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Jet Society (Jet Sosyete)

Jet Society (Jet Sosyete) (translated)

TV Series · 2018–2020 · 30 people

Jet Sosyete is a situation comedy written by Gülse Birsel, directed by Hakan Algül and produced by BKM. Its first episode aired on Star TV on February 18, 2018; the second season moved to TV8, and the third was shown on puhutv and Star TV. The series ran three seasons and ended with its 59th episode on May 6, 2020.

The story starts when Cengiz Özpamuk (Cengiz Bozkurt), owner of Özpamuk Tekstil, removes his son Ozan (Sarp Apak) as general manager and gives the job to Yaşar Yüksel (Çağlar Çorumlu), who works on the company's lowest rung. Ozan leaves the manager's villa in the Jetset Konakları estate and moves in with his family in the next villa. The Yüksel family, who live in a shanty in Ayazağa, move into the vacated villa. While Yaşar tries to prove himself in the fashion business, his family wants to break into high society. Yaşar's wife Safiye is played by Derya Karadaş and their daughter Yıldız by Tuğba Çom Makar.

In the Özpamuk household Gülse Birsel plays Gizem and Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu plays Zahide. Hasibe Eren plays Pelin, Enis Arıkan Tony, Şahin Irmak Talip, Aslı Bekiroğlu Melike, Ecem Uzun Alara and Emre Taştekin Tekin. Çağlar Çorumlu, Bartu Küçükçağlayan and Aslı Bekiroğlu are among those listed for the first 39 episodes.

DirectorHakan Algül
Production companyBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi
NetworkStar TV
Jet Society (Jet Sosyete)

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Cast

Aslı Bekiroğlu Aslı Bekiroğlu Actor · 30 years old Melike Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu Actor · 70 years old Zahide Bartu Küçükçağlayan Bartu Küçükçağlayan Actor · 43 years old Gündüz Çağlar Çorumlu Çağlar Çorumlu Actor · 48 years old Yaşar Cengiz Bozkurt Cengiz Bozkurt Actor · 60 years old Cengiz Derya Karadaş Derya Karadaş Actor · 45 years old Safiye Ecem Uzun Ecem Uzun Actor · 34 years old Alara Emre Taştekin Emre Taştekin Actor · 45 years old Tekin Enis Arıkan Enis Arıkan Actor · 43 years old Tony Gülse Birsel Gülse Birsel Actor · 55 years old Gizem Hasibe Eren Hasibe Eren Actor · 51 years old Pelin Şahin Irmak Şahin Irmak Actor · 45 years old Talip Sarp Apak Sarp Apak Actor · 45 years old Ozan Tuğba Çom Makar Tuğba Çom Makar Actor · 36 years old Yıldız Deniz Cengiz Deniz Cengiz Actor · 37 years old Beyazıt Öztürk Beyazıt Öztürk Actor · 57 years old Hadise Hadise Artist · 41 years old İrem Derici İrem Derici Artist · 39 years old Ozan Güven Ozan Güven Actor · 51 years old Levent Çıkrıkçıoğlu Utku Ateş Utku Ateş Actor · 36 years old Berk Kubilay Tunçer Actor · 57 years old Şevko Bahtiyar Engin Bahtiyar Engin Actor · 61 years old Metin Coşkun Actor · born 1948 Fazlı Bey Leyla Göksun Leyla Göksun Actor · 43 years old Christine Özkan Uğur Özkan Uğur Actor · died at 69 Timur Serkan Keskin Serkan Keskin Actor · 48 years old Dr. Serdar Ata Demirer Ata Demirer Film actor · 54 years old Volkan Sütçüoğlu Çağla Şıkel Çağla Şıkel Presenter · 47 years old Çağla Şıkel Nilgün Belgün Nilgün Belgün Actor · 73 years old Olcay Mahir İpek Mahir İpek Actor · 54 years old

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

Jet Sosyete is a sitcom that makes class difference its direct subject: Yaşar, from the lowest rung of a textile company, is made general manager, and his family from a squatter settlement moves into a villa and tries to get into high society. The distance between neighborhood and gated estate is the comedy's raw material, and it also says something about new wealth and upward mobility. The criticism is that 'society' stays at caricature level, turning class into fun rather than deepening it. Still, it has a current social frame.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Gülse Birsel's script and the BKM name promise a certain maturity in sitcom language, and the set-up is clear: two families in neighboring villas on the same estate. But leaning on the class-leap cliché reduces surprise, and the tone shifting between office intrigue and family comedy needs constant balancing. That it reached 59 episodes in three seasons and changed channels suggests the formula never found stability. Well constructed, but familiar. Line writing is sharp in some scenes and leans on templates in others; this unevenness supports the impression that the show never found a consistent voice across three seasons.

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

Changing broadcasters over three seasons says something about the show's fate: from Star TV to TV8, then puhutv and Star TV. On a journey like that, cast chemistry is critical; Çağlar Çorumlu, Bartu Küçükçağlayan and Aslı Bekiroğlu being among the names in only the first 39 episodes must have strained continuity. The Özpamuk and Yüksel families living side by side is a good comedy engine, but by the end of 59 episodes the same conflicts probably start to come round again.

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