Asırlık Gece

Asırlık Gece is a 15-episode series that began on TRT 1 and tabii on July 15, 2026; its first three episodes were shown on July 15, the Democracy and National Unity Day. It is produced by Miray Yapım and was created and directed by Cihan Sağlam and Ahmet Toklu. It is adapted from Hüseyin Aydın's book of the same name on the attempted coup of July 15, 2016. Each episode concentrates on a different turning point.

The cast includes Seçkin Özdemir (Tolga Kılıçarslan), Erkan Petekkaya (Salih Zeki Çolak), Gülsim Ali (Hatice Kübra Çiftçi), Emir Benderlioğlu (Muhsin Köse), Rüzgar Aksoy (Ömer Halisdemir), Murat Aygen (Hakan Fidan), Erol Yavan (İhsan Uyar), Tolga Mendi (O.K) and Burak Sergen (Zekai Aksakallı). Several characters are based on real people; Cem Kurtoğlu plays Hulusi Akar and Alper Türedi plays Yaşar Güler.

The series shows the preparation for the night of July 15, 2016, its turning points and the events themselves, drawing on documents and witness accounts. It centers on developments at the Presidential Complex, the Grand National Assembly, the Bosphorus bridges and the TRT building. It mixes documentary and dramatized storytelling, and includes the public's reaction and individual stories.