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Travelers of Hope (Umut Yolcuları)

Travelers of Hope (Umut Yolcuları) (translated)

TV Series · 2010 · 8 people

Erler Film produced Umut Yolcuları (Travelers of Hope), a Turkish television series bringing crime, action and drama together around the problem of juvenile delinquency. Star TV began airing it on August 20, 2010, and it ended on November 13, 2010 with its 13th episode. The idea was developed over a long preparation period of about three years.

At its center is a police team that tries to keep young street children from being drawn into crime and to return them to society as people with a future. Zuhal Olcay plays the head commissioner of the juvenile bureau, and Yetkin Dikinciler, Haluk Piyes and Sedef Avcı share the other leading roles. The three young actors were chosen from 250 children after a search lasting about six weeks.

Ümmü Burhan directed and Ahmet Yurdakul wrote the scripts, with advice from a team of pedagogues and researchers of child crime. The series counts as a sister show to Arka Sokaklar: in that show's 170th episode, aired on September 13, 2010, Zuhal Olcay, Haluk Piyes and Sedef Avcı appeared as guests, and the cast of Arka Sokaklar then joined an operation in Umut Yolcuları as guests.

DirectorÜmmü Burhan
Production companyErler Film
NetworkStar TV

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Cast

Berk Oktay Berk Oktay Actor · 44 years old Bülent Alkış Bülent Alkış Actor · 52 years old Sedef Avcı Sedef Avcı Actor · 44 years old Yetkin Dikinciler Yetkin Dikinciler Actor · 57 years old Zuhal Olcay Zuhal Olcay Actor · 69 years old Özgür Ozan Özgür Ozan Actor · 60 years old Özgür Özberk Özgür Özberk Actor · 52 years old Haluk Piyes Haluk Piyes Actor · 51 years old

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

Umut Yolcuları was an ambitious crime series that arrived after three years of preparation and put juvenile crime at its center. Zuhal Olcay as head of the juvenile bureau is reason enough to watch, and the team built with Yetkin Dikinciler, Haluk Piyes and Sedef Avcı looked promising. The crossover guest spots with Arka Sokaklar were a nice surprise that linked the two shows' audiences. Sadly, the series ended after 13 episodes, leaving too little time for the characters to grow or for the young actors' stories to deepen. Still worth a look if you want one short, self-contained season.

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

Street children being drawn into crime usually remains a side plot on television. Umut Yolcuları puts the issue at the center and treats the children not as offenders to be punished but as people to be brought back into society. That the scripts were written with advice from pedagogues and researchers of child crime shows the production took the subject seriously. The crime-and-action format can overshadow that seriousness at times; there are limits to telling a social problem through the thrill of police operations. Even so, tackling the subject on a national channel in 2010 was a notable step.

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

Umut Yolcuları is about children, but it was not made for them. The crime and action scenes and the subject matter may be too heavy for little ones. It is better watched by middle- and high-school-age kids with an adult beside them. The message is a good one: a child who has slipped into crime deserves a second chance. It can be a good starting point for talking about the subject at home.

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