Alıkara

Alıkara

TV Series · 2026 · 10 people

Alıkara is a crime drama that premiered on 10 September 2026, streaming only on TOD, with new episodes on Thursdays. It is made by Karga Seven Pictures and TOD Studios, directed by Hülya Gezer and written by Eylem Canpolat and Bengü Üçüncü. The first season has ten episodes and ended with the tenth on 8 October 2026.

Miray Daner plays the forensic psychologist Işık And and Halit Özgür Sarı plays Chief Inspector Deniz Baran Dağ of the homicide bureau. Sezin Akbaşoğulları plays Piraye And, Serpil Gül plays Kado, Fatih Al plays Levent, Can Atak plays Özgür, Elif Gülhan plays Neşe and Yaprak Medine plays Elif. Gökhan Soylu, Bahadır Vatanoğlu, Burak Güneş, Yiğit Batumlu, Esra Ünnü and Jasmine Berkiş are also in the cast.

Işık and Deniz have very different lives and outlooks. Işık's father suddenly vanished one day, while Deniz has carried heavy losses since childhood, and his niece Neşe goes missing in the story. A body of unknown identity and a missing-person case draw them into the same investigation. Işık brings her knowledge of psychology and Deniz his experience of murder inquiries. As the case deepens, traumas buried in the past surface and the hunt for a killer nobody can name begins.

DirectorHülya Gezer
Production companyKarga Seven Pictures
NetworkTOD

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Also in the cast: Burak Güneş, Yiğit Batumlu, Esra Ünnü

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A body, a missing girl and two very different lives: the investigation line is set up fast. The killer is still nameless, which is an engine that keeps the tension alive. Pairing a forensic psychologist with a homicide chief collides knowledge with field experience; if the pair works well the scenes will be gripping. A short ten-episode season is a good length for keeping the pace. The bad news is that the investigation may slow as past traumas come forward; if they take too much room, the tension drops.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

A psychologist who builds profiles and an experienced detective investigating together is the best-known pairing in the crime genre. For the pattern to work the conflict needs to sit between psychology and instinct, while having the characters' own past wounds woven into the case is both an opportunity and a trap: if a lost father and childhood losses line up too neatly with the case, it breeds a feeling of coincidence. Ten episodes is a length that lets such a story wrap up without needless stretching. If the editing and atmosphere work, it could be a solid crime drama within the formula.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

The first season ran ten episodes and ended on 8 October; its Thursday slot and exclusivity to one platform suit a short binge. The opposing worlds of Işık and Deniz are material to feed character arcs: one lives with a father's disappearance, the other with losses since childhood. The pair's chemistry will only show when they move from friction to a shared way of working over the investigation. There is a risk in the middle episodes that the missing-girl thread overtakes the main story. We have no information on whether the series continues.

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