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Mahkum

Prisoner (Mahkum) (translated)

TV Series · 2021–2022 · 9 people

MF Yapım's Turkish action-drama series Mahkum ("Prisoner") adapts the 2017 South Korean series Innocent Defendant. It began on FOX (later NOW) on 14 December 2021. It ran two seasons and ended with its 31st episode on 29 October 2022. The series mixes action and drama with crime elements and a romantic thread. Uğraş Güneş wrote it; Volkan Kocatürk directed the first season and Özgür Sevimli the second.

The story revolves around Fırat Bulut, a successful prosecutor who wakes up in prison one morning with no memory. Held responsible for the deaths of his wife and child and convicted of the murder, he does not know why he is there, and sets out alone to regain his memory and prove his innocence. In later episodes Barış Yesari, presumed dead, returns and builds a criminal network that runs by its own rules, and Fırat focuses on tearing it down.

Onur Tuna and İsmail Hacıoğlu share the lead roles. Melike İpek Yalova, Hayal Köseoğlu, Seray Kaya and Gökçe Eyüboğlu are also in the cast, and Nihal Koldaş plays the character Tomris.

Production companyMF Yapım
NetworkNOW
Prisoner (Mahkum) Prisoner (Mahkum)

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Cast

Onur Tuna Onur Tuna Actor · 41 years old İsmail Hacıoğlu İsmail Hacıoğlu Actor · 40 years old Melike İpek Yalova Melike İpek Yalova Actor · 42 years old Hayal Köseoğlu Hayal Köseoğlu Actor · 33 years old Seray Kaya Seray Kaya Actor · 35 years old Gökçe Eyüboğlu Gökçe Eyüboğlu Actor · 43 years old Hakan Karsak Hakan Karsak Actor · 51 years old Nihal Koldaş Nihal Koldaş Actor · 70 years old Tomris Anıl İlter Anıl İlter Actor · 45 years old

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

A prosecutor who wakes up with no memory, a prison and the question of why he is there: the hook of the early episodes is genuinely strong. The tension between Onur Tuna and İsmail Hacıoğlu is the backbone of the show, and the screen comes alive whenever they share a scene. Wrapping up in two seasons and 31 episodes without being stretched out is a plus too. But in later episodes, with the return of Barış Yesari, presumed dead, the story shifts from a memory mystery to a chase after a criminal network, and fans of that tight early suspense may cool off a little in the switch.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A fight for innocence, fought alone, that starts inside a prison: it is hard to ask for a better thriller opening. Action, crime and drama are tightly woven and the pace is high most of the time. The speed drops a bit when the romance takes over, but a man presumed dead coming back to build a criminal network heats things up again. A solid marathon for anyone who loves a chase.

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

Mahkum adapts the 2017 South Korean series Innocent Defendant and takes its structural spine from that source: a mystery that opens with memory loss and hands the audience information at the same moment as the hero. In the early episodes this works; we live through Fırat Bulut's uncertainty alongside him. The trouble is that such a tight structure tends to slacken in Turkish television's long-episode format. The handover from Volkan Kocatürk to Özgür Sevimli in the second season seems to bring a shift in tone as well, with the mystery giving way to a more familiar crime-network story. The adaptation never quite balances faithfulness to its source with an original local voice.

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