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Avrupa Yakası

Avrupa Yakası (European Side) is a Turkish sitcom, produced by Sinan Çetin and written by Gülse Birsel.[1] The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV on 11 February 2004.[2]

Avrupa Yakası
Also known asEuropean Side
Created byGülse Birsel
Written byGülse Birsel
Directed byHakan Algül
Jale Atabey Özberk
StarringGazanfer Özcan
Hümeyra
Müşfik Kenter
Gönül Ülkü
Ata Demirer
Gülse Birsel
Engin Günaydın
Levent Üzümcü
Şenay Gürler
Bülent Polat
Veysel Diker
Yıldırım Öcek
Yavuz Seçkin
Hale Caneroğlu
Evrim Akın
Vural Çelik
Hasibe Eren
Tolga Çevik
Sarp Apak
Peker Açıkalın
Binnur Kaya
Hakan Yılmaz [tr]
Ömür Arpacı
Rutkay Aziz
and others
ComposersCenk Durmazel
Cenk Sarkuş
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes190
Production
ProducerSinan Çetin
Production locationIstanbul Plato studios
Running time90 or 73 min.
Production companyPlato Film
Original release
NetworkATV
Release11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) –
24 June 2009 (2009-06-24)

Although the cast of Avrupa Yakası changed throughout different seasons, Gülse Birsel, Gazanfer Özcan, Levent Üzümcü, Şenay Gürler, Hale Caneroğlu, Yavuz Seçkin, Veysel Diker and Yıldırım Öcek were the permanent actors who portrayed members of the Sütçüoğlu family and the employees of the fictional Avrupa Yakası magazine, located in Nişantaşı. At the end of the first five seasons of the series, the company had a turnover of 40 million and it produced 4 million dollars for Sinan Çetin, the producer of the series.[3]

Plot edit

Aslı (Gülse Birsel) works as an editor at a fashion magazine called Avrupa Yakası. Her family owns a restaurant and Aslı's brother, Volkan (Ata Demirer) runs the restaurant. The episodes mostly consist of funny events and incidents between Aslı, Volkan, Aslı's colleagues, Volkan's friends, and Aslı's parents.

Cast edit

 
Tolga Çevik left the series at the end of the 5th season.

Most of the main characters on Avrupa Yakası are members of the Sütçüoğlu family. Scenarist Gülse Birsel portrayed the character of "Aslı", while Gazanfer Özcan was cast as Aslı's father, Hümeyra as her mother, and Ata Demirer as her brother Volkan. At the beginning of season 3, Ata Demirer made it known to scenarist Gülse Birsel and producer Sinan Çetin that he wanted to leave the series and so he did by the end of the season.[4] He later returned to the series in season 6.[5][6] Out of the main cast, Hümeyra left the main cast after season 5's finale.[7] The other characters leaving at the Sütçüoğlu residence were portrayed by Hasibe Eren and Tolga Çevik who joined the cast in season 4.[8] Tolga Çevik continued to remain in the main cast throughout seasons 4 and 5, but later as his program Komedi Dükkanı began to air TRT 1 he left the series.[9] Following Gazanfer Özcan's death on 17 February 2009, Müşfik Kenter and Gönül Ülkü joined the cast as parents to Hasibe Eren's character Makbule.[10]

The characters in the Avrupa Yakası magazine office, which is one of the places in the series and the namesake of the show, were portrayed by both young actors as well as the experienced actors. The magazine's boss was portrayed by Yıldırım Öcek. Its initial general manager and later one of its photographers who was also Aslı's previous husband was played by Levent Üzümcü. Şenay Gürler appeared as the magazine's editor and Hale Caneroğlu took the role of its designer. Sarp Apak played the role of the magazine's cook, while Engin Günaydın portrayed its managing director and Binnur Kaya appeared as the daughter of the magazine's financial partner. For the first three seasons, Bülent Polat played the role of the cook[11] and Evrim Akın appeared as the boss's daughter.[12] Both of them left the series at the end of season 3. Evrim Akın later announced that she had left the series because she was fed up with it.[13] Sarp Apak joined the cast in season 4,[8] followed by Binnur Kaya in season 5.[14][15] Among those who left the series at the end of season 5 was Vural Çelik, who had the role of Yaprak's husband and the magazine's shareholder Kubilay and his poor brother Gülenay.[16]

The main characters at the Sütçüoğlu Dairy Bar were portrayed by Veysel Diker and Yavuz Seçkin. Timur Acar[17] and Ömür Arpacı[18] later joined them in the following seasons.

