Notes

There is a new dizi in town and this week Maha and Eda discuss the hype around "Uzak Şehir" (remake of the Arabic series "Al-Hayba") and why it might be such an instant favorite.

  • The iconic Lebanese singer mentioned in the episode is Fairouz (also known as Fairuz). Her song "To Beirut" is the one that the theme song is based on- take a listen to her amazing voice here:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ayX6ZSpBgg

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S3E8 - Season Three Finale: Dizi Friends Podcast Unwrapped & Reflection

Eda and Maha share their dizi reflections and lists for the end of the year.

Episode Notes

In the final episode of 2024 and also the last episode of the third season of Dizi Friends, we really want to take a look back at the second half of the year especially starting from September and give you an update on all the new dizis that started. We also want to give you our version of Spotify’s Wrapped list and share a few numbers with you to give you an idea of the impact dizis have left on us this year.

We look back at the dizis of 2024 in three categories and here are the dizis we mention during the episode:

First Category: Survivors

  • Leyla: Hayat... Aşk... Adalet...
  • Siyah Kalp
  • Deha
  • Bir Gece Masalı
  • Annem Ankara
  • "Holding"
  • Uzak Şehir
  • Şakir Paşa Ailesi
  • Sen Aglama Istanbul
  • Can Borcu
  • Sahipsizler

Second Category: Dizis That Are Ending Soon

  • Yabani
  • Yali Capkini
  • Sandik Kokusu

Third Category: Cancelled

A few more dizis have ended but we only mention two that really affected us.

  • "Kalpazan"
  • "Kara Dut"

Our Dizis Unwrapped Answers:

MAHA’S ANSWERS

MOST WATCHED DİZİS Leyla, Uzak Sehir FAVORITE ACTOR ACTRESS Ozan Akbaba from Uzak Sehir, Cemre Baysel (Leyla) and Gonca Vuslateri (Nur) from Leyla: Hayat... Aşk... Adalet... NUMBER OF DIZIS WATCHED Kızıl Goncalar, Leyla, Bahar, Bir Gece Masalı, Uzak Şehir MONTH YOU WATCHED DIZIS THE MOST September and October MOST HATED VILLAIN OF THE YEAR Sadakat from Uzak Sehir

EDA’S ANSWERS

MOST WATCHED DİZİS: Kızıl Goncalar, Kızılcık Şerbeti FAVORITE ACTOR ACTRESS Erkan Avcı (for playing Sadi Hüdayi), Mina Demirtaş playing Zeynep NUMBER OF DIZIS WATCHED 6, Kızıl Goncalar, Kızılcık Şerbeti, Bir Gece Masalı. Apart from these some episodes of Kalpazan, Siyah Kalp and Annem Ankara MONTH YOU WATCHED DIZIS THE MOST September and October MOST HATED VILLAIN OF THE YEAR Vahit from Kızıl Goncalar played by Tolga Tekin

We are grateful to have completed another year and two more seasons of our podcast during this year with you. It was a year of humble milestones for us and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank every single one who has been listening, sharing, commenting and supporting us.

See you next year on brand new episodes, there's lots of fun content we planned for the year ahead! If you still aren't following us on social media, make sure you do so you're notified of our new episodes each time!

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Eda S and Maha J