Dizi Friends Podcast

S5E8 - A Dizi Time Machine: Back to 2015

Episode Notes Pack your bags because this week, Dizi Friends is going back to 2015. 🎧 It was a very different moment for Turkish television, and in this episode we look

S5E7 - Digital Turkish Series & Movies: Our Recommendations

Episode Notes After talking about it for what feels like forever, we finally recorded our Turkish streaming recommendations episode. 🎧 This week, we step away from tradi

S5E6 - Summer Rom-Coms Are Back: Doğanın Kanunu & Muhtemel Aşk

Episode Notes After a two-month break, Dizi Friends is back — just in time for the return of summer rom-coms on Turkish television. ☀️🎧 In this episode, Eda and Maha tak

S5E5 - If We Wrote a Dizi: Second Chances

Episode Notes This week on Dizi Friends, Eda and Maha do something a little different: We create our own dizi. From casting and tropes to storyline, timelines, and even

S5E4 - What Makes a Great Leading Man? The Ozan Akbaba Case Study

Episode Notes This week on Dizi Friends, Maha and Eda explore a question we don’t often stop to ask: What actually makes a great leading man? Using Ozan Akbaba as a sta

S5E3 - Violence, Shock Value & Mafia Fatigue on Turkish TV

Episode Notes This week on Dizi Friends, Maha and Eda explore a noticeable shift in Turkish television: Why do so many new series revolve around crime, violence, and mafi

S5E2 - From Uzak Şehir to The Holiday: A Cozy December Episode

Episode Notes Two friends, many dizis, and an accidental Christmas special. 🎄✨ This week Eda and Maha start with what they’ve been watching, then wander happily into col

S5E1 - Season 5 Premiere: Our Thoughts on Uzak Şehir, Halef, Veliaht, Kıskanmak

Episode Notes We’re back for Season 5! In this episode, Eda and Maha catch up on the chaos of returning Turkish dizis and the wave of shiny new projects. We talk about wh

S4E9 - Spotlight Chat with Samhar: Our First Male Guest & The Psychology of Dizi Obsession

Episode Notes In this special Spotlight Chat, we welcome our first male guest — a therapist and lifelong dizi fan — to talk about the psychology of Turkish TV. We explor

S4E8 - Is Çift Kişilik Oda the Last Romcom on Turkish TV?

Episode Notes This week, Maha and Eda dive into a pressing question: "Have Turkish TV series lost their magic, or is it an industry problem?" Following the cancellation

S4E7 - From Emir to Eşref: The Journey of Çağatay Ulusoy

Episode Notes In this premiere episode of our new Career Deep Dive series, we explore the evolution of Çağatay Ulusoy’s journey — from his breakout role as Emir in Adını

S4E6 - Eşref Rüya

Episode Notes This week's episode is about Eşref Rüya. Eda and Maha explore the mafia romance genre, take a look at the main characters and do some analysis on each. They

S4E5 - Spotlight Chat with Rachel and Janina: A Group Chat gone live!

Episode Notes This week Eda and Maha have two special guests, Rachel and Janina. Rachel is from New Zealand and Janina is from Estonia. They are Eda's first dizi friends

S4E4 - 10 Dizis To Get You Out Of A Slump

Episode Notes In this week's episode Eda and Maha have great recommendations for those of you who kind of feel like they are in a dizi slump. Even if you aren't make sure

S4E3 - What's Happening in the Dizi World

Episode Notes Hey Friends, Maha and Eda are back after a long break — and they're thrilled to return! In this episode, they catch up with each other and dive into the la

S4E2 - Spotlight Chat with Daphne MacLeod

Episode Notes Disclamer: Unfortunately because we record on Zoom and are in different locations we have some internet delay issues. We are working on a solution for this

S4E1 - Season 4 Premiere: Current Dizi Lineup

Episode Notes Hey friends, it feels so good to be back! As we start our new season all we wanted to do first was to give you a summary of the weekly lineup and our opinio

S3E8 - Season Three Finale: Dizi Friends Podcast Unwrapped & Reflection

Episode Notes In the final episode of 2024 and also the last episode of the third season of Dizi Friends, we really want to take a look back at the second half of the yea

S3E7 - Uzak Şehir

Episode Notes There is a new dizi in town and this week Maha and Eda discuss the hype around "Uzak Şehir" (remake of the Arabic series "Al-Hayba") and why it might be suc

S3E6 - Spotlight Chat with Derin Universe: The Dizi Industry and Women

Episode Notes This week, Maha and Eda have a guest on the podcast; we get to speak with the person behind Derin Universe. Derin is a Turkish blogger who lives abroad and