Inter Medya: latest dramas to hit European markets

Beatriz Cea Okan, VP and Head of Sales and Acquisitions

Inter Medya arrives in Europe to participate in the June markets with an internationalization strategy that involves co-productions with key actors and production companies in the Turkish audiovisual market, offering titles in various formats, from episodic series to 90-minute films.

One of the main titles this season is Eşref Rüya, a drama produced by TIMS&B Productions. Although the exact episode length has not yet been announced, the series stars Çağatay Ulusoy and Demet Özdemir. The story revolves around Eşref, a man who grew up idealizing the memory of a girl he called “Rüya” (dream), as he ascended in the organized crime world. Years later, he meets Nisan, a young musician who turns out to be that figure from his childhood, though she is now undercover as a police informant. The series combines elements of melodrama, crime, and moral dilemmas.

Also from TIMS&B is Valley of Hearts, another drama exploring family conflicts centered on an absent mother and two twin children searching for answers. The plot unfolds in Cappadocia and includes components of revenge, intertwined relationships, and family secrets, with a cast led by Ece Uslu and Hafsanur Sancaktutan.

For its part, Heartstrings is a long-form series (120 episodes of 45 minutes each) produced by Inter Medya itself. In it, two families are affected by a hospital error years ago when two babies were swapped at birth. As the consequences of that mistake come to light, conflicts emerge between the parents, especially between Mahinur, trapped in an oppressive marriage, and Aras, the biological father of one of the girls.

In the realm of romantic cinema, Inter Medya presents two films with a recurring cast: Like There Is No Tomorrow and Chasing the Wind, both 96 minutes long and produced by CB Media & GAIN. Both star Hande Erçel and Barış Arduç, and narrate variations on the relationship between a corporate executive and a young surf instructor on the coast of Çeşme. While the premise is similar, these are different projects aimed at channels and platforms seeking standalone romances with high production values and recognizable settings.

The catalog also includes short-form content such as Just Friends (4 x 35 minutes, EXXEN production) and Mr. Şeref (4 x 35 minutes, EXXEN / Most Production), both within the romantic genre. Just Friends presents a lighthearted story about two roommates who compete to get married first in order to inherit a property, while Mr. Şeref, starring Haluk Bilginer, follows the life of an Albanian chef in Turkey who faces a new beginning full of obstacles and potential romantic encounters.

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Love and Pride

Drama, TBA

The Köksöys live in an ancestral mansion as a wealthy and rooted family. With three daughters, the family is sinking and on the verge of losing everything. In a state of great panic, they contemplate how to escape the impending disaster when Tolga enters their lives like a savior. He is the heir to a wealthy and established family. If one of the daughters marries him, life will continue as it used to, affluent and secure. The idea is considered for the eldest daughter, Mercan, to marry him. However, Mercan rebels against this imposition, finding Tolga excessively arrogant and frivolous. Despite Tolga and Mercan being attracted to each other, Mercan’s high pride and Tolga’s spoiled attitude build thick walls between them. However, unlike Mercan, there is someone who desires him passionately – the middle daughter, Gül. Tolga shifts his focus from Mercan to Gül. As they drift towards marriage, Tolga’s heart remains with Mercan. Mercan, too, has fallen in love with him. The girls’ mother insists on a quick marriage because Tolga will rescue them from the financial crisis. However, Tolga is just as submerged as them and desires this marriage for his own salvation.

Deception

Drama, TBA

Güzide Yenersoy is a respectable family court judge living in Istanbul. With a marriage of 30 years and two children, Güzide Yenersoy has what could be described as the epitome of a perfect family. Her husband, Tarık, is an experienced and successful lawyer, running his own law firm. Her son, Ozan, is a construction engineer working at a prestigious company, while her daughter, Oylum, is studying medicine in the Netherlands, upon her mother’s insistence. From the outside, Yenersoy family has a picture-perfect life based on trust and love, but the truth is completely different from this false reality. Although everything seems to be going well, Güzide is not aware that the events buried in the past will come to light again.Every member of her family, whom she loves and dedicates her life to, is lying to Güzide. She does not know that Oylum has made the decision to go to the USA to realize her dream of studying modern dance. While Oylum is counting down for the day she will go to New York, her family friend Tolga, whom she met by chance at the airport, becomes her partner in secret. Oylum is not the only one lying to Güzide. After not receiving the promotion he was expecting, Ozan follows his friend’s advice of investing in crypto money, but he gets himself into huge trouble by sinking his father’s friend’s entrusted money. However, her husband is the one who commits the betrayal that will change Güzide’s life forever. Tarık has a second family, which he has been keeping secret for five years. When her husband’s betrayal is revealed, Güzide finds herself confronting the reality that her life has been a lie.

Leylifer

Drama, 120 x 45 minutes

Meryem, formerly known as Maria, travels to Istanbul with her husband Kemal and children for his sister’s wedding. However, their plans to return to their home in Spain are abruptly disrupted when Kemal goes missing and is later found dead in a burned-out car with a woman Meryem has never met. Believing that Kemal was murdered, Meryem vows to stay in Istanbul until she finds his killer. However, she must navigate a new life in a foreign land, among a family who is wary of her and a community who struggles to accept her. Despite the challenges, Meryem finds unexpected love with Aziz, the designer of her wedding ring, Leylifer. Their paths become illuminated by Leylifer’s light, and Meryem begins to reclaim her identity in this new home.