Characters in the doorman's family in Sütçüoğlu apartment building, who started to be seen in the series from the 4th season, were portrayed by Peker Açıkalın, Bihter Özdemir, Ececan Gümeci, Celal Belgil and Şensel Uykal. Following Peker Açıkalın's decision to leave the series,[19] Gürgen Öz joined the cast as Cesur.[20] In the following episodes as Gürgen Öz felt that he could not have the performance that he had desired in the series, he left the cast after shooting the episode for the New Year.[21]

Hakan Yılmaz, who had initially made guest appearances in the series,[22] later became one of the regulars. Rutkay Aziz and Suna Keskin appeared as the parents of the character Cem in the series. After the end of season 5, Rutkay Aziz was cast in the TV series Gurbet Kuşları and left the series,[23] though his named continued to appear in the main title of season 6 and he eventually returned to the series.[24]

Production edit

The script of the series was written by Gülse Birsel. She had previously prepared the program g.a.g. for the same channel, which made fun of the commercials broadcast on TV. After finding the story that would be the subject of the series, Birsel finished the scenario by writing four to five pages an hour in about four days.[25] Birsel later stated that "while writing the characters, it felt as if sometimes they were whispering their own jokes into my ears, creating their own stories".[26]

Music edit

The music of the program was created by Cenk Durmazel and Cenk Sarkuş. The song which was the main title of the series was voiced by the most of the cast. Caneroğlu later performed the song in various places.[27]

Cost edit

As a result of the research conducted by Saklambaç in 2008, the cost of Avrupa Yakası was estimated to be 400 thousand.[28][29] The series was the second highest-budgeted television production after Valley of the Wolves. Avrupa Yakası made a turnover of 40 million at the end of the first five seasons. Producer Sinan Cetin earned 4 million dollars from the series. The program, which was affected by the economic crisis in 2008, was published once every two weeks during January 2009.[30]

Length edit

While the series had a 90-minute duration over the first 169 episodes, the economic crisis in 2008 which affected the world, affected the Turkish media as well. After TRT 1 shortened the display time for Doludizgin Yıllar, several other series including Avrupa Yakası were cut short. In her interviews, screenwriter Gülse Birsel stated that she wanted the length of the episodes to be shortened. After holding meetings with ATV and Plato Film, it was decided that Avrupa Yakası should be aired as three 73-minute episodes and one 85-minute episode every month.[31]

Effects edit

Effect on social life edit

 
The popularity of the series was reflected in the consumer market. In this picture, the pajamas worn by Peker Açıkalın's character Gaffur are being sold at a market in Turkey.

The striped flannelette pajamas that were worn by the character of Gaffur, the son of the doorman family played by Peker Açıkalın, became among the fashionable items at the time.[32] The pajamas, which were produced originally many years prior to the show by Sümerbank but had not been much bought recently, became popular again with the program and were put on display on the mannequins in a number of markets.[32] At the time, the media reported that in a number of cities (including Batman[33]) the pajamas had been sold out[34] and instead were being offered in the black market.[35] The sales eventually stopped as Gaffur's storyline came to an end.[36] Additionally, under the influence of the character and his appearance in the pajamas, Gaffur Nasılım Spor was founded in Şırnak and a rock group called Gaffur was initiated in Beyoğlu.[37] A group of young people in İdil district of Şırnak founded the "Gaffur Nasılım Spor" and participated in a football tournament organized by the district governor of İdil.[38]

