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It has been his end of the year. Two series of Turkish factory,

and

-which came to its expected end- have been props on which Antena 3 has cemented its

against Telecinco. Although the friendly chain has saved 2021 as the most watched -and it has been an uninterrupted decade-, Atresmedia's has taken four of the last five months of the year,

and marking a trend that has caused a small earthquake in Fuencarral. At the end of last year, the final blow was again delivered by a Turkish series,

, the period macro-production that is moving hundreds of thousands of viewers from their homes to the legendary Çukurova highlands.

"Beautiful doll, I love you",

but "without a better beard, you can't see the dimple so nice he has", are some of the niceties that soap opera fans, on the boiling social networks , dedicated to one of the protagonists, the actor Murat Unalmis. A heartthrob from another time. Something away from the handsome

poster such as Can Yaman, or Kivanç Tatlitug, among other living proofs that Turkish passion is overtaking the Spanish 'macho' on the right.

"We all seek our history, as in a Turkish drama. And of course, there are many Can Yaman. But beyond fashion and cultural stereotypes,

And, in addition to these actors you mention, there are many others like Burak Deniz. And also actresses, like Tuba Buyukustun, who is the image of one of the most important jewelery brands in Spain, "says Beatriz Cea, sales manager at Inter Medya, one of the most important distributors. powerful.

TURKISH PASSION

What will they have to provoke so many sighs from Spain and Latin America? The imposing 1.92 cm of Unalmis? That gaze of Akin Akinözü,

A youthful charm in a DS Damat suit? "The concept of

floats in the collective imagination of Spaniards. That contributes to providing fertile ground for a new look at the Turkish man, at the same time, let it be said, that the beauty of the Turkish woman can be seen on the screens ". The speaker is Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, a professor at the University of Georgia and one of the most authoritative voices when it

- a term that its promoters reject. The concept dizi comes from

(Turkish soap operas), an affectionate nickname that has spread and popularized.

Mediaset even launched a channel called Dizi so that fans would not be confused when it came to finding this type of content.

Cansu Dere, star of 'Infiel'Atresmedia

According to the researcher born in Venezuela, once one of the powers of the genre, a factor that attracts the physique of its protagonists is "the fact of presenting a combination of

there is a model for every type of fan audience ".

PROTOTYPES

"Can Yaman is the prototype of a man who has triumphed in Italy, very handsome, muscular ... but you see him acting in a range for light comedy, not drama. On the other hand you have Kivanç [Tatlitug], beautiful, blue eyes , blond ... or Akyurek, a low-key guy in Turkey who

explains Acosta-Alzuru. "Turkey is a melting pot", he sums up, "and to all these intense fans you must also add the fanaticism with their respective partners".

But, with a global phenomenon born in a country marked by the unequal situation of women in basic areas such as domestic coexistence, what about the plots? Beatriz Cea emphasizes that "the plots are about current issues that, at the same time, are universal. Problems such as the struggle between women, love and passion, dignity or corruption, greed ...", she enumerates, and underlines that "in Turkish production the family plays a leading role,

For her part, the journalist Josune Murgoito indicates some elements that, in her opinion,

of a series as well-known as

"Rape (three men commit the crime), impunity for the crime committed , despite the presence of a family lawyer, forced marriage to preserve the honor of the family, protective figure over Turkish women and jealousy. "

Concepts often covered by the whirlwind of emotions released by the Turkish disciples of the moment.

CRIMES OF 'HONOR'

Of all of them,

that is approached in the Turkish series and, at the same time, one of the most conflictive.

Its dark side in Turkey, still to this day, are still the so-called honor crimes: murders committed mainly against women for dishonoring their relatives for often sentimental reasons, often disguised as suicides to avoid reprisals from the authorities.

This practice is concentrated in the Kurdish majority regions.

Can Yaman stars in 'The wrong man' Atresmedia

Many experts agree that the phenomenon of Turkish soap operas cannot be pigeonholed solely as a tool of political influence of the Turkish Islamist Government, shrouded in attractive faces, no matter how much its success has served

On more than one occasion, Turkish series have clashed with the RTÜK, the audiovisual sector council that acts as a police officer of what is seen on TV, which has fined them for exceeding their, on the other hand, few uncovers.

A scene in the jacuzzi of

, recalls Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, was among those censored in Turkey, where last year a recording for Netflix was canceled due to the presence of a gay character, according to its creators -Spain has ended up being the scene of the play-. "The actors must build the chemistry in another way, in a more subtle way. And it cannot be said that this, then, is not sensual," says the Venezuelan. "In the end," he concludes,

This extends to the scenarios where the plots take place, warns Acosta-Alzuru.

From the bucolic moors of Adana that dies on the shores of the Mediterranean, to the passions that border a Bosphorus of an impossible blue, the Turkish series have also achieved a success that the directors of the chains in contention still do not find a name for .

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