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 episodes13
Production
ProducerKerem Catay & Pelin distas
Production locationsIstanbul
Gölyazı[2][3]
CinematographyFeza Çaldıran
Running time52-96 minutes
Production companyAy Yapım
Original release
Networkpuhutv Show tv
Release17 March (2018-03-17) 
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)

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. [4] [5]

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

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

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.[6] 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".[7] In 2020, Şahsiyet was on the IMDb's list of the best serials of all time, ranked 41st.[8][9]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultReferences
2018 EN Awards Best Internet TV series of 2018 Şahsiyet Won [10]
2019 SXSW Film Design Awards Excellence in Title Design Ethem Cem & Enes Özenbaş Nominated [11]
International Emmy Award Best Performance by an Actor Haluk Bilginer Won [12]

References

  1. "Şahsiyet dizisinin müzikleri listeleri zorluyor". Haberlercom. 31 March 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018.
  2. "Kambura nerede? Şahsiyet dizisindeki Kambura gerçekte neresi?". NTV. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. Haluk Bilginer'e Uluslararası Emmy ödülü
  4. https://www.gain.tv/t/VPAA4SmX/sahsiyet
  5. https://www.haberturk.com/sahsiyet-dizisi-2-sezon-tarihi-aciklandi-sahsiyet-yeni-sezon-ne-zaman-baslayacak-nerede-yayinlanacak-3633734-magazin
  6. Doğan, Oya (19 March 2018). "Şahsiyet her hafta 3 bölüm yayınlansın". Vatan. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. Özyılmazel, Ayşe (21 March 2018). "'Şahsiyet' Bir senaryo sıkıntısı daha". Sabah. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. "IMDb Top 250 TV - IMDb". imdb.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18.
  9. ""Şahsiyet" dünyada en iyi 40 dizi arasına girdi". hurriyet.com. 2018.
  10. "Şahsiyet 2018'in en iyi internet dizisi seçildi" (in Turkish). ntv.com.tr. 2019.
  11. "The 2019 SXSW Film Festival Lineup". sxsw.com. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  12. "2019 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT GALA IN NEW YORK". iemmys.tv. 2019.
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