Prime Minister Family and Social Research Institute published a quarterly magazine featuring an article called "Current Risks to the Family Institution", which discussed the negative impact on the Turkish family structure, and Hasibe Eren's character Makbule Kıral was named as one of these negative factors. The reason was explained as Makbule's divorce from İzzet and sharing her uncle's house with her former boyfriend Burhan.[39][40][41] It was claimed that Makbule and other characters of the series were creating undesirable behavior patterns, affecting the audience by putting the social life in risk. The article's author, Dr. Ünal Şentürk, also included that the reason for Aslı and Cem's divorce was also not clear and their sharing of a house post-divorce was also an unacceptable and risky behavior.[42] The screenwriter Gülse Birsel addressed these issues in a statement:[42]

The character Makbule was slandered, her honor was broken. She is an active, honorable girl, who follows customs. Also, she lives in the house next to that of her fiance Sayın Altıntop, not in the same house as his.

On 3 July 2005, during the discussions for passing the "Law on Establishment of Probation and Assistance Centers", the character Burhan (portrayed by Engin Günaydın) was mentioned by Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Şahin during the discussions.[43]

The Diyanet-Sen General Organization Secretariat reacted to the names on Avrupa Yakası and other TV series. He claimed that names such as Burhan, Taceddin, and Gaffur had religious basis while the characters who bear the names are bad, impure and stupid and that could cause damage to the moral feelings of the nation[44]

Effect on actors edit

As a result of the performances of the actors who portrayed the characters on Avrupa Yakası, they appeared in many commercials and feature films. After the series started, 8 actors from the cast started appearing in commercials.[45] Levent Üzümcü (Garanti Bank), Gülse Birsel (Turkcell, TTNET), Ata Demirer (Vestel), Evrim Akın (Bellona), Hümeyra (Taç curtain), Bülent Polat (Blue House), Yavuz Seçkin (Aras Cargo), and Veysel Diker (Kompen) were the actors who play in a number of advertisements. Later, Şenay Gürler and Gazanfer Özcan also became members of the cast who got role in the commercials.[46] Engin Günaydın, who joined the series in its third season and gain popularity with his portrayal, was cast in a commercial for Garanti Bank,[47] while Gülse Birsel appeared in a commercial for Whirlpool,[48] and Sarp Apak in an advertisement for Turkcell.[49] Hasibe Eren portrayed a fictional character called Şekure in a commercial for Akpet,[50] while Binnur Kaya appeared as Dilber Hala in an advertisement for D-Smart.[51]

Actors such as Sarp Apak and Bülent Polat gained immense popularity and were cast in feature films. Meanwhile, the series' scenarist and one of the actors, Gülse Birsel, who had published a number of books in the past, including Gayet Ciddiyim in 2003, Hâlâ Ciddiyim in 2004 and Yolculuk Nereye Hemşerim in 2005, claimed that she could not write a new book at the time because she had to prepare the scenario for the episodes which were scheduled to last for 90 minutes and also deal with RTÜK's rule of including a 20-minute commercial during the broadcast of each episode.[52]

Release edit

Hakan Algül directed the first season of the series, which was a completely domestic production.[1] The first season ended on 23 June 2004 with 19 episodes in total.[53] Jale Atabey directed the 39 episodes of the second season which began to air on 8 September 2004[54] and ended on 15 June 2005.[55] Engin Günaydın joined the main cast in the role of the managing director on the third season, which was first broadcast on 14 September 2005[56] and finished with the 93rd episode on 21 June 2006.[57] Peker Açıkalın, Tolga Çevik, Hasibe Eren and Sarp Apak joined the main cast in season 4,[58] which started on 13 September 2006 and ended with a finale featuring Serdar Ortaç on 27 June 2007.[59] On 19 September 2007[60] the fifth season started, and it ended on 4 June 2008.[61] During the broadcast of season 4, it was reported that the series would be concluded with 100 episodes,[62] but it was later decided that it should continue.[63] The series sixth season started on 24 September 2008.[64] Scenarist Gülse Birsel later announced that the series would end in June 2009.[26] It ended on Wednesday, 24 June 2009, with 190 episodes in total.[65]

