Crazy Bediş (Çılgın Bediş) (translated)

Among the most popular Turkish youth comedy series of the 1990s was Çılgın Bediş (Crazy Bediş). It draws on the character of the same name that cartoonist Özden Öğrük created for Gırgır magazine in 1976. It began on Kanal D on July 8, 1996, ranked among the top shows in the ratings, and won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Series..

The story centers on Bediş, a high-school student who lives with her family and grandfather, and what happens to her and her friends. Yonca Evcimik plays the lead, with Cenk Torun, Çiçek Dilligil and Selahattin Taşdöğen among the principal cast; Birgül Ulusoy, Dolunay Soysert and Gülçin Hatıhan also appear. Some episodes included sketches parodying well-known films.

The first season ended on July 28, 1997, and ten further episodes aired from September 23 to December 29, 1997. Disputes with the cast then took it off the air. Three unaired episodes were shown on September 4–18, 1999, closing the Kanal D run. The show was filmed again for Show TV between December 31, 2000, and March 3, 2001, but it did not recapture its old audience and ended with 70 episodes in all. Repeats stayed on Kanal D into the early 2000s, and the music was later released as an album by Aykut Gürel.