Şahsiyet

Crime drama TV series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Şahsiyet (transl.Persona) is a 2018 Turkish crime drama miniseries written by Hakan Günday and directed by Onur Saylak. The first season of the series premiered on 17 March 2018 and was broadcast by puhutv. The second season started on 13 November 2023 and was broadcast by Turkish digital video and TV network GAİN.[3][4]

Written byHakan Günday
Directed byOnur Saylak
StarringHaluk Bilginer
Cansu Dere
Hüseyin Avni Danyal
Metin Akdülger
Şebnem Bozoklu
Necip Memili
Müjde Ar
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Şahsiyet
GenreCrime drama, mystery
Written byHakan Günday
Directed byOnur Saylak
StarringHaluk Bilginer
Cansu Dere
Hüseyin Avni Danyal
Metin Akdülger
Şebnem Bozoklu
Necip Memili
Müjde Ar
Theme music composerSertaç Özgümüş
Güntaç Özdemir[1]
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of episodes22
Production
ProducersKerem Catay & Pelin distas
Production locationsIstanbul
Gölyazı[2]
CinematographyFeza Çaldıran
Running time52-96 minutes
Production companyAy Yapım
Original release
Networkpuhutv Show tv (2018)
GAIN (2023)
Release17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 
7 January 2024 (2024-01-07)
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Plot summary

Agâh Beyoğlu is a 65-year-old retired court clerk whose spouse died some time ago. Agâh lives alone in an old Ottoman building bearing the name of his deceased spouse, Mebrure, in Beyoğlu. One day, his beloved cat Münir Bey dies, since Agâh forgets to feed him. After the incident, he goes to a doctor to figure out the reasons of his memory impairment and there he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Agâh can't accept the fact that he has Alzheimer's disease and becomes depressed. One day, when Agâh meets his friends at an invitation, he discerns some advantages of his disease and makes a decision which is a turning point.

Nevra Elmas is a young and idealistic police-officer working in Istanbul Police Headquarters. She is the only female personnel in the Homicide Department but due to her gender, she experiences mobbing by her male co-workers, especially by misogynist Firuz. Her workmates believe that she does not deserve her position in the department and that her assignment is purely and simply due to benevolent sexism.

A serial-killer wearing a cat costume shows up in Istanbul. There is a common ground between the victims, Nevra Elmas, and Agâh Beyoğlu: Kambura, a small and conservative district near to Istanbul.

Cast

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Actor nameCharacter's name
Haluk BilginerAgâh Beyoğlu
Cansu DereNevra Elmas
Metin AkdülgerAteş Arbay
Şebnem BozokluZuhal Beyoğlu
Hüseyin Avni DanyalCemil Havran
Necip MemiliTolga
Şenay GürlerNükhet
Ayhan KavasGürkan
Önder SelenMümtaz
Ibrahim SelimSefa
Fırat TopkorurFiruz
Recep UstaDeva
Rabia SoytürkSüveyda
Alptekin ErtürkSelim
Müjde ArNesrin
Yusufcan SancaklıPolis
HümeyraFeza Yurtgil
Volkan UygunVural
Avni YalçınMehmet Yurtgil
Okan AvcıTufan
Cengiz SamsunRüstem
Ömer ÇobanoğluBedir
Can İlhanAfşin
Bekir Hakan UyanıkBaşkomiser
Ali Seçkiner AlıcıNaim Türedi
Erkan AyanSadi
Turhan KayaYüksel
Naz KaracaReyhan
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Reception

Writing for Vatan, Oya Doğan criticized the length of the first episode, adding that it "was too long [...] 85 percent of the first episode was telling who Agah Beyoğlu was". In her article, she mentions that the series initially followed the typical rules set out for web series but later became more like a television series.[5] Sabah writer Ayşe Özyılmazel praised the production quality of the series and described it as "perhaps the best series in the history of Turkish series".[6] In November 2018, Şahsiyet entered the top 40 of the IMDb's list of the top 250 TV shows of all time,[7] and as of 2025 is on position 47 with an average rating of 9.0.[8]

Awards and nominations

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YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultReferences
2018 EN Awards Best Internet TV series of 2018 Şahsiyet Won [9]
2019 SXSW Film Design Awards Excellence in Title Design Ethem Cem & Enes Özenbaş Nominated [10]
International Emmy Awards Best Performance by an Actor Haluk Bilginer Won [11]
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