Season Running date & time Season start Season final Running episode numbers Episode interval Season year TV channel
Season 1 Wednesday 20.00 11 February 2004 23 June 2004 19 1–19 2004 ATV
Season 2 Wednesday 20.00 8 September 2004 15 June 2005 39 20–58 2004–2005 ATV
Season 3 Wednesday 20.00 14 September 2005 21 June 2006 35 59–93 2005–2006 ATV
Season 4 Wednesday 20.00 13 September 2006 27 June 2007 37 94–130 2006–2007 ATV
Season 5 Wednesday 20.00 19 September 2007 4 June 2008 32 131–162 2007–2008 ATV
Season 6 Wednesday 20.00 24 September 2008 24 June 2009 28 163–190 (Final) 2008–2009 ATV

Awards edit

DVD edit

The first season of the series was released on DVD, containing the first 19 episodes. The DVD was released on 7 March 2005, consisting of the episodes, behind-the-scene videos and special interviews with the actors. There are also two episodes on the VCDs. A special banner was prepared for the prevention of pirate sales of the DVDs and VCDs of Avrupa Yakası, which was launched in partnership with Plato Film, Palermo and ATV.[75]

Development edit

Censorship edit

Avrupa Yakası was exposed to various censors. Particularly, the show was forced to follow the strict rules set by RTÜK. In the 6th season, Ata Demirer's character, Volkan, wore a t-shirt inspired by the "Hotmail" website, which had the word "Hotmale" on it. ATV was later ordered by the supreme council to censor the t-shirt.[76] The word "hotmale" was the name of a popular Internet site known for its content for gays, and it was equivalent to "horny" or "sexy" in Turkish. Ata Demirer later said that he did not know that the word was the name of a gay porn site.[77] RTÜK's censorship appeared again in the 166th episode of the series with checkering of a section of Sabah newspaper held by Tahsin Bey.[78] It was later found out that the section featured an advertisement. Before the broadcast of episode 169, a message of warning by RTÜK appeared on the screen, addressing the use of unsuitable words in the previous episode of the series. The episode was then beeped approximately 80 times during its broadcast time. According to the information given, 'maniac', 'fool', 'jerk', and 'idiot' were the words that had been censored out.[79]

Change in actors edit

Avrupa Yakası lost many of its original actors until its 6th and final season and in different periods many of the actors in the main cast were changed. Vural Çelik joined the series in its second season and became the first actor to join the original main cast. In its third season, Engin Günaydın and Levent Üzümcü joined the cast and in the following episodes Rutkay Aziz and Suna Keskin also became the series' regulars. By the end of the season, Ata Demirer,[a] Evrim Akın and Bülent Polat left the series. In the following seasons, Peker Açıkalın,[b] Tolga Çevik,[b] Hasibe Eren, Sarp Apak, Binnur Kaya, Timur Acar, Ömür Arpacı,[c] Hakan Yılmaz,[c] and Gürgen Öz[b] became among the actors who were cast in main roles; meanwhile actors such as Hümeyra and Vural Çelik left the series. Following Gazanfer Özcan's death, Müşfik Kenter and Gönül Ülkü became the last two actors who joined the main cast.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ata Demirer returned to the series in the 6th season.
  2. ^ a b c These actors left the cast later as the series processed.
  3. ^ a b These actors initially made guest appearances in the series. In the following episodes, they joined the main cast.

