Doğa Lara Akkaya

Beril wanders the streets of Istanbul. A budding actress, she heads to meet a producer to pitch an ambitious, deeply personal film project. Friends, lovers, and other figures cross her path as we discover what lies behind the city's facades and the people within it.

Tozluyaka (الياقة المغبرة) is a 2022 Turkish youth drama set in Istanbul, where three inseparable friends from a humble neighborhood are devastated when their brilliant best friend dies under suspicious circumstances at an elite private school. Determined to uncover the truth, they infiltrate the same institution — confronting wealth, privilege, and dark secrets while navigating first love, loyalty, and the painful gap between two very different worlds.