Poison Ivy

Drama, 83 x 45 minutes available in HD

Macide, the daughter of a poor family who has studied psychology and is not happy in business life and seeks to heal others, falls in love with the elder brother of Ahmet, Kazım Işık, who is known as the smartest and the most successful businessman in the country. She has just met and fallen in love with the man with a morbid passion. Moreover, Kazım Işık is married to Nermin. Macide’s love is not unrequited. Kazım passionately embraces Macide, who is by his side at his weakest moment… But will he be able to protect her from the cruelty of the rich and powerful life he created? Will Macide be able to preserve the purity, innocence and sensitivity she had when she first met Kazım? Or worse yet, when everyone makes her a “queen” out of false reverence… This is the story of a young woman who falls in love for the first time on her way to heal herself by healing others, following the healing she received from her father. The story of a man who has everything he wants in life, but perhaps mostly for this reason, looking for a companion in unhappiness and loneliness… Poison Ivy is a love story that tells that when two souls find each other despite the whole world, even themselves. Everything stands in front of them but still, they meet. However, no one can illuminate another’s darkness.

Like There’s No Tomorrow

Romantic, 4 x 35

The meeting of popular and successful actress Manolya with experienced journalist Hakan for an interview changes both of their lives. In the brief time they spend together, they lay out secrets they have never shared with anyone else, their past relationships, and the failures within those relationships. As Manolya and Hakan grow closer while discussing love, hate, relationships, sex, jealousy, and the spirit of the times, they seek ways to establish honest and open communication, only to realize that it’s not as easy as it seems.

SCORPION

Drama – 91 x 45 minutes, available in HD

Perihan Emgen, a prestigious woman, lives comfortably with her daughter Ferda, who runs a beauty salon with her own daughter, Merve. Ferda blames her mother for abandoning her and begins an affair with her stepsister’s husband, Fikret. Despite Perihan’s attempts to stop the relationship, Ferda persists, ultimately causing Berna’s death. Perihan’s granddaughter, Duru, surprises the family by showing up at the funeral. Ferda’s stubbornness and Perihan’s disapproval ignite a fierce battle between mother and daughter, entangling Ferda’s neighbors, Ipek and Aras, in a spiral of love, betrayal, and revenge.

THE TRUSTED

Drama, 74 x 45 minutes available in HD

Marashli is an ex-soldier who has left the special forces in order to open up a second-hand bookstore and spend more time with his sick daughter, Zelis. His life changes when the beautiful Mahur Turel walks into his bookstore. Mahur’s life is saved by Marashli that day when she accidentally gets herself into trouble. From now on the destiny of the two characters will be interwoven irrevocably. Mahur is the precious daughter of Aziz Turel, one of the most powerful businessmen in Turkey. She gets into trouble because of a photo she takes that day which puts her life in constant danger. But her fearless persona is almost impossible to contain…at least by anyone other than Marashli who is now employed with keeping Mahur safe as her personal bodyguard. Mahur is a workaholic who has withdrawn from life after the untimely death of her mother. She watches the videos her late mother recorded for her to fill the emotional void in her life. The veil of mystery behind her family liaisons start to unfold around the same time Marashli is hired to be her bodyguard. She will start to discover the real and dark intentions of the ones who are closest to her. On this journey, Marashli will become her closest ally, the person whom she trusts the most, and her lover. That is until she finds out who Marashli really is…

LAST SUMMER

Drama – 93 x 45 minutes, available in HD

Idealistic prosecutor Selim Kara receives an offer he can’t refuse from mafia leader Selçuk Taşkın, whom he imprisoned eight years ago. Selçuk is willing to testify against his own organization — but only if Selim agrees to protect his son, Akgün Gökalp Taşkın. Raised in a world of crime and danger, Akgün is an emotional young man beneath his tough exterior and struggles to accept the situation. Suddenly, Selim’s life is tested in the most unexpected way.

Tuzak

Drama, 82 x 45 minutes available in HD

Tuzak tells the story of three siblings Mahir, Umut and Umay whose springs of life were taken from them. Who is bad, who is real, who is fake? In such a mixed-up world, three siblings Umut, Mahir and Umay who came together for a common purpose, find out that they don’t have the bond they thought they had. On the other hand, Güneş, Güven and Mete are the siblings, each one of whom believed that their father’s approval and their comfortable lives were more important than each other. Umut, as he is taking revenge from this family he hates, he goes through his biggest conflict thanks to Güneş, the girl whom he believes to be the love of his life with each passing day. Güneş doesn’t know the real identity and purpose of Umut whom she knows as a dirty lawyer Çınar Yılmaz. She will entrust her family’s and her own future to this man whom she falls in love with..

ANOTHER CHANCE

Drama – 138 x 45 minutes, available in HD

Sadi Payaslı, a former gangster from Ankara, is appointed as a geography teacher at Karabayır High School in an attempt to leave his dark past behind. Unbeknownst to him, one of his students from a juvenile detention center shares a hidden connection with him. Meanwhile, rebellious officer Songül, who arrived with him, quietly falls in love. Sadi’s world is further shaken when he reunites with Derya, the woman he left 17 years ago. Guided by his strong sense of justice, Sadi mentors five troubled teens — and in doing so, finds his own path to redemption.

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