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External links edit

  • Avrupa Yakası at IMDb  

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Avrupa Yakasi European Side is a Turkish sitcom produced by Sinan Cetin and written by Gulse Birsel 1 The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV on 11 February 2004 2 Avrupa YakasiAlso known asEuropean SideCreated byGulse BirselWritten byGulse BirselDirected byHakan AlgulJale Atabey OzberkStarringGazanfer Ozcan Humeyra Musfik Kenter Gonul Ulku Ata Demirer Gulse Birsel Engin Gunaydin Levent Uzumcu Senay GurlerBulent Polat Veysel Diker Yildirim Ocek Yavuz Seckin Hale Caneroglu Evrim Akin Vural Celik Hasibe Eren Tolga Cevik Sarp Apak Peker Acikalin Binnur Kaya Hakan Yilmaz tr Omur Arpaci Rutkay Aziz and othersComposersCenk Durmazel Cenk SarkusCountry of originTurkeyOriginal languageTurkishNo of seasons6No of episodes190ProductionProducerSinan CetinProduction locationIstanbul Plato studiosRunning time90 or 73 min Production companyPlato FilmOriginal releaseNetworkATVRelease11 February 2004 2004 02 11 24 June 2009 2009 06 24 Although the cast of Avrupa Yakasi changed throughout different seasons Gulse Birsel Gazanfer Ozcan Levent Uzumcu Senay Gurler Hale Caneroglu Yavuz Seckin Veysel Diker and Yildirim Ocek were the permanent actors who portrayed members of the Sutcuoglu family and the employees of the fictional Avrupa Yakasi magazine located in Nisantasi At the end of the first five seasons of the series the company had a turnover of 40 million and it produced 4 million dollars for Sinan Cetin the producer of the series 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Music 3 2 Cost 3 3 Length 4 Effects 4 1 Effect on social life 4 2 Effect on actors 5 Release 6 Awards 7 DVD 8 Development 8 1 Censorship 8 2 Change in actors 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksPlot editAsli Gulse Birsel works as an editor at a fashion magazine called Avrupa Yakasi Her family owns a restaurant and Asli s brother Volkan Ata Demirer runs the restaurant The episodes mostly consist of funny events and incidents between Asli Volkan Asli s colleagues Volkan s friends and Asli s parents Cast edit nbsp Tolga Cevik left the series at the end of the 5th season Most of the main characters on Avrupa Yakasi are members of the Sutcuoglu family Scenarist Gulse Birsel portrayed the character of Asli while Gazanfer Ozcan was cast as Asli s father Humeyra as her mother and Ata Demirer as her brother Volkan At the beginning of season 3 Ata Demirer made it known to scenarist Gulse Birsel and producer Sinan Cetin that he wanted to leave the series and so he did by the end of the season 4 He later returned to the series in season 6 5 6 Out of the main cast Humeyra left the main cast after season 5 s finale 7 The other characters leaving at the Sutcuoglu residence were portrayed by Hasibe Eren and Tolga Cevik who joined the cast in season 4 8 Tolga Cevik continued to remain in the main cast throughout seasons 4 and 5 but later as his program Komedi Dukkani began to air TRT 1 he left the series 9 Following Gazanfer Ozcan s death on 17 February 2009 Musfik Kenter and Gonul Ulku joined the cast as parents to Hasibe Eren s character Makbule 10 The characters in the Avrupa Yakasi magazine office which is one of the places in the series and the namesake of the show were portrayed by both young actors as well as the experienced actors The magazine s boss was portrayed by Yildirim Ocek Its initial general manager and later one of its photographers who was also Asli s previous husband was played by Levent Uzumcu Senay Gurler appeared as the magazine s editor and Hale Caneroglu took the role of its designer Sarp Apak played the role of the magazine s cook while Engin Gunaydin portrayed its managing director and Binnur Kaya appeared as the daughter of the magazine s financial partner For the first three seasons Bulent Polat played the role of the cook 11 and Evrim Akin appeared as the boss s daughter 12 Both of them left the series at the end of season 3 Evrim Akin later announced that she had left the series because she was fed up with it 13 Sarp Apak joined the cast in season 4 8 followed by Binnur Kaya in season 5 14 15 Among those who left the series at the end of season 5 was