Çukur

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Çukur
Çukur TV series.jpg
GenreAction / Drama
Written byGökhan Horzum (1–131)
Damla Serim (68–131)
Directed bySinan Öztürk (1–131)
Özgür Sevimli (34–67)
StarringAras Bulut İynemli
Dilan Çiçek Deniz
Ercan Kesal
Perihan Savaş
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Öner Erkan
Rıza Kocaoğlu
Necip Memili
Damla Sönmez
Burak Dakak
Burak Sergen
Berkay Ateş
Erkan Avcı
Salih Kalyon
Nur Sürer
Mustafa Avkıran
Nejat İşler
Barış Arduç
Müfit Kayacan
Şenay Gürler
and others
Theme music composerToygar Işıklı
Opening theme"Çukur Jenerik"
ComposerToygar Işıklı
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes131
Production
ProducersKerem Çatay (4 seasons)
Pelin Diştaş (season 1–2)
Production locationsIstanbul, Turkey
Running time120 minutes
Production companyAy Yapım
Release
Original networkShow TV
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) –
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)
External links
Website

Çukur (transl. "The Pit") is a Turkish action drama television series directed by Sinan Öztürk, and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on 23 October 2017 and concluded on 7 June 2021 with a total of 131 episodes (four seasons).

Plot[]

The control of Çukur, a district of Istanbul, identified with crime, is in the hands of the Koçovalı family. Although it is so closely related to crime, the family has its own rules. One of these rules is the drug ban. Drugs are not produced, used or sold in Çukur, but groups that are new to the game try to break the ban.

Filming[]

Çukur was shot in Balat district in Fatih district of Istanbul.[1] Some of the scenes in the first and second episode of the first season were shot in Paris, France, and some of the scenes of the third season were in Berlin, Germany.[2][3]

Cast[]

Main characters[]

  • Yamaç Koçovalı (Aras Bulut İynemli): He is the youngest son of the Koçovalı family and the leader of the neighborhood. Has a daughter named Masal, and a son, Yamaç Jr. (Seasons 1-4).
  • Sena Koçovalı† (Dilan Çiçek Deniz): First love and wife of Yamaç Koçovalı. She sacrificed herself to protect her family. She is killed by Yücel. (Seasons 1-2)
  • Efsun Kent Koçovalı (Damla Sönmez): Daughter of Baykal Kent, wife of Yamaç Koçovalı and mother of Masal Kent. She came as an enemy to avenge her father's death but she and yamaç fell in love. (Seasons 3-4)
  • İdris Koçovalı† (Ercan Kesal): Founder of Çukur. The father of the Koçovalı family. (Seasons 1-2).
  • Sultan Koçovalı (Perihan Savaş): The wife of İdris Koçovalı and mother of Yamaç, Selim, Kahraman and Cumali. (Seasons 1-4).
  • Vartolu Sadettin / Salih Koçovalı (Erkan Kolçak Köstendil): The son of İdris Koçovalı and Mihriban. Came as an enemy. Married to Saadet Koçovalı, his childhood love. Father of Idris Koçovalı Jr. (Seasons 1-4).
  • Selim Kocovalı† (Oner Erkan): Son of İdris Koçovalı. Was married to Ayşe and has a daughter Karaca and a son Akın. (Seasons 1-4).
  • Cumali Koçovalı (Necip Memili): The eldest son of the Koçovalı family. He is married to Damla and is the father of Asiye Koçovalı. (Seasons 2-4).
  • Aliço / Ali Çoban (Rıza Kocaoğlu): He has autism. Koçovalı's eyes and ears on the street. (Seasons 1-4).
  • Uncle Cumali Koçovalı / Halil İbrahim Gökçetaş (Müfit Kayacan): The elder brother of İdris Koçovalı. An enemy of Çukur. (Season 4).

Supporting characters[]

  • Karaca Koçovalı (): Daughter of Selim and Ayşe. Wife of Azer Kurtuluş. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı (Amca)
  • Akın Koçovalı (Burak Dakak): Son of Selim Koçovalı and Ayşe. Married to Yasmin. Oldest grandson of İdris Koçovalı. (Seasons 2-4).
  • Yasmin Koçovalı () Sister of İskender. Married to Akın. (Season 4)
  • Damla Koçovalı (Hare Sürel): Uluç's daughter. Married to Cumali Koçovalı. Mother of Asiye Koçovalı. (Seasons 2-4)
  • Saadet Koçovalı (Boncuk Yılmaz): The Koçovalı family's maid and bride. Married to Vartolu/Salih. Mother of İdris Koçovalı Jr. (Seasons 1-4)
  • Ayşe Yılmaz (İrem Altuğ): Selim's ex-wife. Karaca and Akın's mother. Married to Murtaza. (Seasons 1-4)
  • Emmi (Kadir Çermik): İdris' childhood friend. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı (Amca) (Seasons 1-4)
  • Celasun (Kubilay Aka): He's one of the neighborhood's young people. The bodyguard and later son-in-law of the Koçovalı family. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı (Amca) (Seasons 1-4).
  • Meke ( [tr]): He's one of the neighborhood's young people. The bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. (Seasons 1-4)
  • Metin ( [tr]): Kemal's older brother. The bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. (Seasons 1-4)
  • Nehir Bursalı (Hazal Subaşı): Mother of Yamaç Jr (Yamac's son).
  • Medet ( [tr]): Vartolu's man. (Seasons 1-4)
  • Murtaza (Ferit Kaya): Paşa's former apprentice. Married to Ayşe. (Seasons 3-4)

