:Shahmaran (TV series)

Şahsu, a psychology lecturer from Istanbul, goes to Adana for work and decides to confront her grandfather, who abandoned her mother many years ago. While there, she becomes involved with a community that worships Şahmaran, a mythical creature that is half woman, half snake, who are waiting for the completion of a historical prophecy. Her life is transformed when she meets a mysterious man named Maran.

• Serenay Sarıkaya as Şahsu
• Almina Günaydın as young Şahsu
• Burak Deniz as Maran
• Mustafa Uğurlu as Davut
• Mahir Günşiray as Ural
• Mert Ramazan Demir as Cihan
• Hakan Karahan as Lakmu
• Elif Nur Kerkük as Medine
• Mehmet Bilge Aslan as Salih
• Berfu Halisdemir as Diba
• Nilay Erdönmez as Hare
• Nil Sude Albayrak as Bike
• Öznur Serçeler as Gül
• Ebru Özkan as Çavgeş
• Saadet Aksoy as Lilith (season 2)

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|Title = Things Rain Says (Yağmurun Söyledikleri)

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|Title = The Turmoil That Is Life (Hayat Gürültüsü)

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Three days after its release, the series had been watched a total of 17 million hours worldwide.{{cite web |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/yasam/yapimcisi-acikladi-sahmaran-dunya-capinda-ne-kadar-izlendi-2025668 |title=Yapımcısı açıkladı: Şahmaran dünya çapında ne kadar izlendi? |date=27 January 2023 |trans-title=Its producer explained: How many views did Şahmaran receive worldwide? |publisher=Cumhuriyet |access-date=29 January 2023|language=tr}}

A critic at Cumhuriyet praised the cinematography and actors but was disappointed with the "dissonance" between the "reality of the region" and the characters' behaviour, citing excessive nudity and out-of-context scenes that do not match the old Turkish traditions of the region they were filmed in. The critic also likened Maran's family to the Cullens in Twilight.{{cite web |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/cumhuriyet-pazar/ozunu-unutan-bir-oyku-sahmaran-2026260 |title=Özünü unutan bir öykü: Şahmaran |date=29 January 2023 |trans-title=A story that forgets its essence: Şahmaran |publisher=Cumhuriyet |access-date=29 January 2023|language=tr}}

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