Baş Başa

Baş Başa

TV Series · 2026 · 16 people

Baş Başa is a family comedy that began on TOD in July 2026, available only on that service. It is described as the first in-house series of TOD Studios and bills itself as a new-generation family comedy. It is told entirely through screens and video calls. Bora Tekay is director, producer and creator. The first season has 13 episodes.

Selin Şekerci plays Melahat "Melo" Güler, Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu plays Rüzgar, Devrim Yakut plays Muazzez and Altan Erkekli plays Mesut. Özgün Bayraktar plays Melo's older sister Hülya, Ünal Yeter plays Hülya's husband Kamil and Kerem Alan plays their son Arda. Eray Yasin Işık (Behlül), Şebnem Schäfer (Marie), Sefa Çelenk (Melih) and Ulvi Kahyaoğlu (Johan) are also in the cast.

Melo is a behavioural-science specialist who lives alone in Istanbul. A Boğaziçi University graduate on the way to becoming a psychotherapist, she gives online advice on social media under the name "Baş Başa". Every evening she eats dinner on a video call with her family, who come from Hatay and live in İzmir. Her career success does not fill the gaps in her personal life; the biggest is Rüzgar, a bicycle mechanic who lives in France. On the family side of the story, Hülya struggles with her husband Kamil and their teenage son Arda.

DirectorBora Tekay
NetworkTOD

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Cast

Selin Şekerci Selin Şekerci Actor · 38 years old Melahat "Melo" Güler Özgün Bayraktar Hülya Ünal Yeter Ünal Yeter Film actor · 49 years old Kamil Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu Actor · 42 years old Rüzgar Altan Erkekli Altan Erkekli Actor · 70 years old Mesut Devrim Yakut Devrim Yakut Actor · 58 years old Muazzez Kerem Alan Arda Eray Yasin Işık Behlül Şebnem Schäfer Marie Sefa Çelenk Melih Ulvi Kahyaoğlu Johan Dilşah Demir Pınar Engin Türkoğlu Sadık Nilgün Kasapbaşoğlu Zeliha Ece Yaşar Ece Yaşar Actor · 32 years old Ece Dalya Kilimci Ajlan

Through different eyes

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

A comedy told entirely through screens and video calls imposes an interesting formal constraint: most of the tools of camera movement, location and scene transition are taken away. That constraint either produces a creative rhythm or leads to visual sameness across 13 episodes. Editing, split-screen and the timing of the actors will be the real body of the work. The subject matter is a familiar pattern: a woman whose career is going well but whose personal life has gaps, and a family dinner gathered every evening. The form is new, the story less so.

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

The dinner calls between Melo, her sister Hülya and the family could be the repeating structure that sets the rhythm of a series. A fixed frame like that suits watching how characters change over time, but keeping the same screen layout across 13 episodes may make it hard to say something new in the middle. If the Hülya, Kamil and teenage son Arda thread is balanced against the gap in Melo's love life, the series could find two different tempos. Being exclusive to TOD with a first season limited to 13 episodes suits binge watching.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The distance between a family from Hatay living in İzmir and their daughter living alone in Istanbul is bridged by video calls. A family of Hatay origin living in İzmir also recalls the mark that internal migration leaves on family ties. This is a form of migration and long-distance relationship many families know. That Melo gives others advice on social media while failing to order her own relationships is a contemporary irony. If the series asks whether closeness mediated by screens can replace real closeness, it could touch a live debate. Even so, the set-up does not guarantee that the question will be explored in depth.

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