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Petty Crimes (Ufak Tefek Cinayetler)

Petty Crimes (Ufak Tefek Cinayetler) (translated)

TV Series · 2017–2018 · 20 people

Ufak Tefek Cinayetler is a crime and psychological thriller series made by Ay Yapım. It began on Star TV on October 24, 2017, replacing Dolunay. Ali Bilgin and Deniz Yorulmazer directed it and Meriç Acemi wrote it. Episodes ran 120 minutes. The series lasted two seasons and ended on December 11, 2018, with episode 45. It is described as the Turkish version of the American Big Little Lies, based on Liane Moriarty's novel, although its story and cast differ.

Four women whose friendship broke over a cruel prank at school meet again twenty years later. Old grudges and ambitions come back, and a conflict that ends in murder begins. Gökçe Bahadır plays Oya Toksöz, Aslıhan Gürbüz plays Merve Aksak, Bade İşçil plays Pelin Kaner and Tülin Özen plays Arzu Kaymaz. Mert Fırat plays Serhan Aksak, Merve's husband.

Chief Inspector Kemal (Tansu Biçer) and his deputy Derya (Hayal Köseoğlu) investigate. Ferit Aktuğ (Taylan Kaner), Yıldıray Şahinler (Mehmet Kaymaz) and Duygu Sarışın (Burcu Sonay) are also in the cast. The costumes of the four women in the first five episodes cost 400,000 lira, and 300 people were called to audition for the teenage versions of the characters. Abroad, the series was also shown as Stiletto Vendetta.

DirectorAli Bilgin, Deniz Yorulmazer
Production companyAy Yapım
NetworkStar TV

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Alican Aytekin Alican Aytekin Actor · 36 years old İlhan Aslıhan Gürbüz Aslıhan Gürbüz Actor · 43 years old Merve Aslıhan Kapanşahin Aslıhan Kapanşahin Actor · 26 years old Nilay Bade İşçil Bade İşçil Actor · 43 years old Pelin Duygu Sarışın Duygu Sarışın Actor · 38 years old Burcu Ferit Aktuğ Ferit Aktuğ Actor · 47 years old Taylan Gökçe Bahadır Gökçe Bahadır Actor · 45 years old Oya Hayal Köseoğlu Hayal Köseoğlu Actor · 33 years old Derya Lavinya Ünlüer Lavinya Ünlüer Actor · 15 years old Mila Mert Fırat Mert Fırat Actor · 45 years old Serhan Osman Sonant Osman Sonant Actor · 47 years old Kerim Selim Bayraktar Selim Bayraktar Actor · 51 years old Edip Tülin Özen Tülin Özen Actor · 46 years old Arzu Yıldıray Şahinler Yıldıray Şahinler Actor · 58 years old Mehmet Tansu Biçer Tansu Biçer Actor · 48 years old Chief Inspector Kemal Özlem Çınar Özlem Çınar Actor · 52 years old Ezgi Şükran Ovalı Şükran Ovalı Actor · 41 years old Şebnem Aksak Ushan Çakır Ushan Çakır Actor · 42 years old Emre Çelen Sezin Akbaşoğulları Sezin Akbaşoğulları Actor · 45 years old Elif Işık Hazal Türesan Hazal Türesan Actor · 41 years old Ceren

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

Forty-five episodes at two hours each is a bold way to tell the settling of a friendship. The series is strongest where the cruel school prank comes back twenty years later as grudge and ambition, and the wide cast means every character has something to hide. The weak spot is running time: over such long episodes the middle stretches are bound to lose pace. Still, for a viewer who wants a long, slow-burning mystery, it offers plenty to settle into.

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

Though it is known as the Turkish version of Big Little Lies, its story and cast are different, so the real question is not fidelity but whether the series stands on its own. Linking a school prank in the past to a murder in the present is a sound skeleton for mixing crime with psychological thriller. But the two-hour episode format invites loosening rather than tightening the edit; stretching scenes is the cheap way to look deep. The money spent on costumes and the crowd called to audition signal visual ambition, which is a separate test: it should carry the story, not just decorate it.

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

That a cruel prank from school years still hangs over four women twenty years later like an unpaid debt is the series' most interesting social angle. The long shadow of peer cruelty, and friendship and rivalry tangled together among women, take it beyond an ordinary murder mystery. Yet the series chooses a glossy crime wrapper, which risks leaving that social side in the shadow of the suspense instead of deepening it. A watch for anyone curious about how the past shapes women's relationships in the present.

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