Soundtracks[]

No.TitleLength
1."Çukur Jenerik Müziği – Toygar Işıklı"1:36
2."Git (Sezen Aksu)"5:06
3."Bu kız (Son Feci Bisiklet)"2:56
4."Gamzendeki Çukur (Kubilay Aka & Hayko Cepkin)"3:25
5."Yamaç & Sena (Çukur)"4:59
6."Yaşamak İstemem (Yavuz Çetin)"5:33
7."Dinek Dağı (Neşet Ertaş)"4:05
8."Gömün Beni Çukur'a (Eypio)"3:18
9."Mihriban (Musa Eroğlu)"4:21
10."Yaş Elli (Replikas)"3:08
11."Zalım (Ceylan Ertem)"4:28
12."Heyecanı Yok (Gazapizm)"4:12
13."Kalbim Çukurda (Cem Adrian & Gazapizm)"4:31
14."Hiç Işık Yok ( & No.1)"5:10
15."Derindeyim – (MRF)"3:36
16."Beni Siz Delirttiniz – (Cem Karaca)"3:02
17."Keklik Gibi (Melek Mosso)"4:46
18."Talihim Yok Bahtım Kara ()"4:53
19."Nefes Bile Almadan (Redd)"4:48
20."Çukur'un Dibi (Toygar Işıklı)"1:23
21."Zombi Mahali ()"3:53
22."Dur (Arın Aykut & Spunk)"3:22
23."Yemin Ederim (Heja & Şam)"3:01
24."Nere Gitsen Çukur Orda (Toygar Işıklı & Çukurspor)"3:37
25."Cemalim (Erkin Koray)"5:58
26."Akrebin Gözleri (Erkin Koray)"7:05
27."Nefes Al (Kadir Çermik & Saki)"3:45
28."Kısır Döngü (Allame)"2:53
29."Çatapat (Tahribad-ı İsyan & Saki)"2:00
30."Kefen Giydim (Pinhani)"3:26
31."Ya Sidi (Orange Blossom)"4:35
32."Nereden Bileceksiniz (Ahmet Kaya)"4:46
33."Alla Beni Pulla Beni (Barış Manço)"2:50
34."Kum Gibi (Çukur Canlı Performans) (Cem Adrian)"5:00
35."Mahsun (Bumerang) (Çukur)"1:27
36."Karakuzular (Çukur)"1:21
37."Vartolu (Çukur)"1:53
38."Yamaç'ın İntikamı (Çukur)"2.15
39." (Gazapizm)"4:55
40."Ich Bin Çukur (Eko Fresh & Heja)"2:30
41."Bıçak Sırtı (Toygar Işıklı)"1:52
42."Cumali (Çukur)"1:52
43."Aliço (Çukur)"1:52
44."Habanera (Carmen)"4:28
45."Yoruldum ()"4:33
46."Savaş Yeni Başlıyor (Bağlama Versiyon)"1:35
47."Çağatay Erdenet (Çukur)"5.39
48."Arık Böke Erdenet (Çukur)"3.53
49."Nedim (Çukur)"1.28
50."Cengiz Erdenet (Çukur)"2.57
51."Ögeday Erdenet (Çukur)"3.24
52."Seren Erdenet 'Nimet' (Didomido & Eglo G)"2.16
53."Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem (Fairuz Derin Bulut)"4:35
54."Ay Karanlık (Cem Karaca)"3.07
55."Kanadım Değdi Sevdaya (Burcu Güneş)"4.52
56."Darıldım (Aşık Mahzuni Şerif)"3:30
57."Pisliğin Üstüne Basmışlar (Gazapizm)"3.22
58."Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa (Barış Manço)"3.54
59."Eski Libas Gibi (Öner Erkan)"3.57
60."Çukur'dan Kaçış Yok (Fuat Ergin & Toygar Işıklı)"3.33
61."Garipler (Müslüm Gürses)"6.45
62."Garipler ()"5.33
63."Ayrılık Acı Bir Şey (Müslüm Gürses)"4.30
64."İyi Değilim (Azer Bülbül)"4.54
65."Mican (Duble Salih)"4.20
66."Rest (Gönder Gelsin) (Ramiz Bayraktar)"2.37
67."Adaletin Bu Mu Dünya? ()"3.43
68."El Değmesin ()"2.08
69."Yaşamak İstemem (Yavuz Çetin)"5.50
70."Halime'm (, , Erol Köker, Zeynep Atagür, Elvan Erbaşı)"3.46
71."Delalım (Akif Çekirge)"4.41
72."Elinden Geleni Ardına Koyma ()"5.23
73."Türk Marşı ()"2.02
74."Küçük Sevgilim (Mor ve Ötesi)"4.13
75."Odam Kireç Tutmuyor (Cem Karaca)"4.35
76."Ela Gözlüm (Cem Adrian)"4.02
77."Ruhumda Sızı (Ender Balkır)"6.02
78."Sen Gel Diyorsun (Öf Öf) (Cem Adrian)"6.02
79."Ayrılık Hasreti ( & Özge Öz Erdoğan)"4.16
80."Bir Ay Doğar ()"4.31
81."Akşam Olur Karanlığa Kalırsın (Nida Ateş)"7.00
82."Nice Nice Yıllara (Selda Bağcan)"5.11
83."Yalan Dünya ()"3.31
84."Haberin Yok Ölüyorum ()"6.02
85."Soran Yok Bilen Yok (Mazlum Çimen)"3.58
86."Durdurun Dünyayı (Damla Sönmez)"4.41
87."Sığmazam (Cavit Murtezaoğlu)"6.24
88."Su Ver Leylam (Damla Sönmez)"2.21
89."Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem (Damla Sönmez)" 
90."Son Mektup (Damla Sönmez)" 
91."Sorma Ne Haldeyim (Damla Sönmez)" 
92."Bu Sokaklar Acıya Kardeş olur (Toygar Işıklı & Kubilay Aka)"3.16
93."Islak Islak (Barış Akarsu)"4.43
94."Nefes Al (Kadir Çermik)"4.00
95."Bu Son Olsun (Cem Karaca)"2.49
96."Savaşın İçindeyim (Toygar Işıklı & Kamufle)"3.00

