The beloved Turkish star Engin Altan Dozyatan, known as Ertuğrul in the famous series "Ertugrul Resurrection", has returned to his fans with a new series entitled "Barbaross Brothers", which revolves around the life of naval commander Hayreddin Barbaros and his brother Aruj, the most famous sailor in the history of the Ottoman Empire.

anticipation and anticipation

After the series "Ertugrul Resurrection" achieved tens of millions of views, the "TRT1" channel announced a year ago the production of the series "The Barbaross Brothers" starring Doziatan in the role of Commander Aruj and co-starring actor Ulaş Tona Astepe in the role of Aruj's brother, Commander Khader bin Yaqoub, nicknamed Khair al-Din Barbaross.

Less than a month ago, the channel published the first promotional clip of the series, which viewers eagerly await, and the clip achieved more than two million views, and a few days ago, it published the second promotional clip that shows more details about the series and crew, and achieved more than one million views in just 3 days. of his presentation.

“There are 3 types of people, there are kings, and those who are afraid of kings, and those who fear kings,” says Commander Arouj at the beginning of the promotional clip where he appears on board his ship, and it seems that the story carries a lot of enthusiasm and suspense that fans of historical Turkish series are accustomed to.

sea ​​kings

The series tells the story of the brothers Oruj, Khair al-Din, Ishaq and Elias, who managed to turn the Mediterranean into the sea of ​​the Ottoman Empire because of their ingenuity that made them the most famous sailors in the history of the Ottoman Empire.

Westerners called Aruj "Barbarossa", which in Italian means "red-bearded", and after Aruj died, Khair al-Din inherited his brother's title and was known by him.

The Turkish newspaper, "Aksam", said that the construction of the ships shown in the series took nearly a month, and more than 100 people are working within the work team in full swing to move forward in producing the episodes at full speed, as the production plan has already been delayed previously, due to the repercussions of the spread of the Corona virus.

The series was filmed in Istanbul, the coasts of Marmaris and Antalya, and is scheduled to be shown next September.

Arabic post

In a surprise to the Arab and Egyptian audience in particular, the Egyptian director Adel Adib, the brother of the media professionals Amr Adib and Imad Al-Din Adib, is supervising the "action" and war scenes in the "Barbaros Brothers" series.

TRT channel also announced last January that there are joint discussions between Turkey and Algeria regarding filming part of the series in the Maghreb country, and the Turkish ambassador to Algeria said, "We are working on Algeria to be part of the series' scenario, and to depict events from it." in the Maghreb country, in order to be part of the great historical work.”

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The makers of the series are interested in the participation of Algeria in the events of the film because of its great importance in the life of the King of the Seas Barbarossa, who faced the Spanish invasion of Algeria in 1516 and 1517.

The leader Barbarossa fought wars against the Crusader armies when Sultan Selim I asked him to save the Muslims from the Spanish Inquisition, and defeated them, and he managed with his skill to transport 70,000 Andalusian Muslims in a fleet of 36 ships on 7 trips in 1529 to Algeria, where they were secured and settled there .

The series is directed by the creator Dogan Umit Karaca, who is famous for directing a group of the most famous Turkish series, including "Sultan Abdul Hamid", "Valley of the Wolves", "The Bird of the Wren" and "The Warrior".

Actor Tekken Dickensler plays the role of Isaac, Janir Topcho as Elias, and Bahadir Yeni Şehirlioglu, who played the role of Tahsin Pasha in the series "Sultan Abdul Hamid", and Igit Ozchiner, famous for Cengiz Atay in the series "Ezel", and Ismail Filiz, and Batuhan Bayar, co-star. , Pelin Akil, Gulcan Arslan, and Melis Babadag.