Aldatmak

Betrayal (Aldatmak) (translated)

TV Series · 2022–2024 · 7 people

Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar produced Aldatmak under the Tims&B Productions banner, with Murat Saraçoğlu directing scripts by Yıldız Tunç. The Turkish drama series premiered on atv on September 22, 2022. The show ran for two seasons and ended with its 71st episode on June 6, 2024.

At the center of the story is Güzide, a respected family court judge. An honest, principled woman, she has spent her career preventing marriages from falling apart, making sure children receive the love they deserve and always standing on the side of justice. She believes she, her husband and their two children are an exemplary family leading an honorable life, and that the rest of her marriage will pass in the usual love, happiness and peace. But one day, when she happens to pull on a loose thread, she begins to realize that her happy home is not a warm one at all, but a castle made of sand.

Vahide Perçin, Ercan Kesal and Mustafa Uğurlu share the lead roles, and Yusuf Çim, who plays Ozan Yenersoy, is also in the cast. The series was shown beyond Türkiye as well: in Serbia, Prva Srpska Televizija aired it from May 6, 2024, and it found an audience abroad particularly in the Balkans.

DirectorMurat Saraçoğlu
Production companyTims Productions
Networkatv
Betrayal (Aldatmak) Betrayal (Aldatmak)

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

Aldatmak's strongest card is its setup: a family court judge devoted to saving marriages begins to realise her own home is a castle made of sand. Vahide Perçin's Güzide is a character who carries the show, and sharing the lead with Ercan Kesal and Mustafa Uğurlu makes for a strong acting trio. But two seasons and 71 episodes is a long road for a story that starts with one loose thread, and at that length the middle stretches can easily sag. For patient viewers it is a family drama that can get its hooks in; anyone who likes things to move quickly may feel the urge to skip ahead now and then.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

The title and the subject say it plainly: betrayal in a marriage and a family shaken to its core. This is not a series to watch with children; the subject is heavy for little ones and the questions they would ask are hard. Teenagers can watch with their parents, though there may be uncomfortable moments for the parents too. Seeing an honest, principled woman like Güzide shaken leaves adults plenty to think about on trust and loyalty.

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Aldatmak builds an interesting reversal by putting a family court judge at its centre: a career devoted to protecting other people's marriages and children's right to be loved is put to the test by the truth about her own home. The series looks at how fragile ideals society prizes, the model family and the honourable life, can be behind the shop window. In that sense it tries to hold a mirror to a respectable, orderly-looking family. The open question is whether, over so many episodes, that mirror stays a social inquiry or turns into a melodrama built on secrets and suspense; television drama usually leans towards the latter. That it found an audience in the Balkans suggests the theme of fidelity travels well beyond borders.

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