Can Basak

Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.

A group of friends who grew up in the same neighborhood find it difficult to live where they were born and raised due to rising rents caused by the interest of wealthy people in their neighborhood. After all of their neighbors are forced to leave the neighborhood one by one, the final straw comes when Latif, one of the most beloved residents of the neighborhood, is evicted from his home by his landlord. Determined to transform their neighborhood back into a place where working-class people and ordinary folks could live, the residents rolled up their sleeves to stop the destruction of both their neighborhood and their past. What initially seemed like an easy plan ended up dragging them into an unexpected and hilarious adventure.

This nostalgic series, shedding light on 1990s Turkey, offers a heartwarming family atmosphere. Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı, the main setting for most of the series, is a place filled with people leading simple yet colorful lives, including a grocer, butcher, snack bar owner, and more. Inci, who returned to Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı years after leaving her family, opens a new chapter in her life with the friendly neighborhood residents she's known since childhood. A humorous drama about intimate neighborhood relationships in an old neighborhood in Istanbul.