Recently, there has been talk in the world of television about the record fees paid to actors by foreign platforms entering the Turkish market.
In the past days, columnist for Akşam newspaper Barış Kocaoğlu brought the fees paid by Disney Plus to the actors to his corner, and the high wages written by Kocaoğlu caused great surprise to those who saw it.
In his article, Kocaoğlu stated that Halit Ergenç would receive the highest wage among the actors, with 500 thousand dollars per episode, 7 million TL or even more.
TV critic Sina Koloğlu also touched on the same issue in her social media account. Sina Koloğlu pointed out that Disney Plus and HBO platforms, which are preparing to enter Turkey, connect star names.
“As you know, the lira is like a stamp against the dollar. Foreign platforms that will come to the country connect actors like cheese bread. Halit Ergenç, Şahan Gökbakar, Hande Erçel, for example, are said to have signed with Disney, and Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also said to have signed with HBO. These names will only do business with these channels.” made the statement.
Sina Koloğlu drew attention to another point in her article. During the conversation, the senior manager of an important channel said, “We can’t find actors easily. Saying that he said, ‘We are now having difficulty paying the money they want,’
Koloğlu made the following statement in the conversation, which draws attention to the cost of the TV series Club, which was broadcast on Netflix and made a lot of noise.
“One little tip; The figure I heard for the club drama is 650 thousand dollars per episode. When you convert this money to Turkish lira, a record price for a domestic TV series comes out. No local producer can give this money. The gap between the dollar and the lira favors foreign platforms coming to our country. a producer; ‘For example, if they shot this Club series in the USA, it would be a million dollars per episode. 650 thousand dollars in cookie money, he says.
Every Netflix series or, for example, HBO or Disney series, is a candidate to break the ‘Most expensive domestic series’ record one after the other!”
Club series, which was a hot topic in Turkey at the time it was broadcast and fascinated the audience with both its acting and its decor and accessories, was accepted as one of the most successful period TV series ever shot. 10 tailors worked for the Club series, in which 3,700 costumes were sewn. Gökçe Bahadır took Ladino language lessons and Salih Bademci took singing lessons in this process.