Vural Celik who had the role of Yaprak s husband and the magazine s shareholder Kubilay and his poor brother Gulenay 16 The main characters at the Sutcuoglu Dairy Bar were portrayed by Veysel Diker and Yavuz Seckin Timur Acar 17 and Omur Arpaci 18 later joined them in the following seasons Characters in the doorman s family in Sutcuoglu apartment building who started to be seen in the series from the 4th season were portrayed by Peker Acikalin Bihter Ozdemir Ececan Gumeci Celal Belgil and Sensel Uykal Following Peker Acikalin s decision to leave the series 19 Gurgen Oz joined the cast as Cesur 20 In the following episodes as Gurgen Oz felt that he could not have the performance that he had desired in the series he left the cast after shooting the episode for the New Year 21 Hakan Yilmaz who had initially made guest appearances in the series 22 later became one of the regulars Rutkay Aziz and Suna Keskin appeared as the parents of the character Cem in the series After the end of season 5 Rutkay Aziz was cast in the TV series Gurbet Kuslari and left the series 23 though his named continued to appear in the main title of season 6 and he eventually returned to the series 24 Production editThe script of the series was written by Gulse Birsel She had previously prepared the program g a g for the same channel which made fun of the commercials broadcast on TV After finding the story that would be the subject of the series Birsel finished the scenario by writing four to five pages an hour in about four days 25 Birsel later stated that while writing the characters it felt as if sometimes they were whispering their own jokes into my ears creating their own stories 26 Music edit The music of the program was created by Cenk Durmazel and Cenk Sarkus The song which was the main title of the series was voiced by the most of the cast Caneroglu later performed the song in various places 27 Cost edit As a result of the research conducted by Saklambac in 2008 the cost of Avrupa Yakasi was estimated to be 400 thousand 28 29 The series was the second highest budgeted television production after Valley of the Wolves Avrupa Yakasi made a turnover of 40 million at the end of the first five seasons Producer Sinan Cetin earned 4 million dollars from the series The program which was affected by the economic crisis in 2008 was published once every two weeks during January 2009 30 Length edit While the series had a 90 minute duration over the first 169 episodes the economic crisis in 2008 which affected the world affected the Turkish media as well After TRT 1 shortened the display time for Doludizgin Yillar several other series including Avrupa Yakasi were cut short In her interviews screenwriter Gulse Birsel stated that she wanted the length of the episodes to be shortened After holding meetings with ATV and Plato Film it was decided that Avrupa Yakasi should be aired as three 73 minute episodes and one 85 minute episode every month 31 Effects editEffect on social life edit nbsp The popularity of the series was reflected in the consumer market In this picture the pajamas worn by Peker Acikalin s character Gaffur are being sold at a market in Turkey The striped flannelette pajamas that were worn by the character of Gaffur the son of the doorman family played by Peker Acikalin became among the fashionable items at the time 32 The pajamas which were produced originally many years prior to the show by Sumerbank but had not been much bought recently became popular again with the program and were put on display on the mannequins in a number of markets 32 At the time the media reported that in a number of cities including Batman 33 the pajamas had been sold out 34 and instead were being offered in the black market 35 The sales eventually stopped as Gaffur s storyline came to an end 36 Additionally under the influence of the character and his appearance in the pajamas Gaffur Nasilim Spor was founded in Sirnak and a rock group called Gaffur was initiated in Beyoglu 37 A group of young people in Idil district of Sirnak founded the Gaffur Nasilim Spor and participated in a football tournament organized by the district governor of Idil 38 Prime Minister Family and Social Research Institute published a quarterly magazine featuring an article called Current Risks