Protect (Kollama) (translated)

Kollama is a Turkish crime, action and drama series. It began on Samanyolu TV on February 10, 2008, and ran for four seasons. Season finales came at episodes 21, 58 and 95, and the series ended on June 24, 2011, with episode 134.

The lead roles are shared by Mehmet Özgür, who plays police superintendent Necip Yılmaz, and Orhan Bıyıklı, who plays chief inspector Yiğit Gündüzalp. The story revolves around the police force. Yiğit is transferred from Diyarbakır to Istanbul. Soon afterwards his wife gives birth to their son Fatih, and then he loses her in a traffic accident. He joins the founding team of the Support Bureau, set up to deal with crime in Istanbul.

In the first season Yiğit takes advice from Naim Emice, who runs a tea stand, and at the end of the season he proposes to Halime Ruhunur. Later seasons take his story in other directions.