Series overview[]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
13323 October 2017 (2017-10-23)11 June 2018 (2018-06-11)
23417 September 2018 (2018-09-17)27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)
32516 September 2019 (2019-09-16)16 March 2020 (2020-03-16)
4397 September 2020 (2020-09-07)7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)

International broadcasting[]

  •  Iran on Gem TV since 2019 as Godal (گودال). Dubbed in Persian language.
  •  Ethiopia on Kana TV since 2019 as የኛ ሰፈር (Amharic: የኛ ሰፈር, romanized: jɛɲä sɛfɛrɨ)
  •  Arab world on beIN Drama since 2019 as Alhufra (الحفرة). Dubbed in Arabic language.

Bookmaking[]

The screenwriter of the series, Gökhan Horzum, published a book about the first season of the series called Yamaç's Return – Çukur in October 2019.[4]

Reviews[]

Çukur has a story that reduces the neighborhood to a bad image (pit), unlike the Turkish TV series that deal with the neighborhood culture of the 2000s. Nurdan Gürbilek devoted a separate section to the line in his work named Second Life and commented on "family, masculinity and mafia series". In the series, the hero first leaves the house and then returns to the threatened neighborhood as a savior. Gürbilek interprets this as a classic return story and evaluates a popular version of the "man returning home" narrative. The soundtracks of the series that are integrated with the scenes of violence (predominantly Gazapizm and Eypio songs) are rap pieces that have been transformed into close combat music according to him. In the series, the name of the struggle between heirs (self and stepchildren) created by the image of the father and the weakening of the father is "the fight of the brothers". On the contrary, those under the command of Baba (İdris et al.) and the neighborhood leader (Yamaç et al.), who stand out as the savior and protector of the Gariban (neighborhood), are "fatherless children". According to Gürbilek, the neighborhood is seen as a "liberated space" in the series, and the reality of despair connects people to the Fatherhood and masculinity order (neighborhood).[5]

Complaints[]

Since its publication, Çukur has been among the most complained works on TV. RTÜK imposed administrative fines on the channel where the series was broadcast due to scenes of armed conflict, fear, violence and torture.[6] Ercan Kesal, who took place in Çukur for two seasons, replied to the increasing complaints, "The issue of violence in Çukur is much more innocent when you compare it with the violence in daily life."[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Koçova Mahallesi nerede? Çukur nerede çekiliyor?". Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Heyecanla beklenen 'Çukur'un ilk fotoğrafları Paris'ten!". Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Çukur'da Vartolu ve Medet, Berlin sokaklarında". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Horzum'dan 'Çukur' kitabı". Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. ^ Gürbilek, Nurdan (2020). İkinci Hayat. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. p. 34-40.
  6. ^ "RTÜK'ten Çukur'a bir ceza daha". Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Ercan Kesal'dan şiddet eleştirisine yanıt". Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

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