to the Family Institution which discussed the negative impact on the Turkish family structure and Hasibe Eren s character Makbule Kiral was named as one of these negative factors The reason was explained as Makbule s divorce from Izzet and sharing her uncle s house with her former boyfriend Burhan 39 40 41 It was claimed that Makbule and other characters of the series were creating undesirable behavior patterns affecting the audience by putting the social life in risk The article s author Dr Unal Senturk also included that the reason for Asli and Cem s divorce was also not clear and their sharing of a house post divorce was also an unacceptable and risky behavior 42 The screenwriter Gulse Birsel addressed these issues in a statement 42 The character Makbule was slandered her honor was broken She is an active honorable girl who follows customs Also she lives in the house next to that of her fiance Sayin Altintop not in the same house as his On 3 July 2005 during the discussions for passing the Law on Establishment of Probation and Assistance Centers the character Burhan portrayed by Engin Gunaydin was mentioned by Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin during the discussions 43 The Diyanet Sen General Organization Secretariat reacted to the names on Avrupa Yakasi and other TV series He claimed that names such as Burhan Taceddin and Gaffur had religious basis while the characters who bear the names are bad impure and stupid and that could cause damage to the moral feelings of the nation 44 Effect on actors edit As a result of the performances of the actors who portrayed the characters on Avrupa Yakasi they appeared in many commercials and feature films After the series started 8 actors from the cast started appearing in commercials 45 Levent Uzumcu Garanti Bank Gulse Birsel Turkcell TTNET Ata Demirer Vestel Evrim Akin Bellona Humeyra Tac curtain Bulent Polat Blue House Yavuz Seckin Aras Cargo and Veysel Diker Kompen were the actors who play in a number of advertisements Later Senay Gurler and Gazanfer Ozcan also became members of the cast who got role in the commercials 46 Engin Gunaydin who joined the series in its third season and gain popularity with his portrayal was cast in a commercial for Garanti Bank 47 while Gulse Birsel appeared in a commercial for Whirlpool 48 and Sarp Apak in an advertisement for Turkcell 49 Hasibe Eren portrayed a fictional character called Sekure in a commercial for Akpet 50 while Binnur Kaya appeared as Dilber Hala in an advertisement for D Smart 51 Actors such as Sarp Apak and Bulent Polat gained immense popularity and were cast in feature films Meanwhile the series scenarist and one of the actors Gulse Birsel who had published a number of books in the past including Gayet Ciddiyim in 2003 Hala Ciddiyim in 2004 and Yolculuk Nereye Hemserim in 2005 claimed that she could not write a new book at the time because she had to prepare the scenario for the episodes which were scheduled to last for 90 minutes and also deal with RTUK s rule of including a 20 minute commercial during the broadcast of each episode 52 Release editHakan Algul directed the first season of the series which was a completely domestic production 1 The first season ended on 23 June 2004 with 19 episodes in total 53 Jale Atabey directed the 39 episodes of the second season which began to air on 8 September 2004 54 and ended on 15 June 2005 55 Engin Gunaydin joined the main cast in the role of the managing director on the third season which was first broadcast on 14 September 2005 56 and finished with the 93rd episode on 21 June 2006 57 Peker Acikalin Tolga Cevik Hasibe Eren and Sarp Apak joined the main cast in season 4 58 which started on 13 September 2006 and ended with a finale featuring Serdar Ortac on 27 June 2007 59 On 19 September 2007 60 the fifth season started and it ended on 4 June 2008 61 During the broadcast of season 4 it was reported that the series would be concluded with 100 episodes 62 but it was later decided that it should continue 63 The series sixth season started on 24 September 2008 64 Scenarist Gulse Birsel later announced that the series would end in June 2009 26 It ended on Wednesday 24 June 2009 with 190 episodes in total 65 Season Running date amp time Season start Season final