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Daha 17 (dizi)

Torn Apart (Daha 17)

TV Series · 2026 · 3 people

A Turkish youth drama from Pastel Film, Daha 17 carries the English title Torn Apart. It airs on Kanal D on Sunday evenings at 8 p.m., and its first episode went out on May 31, 2026. The first season has nine episodes of roughly 140 minutes each, and MBC 4 also broadcast it.

At the centre is Aras, a fearless seventeen-year-old who grew up passing between foster families. He lost his family at the age of five, and he discovers that a sibling he has long believed dead is in fact alive. To find them he travels from Istanbul to Bodrum, a journey crowded with secrets and confrontations.

Emre Kabakuşak directs, and the scripts come from Gökhan Korkusuz, Redife Zerener and Cenk Boğatur. Nesrin Cavadzade and Çağan Efe Ak lead a principal cast that also includes Armağan Oğuz, Ceren Ayruk, Ata Yaşat and Dilara Aksüyek, with Helin Elveren named among the players.

DirectorEmre Kabakuşak
Production companyPastel Film
NetworkKanal D
Torn Apart (Daha 17)

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Çağan Efe Ak Çağan Efe Ak Television actor · 19 years old Dilara Aksüyek Dilara Aksüyek Actor · 39 years old Nesrin Cavadzade Nesrin Cavadzade Actor · 44 years old

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

Daha 17 has a strong hook: Aras, a fearless seventeen-year-old raised among foster families, learns that the sibling he has believed dead for years is actually alive. The search from Istanbul to Bodrum promises a road full of secrets and confrontations. A short nine-episode season is good news, leaving little room for the story to be watered down. But episodes running around 140 minutes each could mean saggy stretches in the middle. Whether the cast led by Nesrin Cavadzade and Çağan Efe Ak has the chemistry to carry such long episodes is what will decide it.

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

It is a youth series, but a heavy one: a boy who lost his family at five and grew up among foster families. There are secrets and confrontations, so it isn't suitable for young children. It works for watching together with teenagers, and it opens up a good conversation about family and belonging afterwards. Episodes of 140 minutes starting at 8 p.m. on a Sunday are long and run late for little ones.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Daha 17 takes an experience we rarely see on screen, growing up in the foster care system, as its starting point. Aras losing his family at five and growing up passed from one household to the next makes questions of belonging and identity unavoidable. The journey from Istanbul to Bodrum in search of a lost sibling also offers a chance to set two very different urban worlds side by side. The series' worth will depend on how seriously it treats this theme; a youth-drama formula built on secrets and confrontations can easily turn a social reality into melodrama.

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