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Wild Heart (Deli Yürek)

Wild Heart (Deli Yürek)

TV Series · 1998–2002 · 18 people

Combining action, drama and political tension, the Turkish series Deli Yürek (Wild Heart) began on Show TV on October 5, 1998. Created and directed by Osman Sınav and produced by Sinegraf, it ran for three seasons on Show TV until May 21, 2001, and a fourth and final season on atv from January 14 to June 24, 2002. In all there were 113 episodes of about an hour each. Its episodes topped the ratings, and it won Best Series at the 1999 RTGD awards and Best Series Director at the 2000 MGD awards.

At its center stands Yusuf Miroğlu, drawn in the mold of a classic folk hero and caught inside the corrupt order of modern Türkiye. As the seasons pass Yusuf becomes lonelier, the forces around him harden, friends vanish or betray him, and he finally turns into a legend. Kenan İmirzalıoğlu leads the cast, with Zeynep Tokuş, Melda Bekcan and Kürşat Alnıaçık.

Bora Ebeoğlu and Cengiz Onural of the group Aria wrote the music, and two albums, from 1999 and 2001, sold strongly. A feature film, Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi, followed in 2001. As the first Turkish drama sold abroad, it reached Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.

DirectorOsman Sınav
Production companySinegraf
NetworkShow TV
Wild Heart (Deli Yürek)

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

Deli Yürek may have started in 1998, but it still shows how to build an action series. Yusuf Miroğlu stands alone in the middle of a corrupt order, and the stakes climb a little higher each season. Kenan İmirzalıoğlu's charisma carries scenes on its own. By today's standards the filming style can look dated, and not all 113 episodes keep the same tension. But that hard-edged world of friendship, enmity and betrayal still pulls you in.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Deli Yürek strikes me as one of the strongest examples of the folk-hero tradition brought to television. Yusuf Miroğlu carries the marks of the classic folk hero: a man left alone against a corrupt order, growing into a legend the lonelier he becomes. The music by Bora Ebeoğlu and Cengiz Onural of Aria is the vein that carries the story's feeling; it is no accident the albums sold so well. My one reservation is that the harshness at times overshadows the story's heart. A viewer after a search for morality and a sense of loyalty can enter this old-fashioned, sincere tale through its music first.

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

Deli Yürek draws Yusuf Miroğlu in the mold of a classic folk hero and drops him into the corrupt order of modern Türkiye. That means carrying the long tradition of outlaw tales into an urban, political setting. Its place at the top of the ratings may also reflect viewers' wish to make up for their distrust of institutions through one man's integrity. Still, a view that looks for salvation in a single man's fist personalizes the problems and leaves the structural ones in the shade. Being the first Turkish drama sold abroad also deserves a note of its own.

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