EPISODE AT MIPCOM 2024

Türkiye’s first and only series/content magazine EPISODE proudly continues its international publishing journey with MIPCOM 2024.

We’re excited to be back in Cannes with this special issue. Our cover story for this issue features Global Agency’s new title, Red Roses. With the excitement building around the start of its second season, we spoke with the cast to get their insights on what makes the show so popular.

In this edition, we also spoke with Fırat Gülgen, the founder of Calinos Entertainment. Known for delivering globally successful Turkish series, Gülgen discussed the company’s focus on empowering female characters, as well as their new series, Hidden Garden.

Another highlight of this MIPCOM 2024 issue is our interview with Yiğit Doğan Çelik, Chairperson and CEO of Merzigo, where he discussed the company’s growth in digital content monetization, its global strategy, key partnerships, and emerging trends in content consumption.

TIMS&B, led by Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar, the producers behind Turkish TV series that have become global phenomena, continue to make waves with their latest productions, Valley of Hearts and Loveberry. In a special interview with EPISODE, Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar shared insights about their journey as producers and the success of these new series.

As always, Türkiye’s top actors have spoken to EPISODE about their roles in these standout shows, and interviews with the cast of Loveberry and Valley of Hearts are also featured in this issue.

We sat down with Can Okan, Founder & CEO of Inter Medya, to discuss the excitement of bringing Loveberry and Valley of Hearts to the international stage. Okan also shared insights on the continued global success of Bitter Lands, Deception, and Love Undercover, whose production rights were recently sold to Korea.

Additionally, we had the pleasure of interviewing Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights, about the international success of Golden Boy and their new titles, The Cost of Lies and Beneath the Surface.

An interview with Ekin Koyuncu Karaman, Global Distribution and Partnership Director of OGM UNIVERSE, a rapidly growing force in Turkish content distribution, is also featured in this issue. Karaman discussed their upcoming series 6 of Us, Kral Kaybederse, and Şehrazad, while highlighting their strong performance in key regions.

For this special MIPCOM 2024 edition, we concluded an interview with ATV Sales Manager Müge Akar, who walked us through their new hit The Nightfall and the continued international success of The Ottoman and For My Family.

Oya Doğan wrote an article evaluating the new season of the Turkish television, while Burak Sakar analyzed the ratings for the 2024/25 season.

We’ve also featured important news about the Turkish TV and film industry in our News section, and you can find key productions from top distributors of Turkish series in our Listings pages.

We’re excited to be back in Cannes for MIPCOM 2024, and we hope you enjoy this special issue.