Running episode numbers Episode interval Season year TV channelSeason 1 Wednesday 20 00 11 February 2004 23 June 2004 19 1 19 2004 ATVSeason 2 Wednesday 20 00 8 September 2004 15 June 2005 39 20 58 2004 2005 ATVSeason 3 Wednesday 20 00 14 September 2005 21 June 2006 35 59 93 2005 2006 ATVSeason 4 Wednesday 20 00 13 September 2006 27 June 2007 37 94 130 2006 2007 ATVSeason 5 Wednesday 20 00 19 September 2007 4 June 2008 32 131 162 2007 2008 ATVSeason 6 Wednesday 20 00 24 September 2008 24 June 2009 28 163 190 Final 2008 2009 ATVAwards editRadio and Television Journalists Association RTGD Awards 66 Actress of the Year Binnur Kaya Bonus Card International Comedy Film Festival 67 Comedy Honorary Award Gazanfer Ozcan 35th Golden Butterfly Awards 2008 68 Best Actress Comedy Binnur Kaya Best Actor Comedy Tolga Cevik Galatasaray University The Bests of the Year 2008 Awards 69 Best TV Series Avrupa Yakasi Best Cinema and TV Actress of the Year Binnur Kaya 34th Golden Butterfly Awards 2007 70 Best TV Series Comedy Avrupa Yakasi Best Actress Comedy Hasibe Eren Best Actor Comedy Peker Acikalin 33rd Golden Butterfly Awards 2006 71 Best TV Series Comedy Avrupa Yakasi Best Comedy Actress Gulse Birsel Best Comedy Actor Engin Gunaydin 32nd Golden Butterfly Awards 2005 72 Best Comedy Series Avrupa Yakasi Best Comedy Actress Gulse Birsel Best Comedy Actor Ata Demirer 1 Beyaz Inci Television Awards 2005 73 Best TV Series Comedy Avrupa Yakasi Best Actor Comedy Ata Demirer Best Supporting Actor Comedy Gazanfer Ozcan Best Supporting Actress Comedy Humeyra Jetix Kido Child Awards 2005 74 Best TV Series Avrupa Yakasi Best Actress Gulse Birsel Best Actor Ata DemirerDVD editThe first season of the series was released on DVD containing the first 19 episodes The DVD was released on 7 March 2005 consisting of the episodes behind the scene videos and special interviews with the actors There are also two episodes on the VCDs A special banner was prepared for the prevention of pirate sales of the DVDs and VCDs of Avrupa Yakasi which was launched in partnership with Plato Film Palermo and ATV 75 Development editCensorship edit Avrupa Yakasi was exposed to various censors Particularly the show was forced to follow the strict rules set by RTUK In the 6th season Ata Demirer s character Volkan wore a t shirt inspired by the Hotmail website which had the word Hotmale on it ATV was later ordered by the supreme council to censor the t shirt 76 The word hotmale was the name of a popular Internet site known for its content for gays and it was equivalent to horny or sexy in Turkish Ata Demirer later said that he did not know that the word was the name of a gay porn site 77 RTUK s censorship appeared again in the 166th episode of the series with checkering of a section of Sabah newspaper held by Tahsin Bey 78 It was later found out that the section featured an advertisement Before the broadcast of episode 169 a message of warning by RTUK appeared on the screen addressing the use of unsuitable words in the previous episode of the series The episode was then beeped approximately 80 times during its broadcast time According to the information given maniac fool jerk and idiot were the words that had been censored out 79 Change in actors edit Avrupa Yakasi lost many of its original actors until its 6th and final season and in different periods many of the actors in the main cast were changed Vural Celik joined the series in its second season and became the first actor to join the original main cast In its third season Engin Gunaydin and Levent Uzumcu joined the cast and in the following episodes Rutkay Aziz and Suna Keskin also became the series regulars By the end of the season Ata Demirer a Evrim Akin and Bulent Polat left the series In the following seasons Peker Acikalin b Tolga Cevik b Hasibe Eren Sarp Apak Binnur Kaya Timur Acar Omur Arpaci c Hakan Yilmaz c and Gurgen Oz b became among the actors who were cast in main roles meanwhile actors such as Humeyra and Vural Celik left the series Following Gazanfer Ozcan s death Musfik Kenter and Gonul Ulku became the last two actors who joined the main cast Notes edit Ata Demirer returned to the series in the 6th season a b c These actors left the cast later as the 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