Suskunlar

Suskunlar (English: Game of Silence[1] [original title]), is a Turkish television drama, broadcast on Show TV in 2012. Drama was remade in USA for NBC as Game of Silence; being the first Turkish drama sold to the USA market.[2]

Suskunlar
Also known asGame of Silence
Screenplay byPınar Bulut
Directed byM. Çağatay Tosun
Umur Turagay
Çağrı Vila Lostuvalı
Hatice Memiş
StarringMurat Yıldırım
Sarp Akkaya
Güven Murat Akpınar
Tugay Mercan
Aslı Enver
Narrated byTugay Mercan
Theme music composerAytekin Ataş
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes28
Production
ProducerTimur Savcı
CinematographyYon Thomas
Running time90 minutes (average)
Release
Original networkShow TV
Original release1 March (2012-03-01) 
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02)

It was aired in over 30 countries and it is based on a true story of children who were sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison on the charge of stealing a baklava car in Gaziantep in 1997.[3][4][5]

Plot

Four young boys drive a baklava car without knowing how and accidentally hit and injure an old man. They are tried in their absence and sentenced to several years in prison. In the prison, they endure hard treatment and abuse. As adults, they try to help kids that are still being abused by going to court. But the prison is playing dirty.

Cast

Main cast

  • Murat Yıldırım: Ecevit Oran (Şerif)(Sheriff)
  • Sarp Akkaya as Bilal Tutkun (Sarı)(Yellow)
  • Güven Murat Akpınar as İbrahim Kene (Iska)(be off target)
  • Tugay Mercan as Zeki Sinanlı (Yanık)(Scald)
  • Aslı Enver as Ahu Kumral (her unused nickname "Gazelle, Bambi")

Cast

  • Berk Hakman as Gurur Kutay/Gazanfer Bircan(Kasap)(Butcher)
  • Reha Özcan as Sait Karam
  • Mehmet Özgür as İrfan Alkara (Takoz)(Chock)
  • Pelin Akil as Nisan/Nur Ağazade
  • Pelin Doğru as Birsen
  • Jale Aylanç as Ümran Kene
  • Murat Garipağaoğlu as Sermet
  • Metin Coşkun as Naim Oran (Belalı Naim/Trouble Naim)
  • Fırat Albayram as Hasan (Çakal/Jackal)
  • Hakan Gerçek as Hoca (Damat)(Groom)
  • Fatih Paşalı as Özcan Tiryaki (Yarasa)(Bat)
  • Alican Yücesoy as Cebrail (Gabriel)
  • Emir Faruk Uğurcan as Samet (Samet)

Children

  • Furkan Didim as Ecevit (Şerif)
  • Emirhan Akbaba as Bilal (Sarı)
  • Berkcan Çakar as İbrahim (Iska)
  • Ulaşcan Kutlu as Zeki (Yanık)
  • Yağmur Esmer as Ahu
  • Barış Öner as İrfan (Takoz)
  • Mert Çolak as Özcan (Yarasa)
  • Efe Akercan as Gazanfer (Kasap)

International broadcasts

Country Network Premiere date Timeslot
 North Cyprus Show TV 1 March 2012 20:00
 Afghanistan 1TV April, 2013
 North Macedonia Kanal 5 9 April 2013 22:15
 Serbia B92 29 September 2013 19:00
16:50
 Georgia Maestro 29 November 2013 19:00
 Montenegro TV Vijesti 10 March 2014 19:55
 Bosnia and Herzegovina OBN 22 September 2014 21:00
Arab League Arab World OSN 3 January 2015 23:00 UAE
22:00 KSA
21:00 EGY
 United Arab Emirates Dubai One 7 March 2016 21:00

Awards

Year Prize Category Recipient Status
2012 Uludağ Üniversitesi The Best Turkish Series Suskunlar Won
2012 Golden Butterfly Awards The Best Direction-Suskunlar Çağatay Tosun Won
2012 Sosyal Medya Ödülleri The Best Turkish Series Suskunlar Won
2013 Düzce University The Best Turkish Series Suskunlar Won
2013 Antalya Television Awards The Best Turkish Series Suskunlar Nominated
2013 Antalya Television Awards The Best Music for Series-Suskunlar Aytekin Gazi Ataş Nominated

References

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