The Midnight at Pera Palas series, shot for Netflix and starring Hazal Kaya, Selahattin Paşalı and Tansu Biçer, was broadcast last week as 8 episodes. Although the series has been criticized by some in Turkey, it has managed to become one of the most watched productions of Netflix!
The series, signed by Karga Seven Pictures, rose to the top of Netflix’s Top 10 list within a few days of its release. It also had an important success as the most watched series in 25 countries where the digital platform is located.
Emre Şahin, the creator of the series, directed it together with Nihan Dağ. Inspired by Charles King’s novel, Midnight at the Pera Palace, the series deals with a fantastic historical story. The story, in which Hazal Kaya gives life to the character of journalist Esra, deals with a series of events that took place from our day to 1919 in time travel.
The series, written by Elif Usman, tells the story of Esra’s struggle to prevent an assassination of Atatürk in 1919 and what happened to her in the meantime.
It was not known whether the series will have a second season, but Selahattin Paşalı, who successfully gave life to the character of Halit, enlightened those who were waiting for the answer to this question in the program İbrahim Selim.
In the program, Selahattin Paşalı stated that the second season of the series Midnight in Pera Palas will also be shot and gave the good news to those who were waiting with curiosity. The actor also stated that in the second version of the series, the character of Halit, which he played, will be.
In the meantime, there was another good development about the series Midnight at Pera Palas. The series was praised by the US-based news site Hollywood Insider. In the commentary, it is stated that Midnight at Pera Palace is one of the best time travel productions.
It also said, “This series reminds us how experimental and exciting we can be and how we can deliver the story we want our audiences to experience through a mix of genres.”
