Cruel İstanbul (Zalim İstanbul)

TV Series · 2019–2020 · 9 people

Zalim İstanbul (Cruel İstanbul) is a Turkish drama with family and romantic elements, broadcast on Kanal D. Produced by Avşar Film, it premiered on 1 April 2019, ran for two seasons and ended on 22 June 2020 with its 39th episode. Özlem Taşağal Yakıcı wrote the series.

At the heart of the story are two families forced to share one house, and the tension and hardships that follow. Fikret Kuşkan, Deniz Uğur, Mine Tugay, Ozan Dolunay, Berker Güven, Bahar Şahin and İdris Nebi Taşkan lead the cast, with Sera Kutlubey and Simay Barlas also named. Cevdet Mercan directed the first 25 episodes, and Şenol Sönmez and Gökçen Usta directed the rest.

The series also travelled abroad. In Iran it aired in early 2020 on Jam TV with Persian dubbing, and in Serbia, as Surova ljubav, RTV Pink showed it with Serbian subtitles from 29 June to 25 December 2020. In Brazil it is known as Cruel Istambul.