Fox TV aired the first episode of its new series Elkızı on Saturday evening. The new series received a successful result for the first episode from the ratings. However, the violent scenes in the series caused a great reaction from the audience.
Elkızı series starring Sevda Erginci, İsmail Ege Şaşmaz, Fikret Kuşkan and Perihan Savaş appeared before the audience with its first episode on Saturday evening. The series, which Sevda Erginci fans are looking forward to in particular, received a not bad result in the ratings, alongside its very strong rivals such as Gönül Dağı and Kardeşlerim. Elkızı ranked sixth in the all-person category in its first episode, fourth in the EU and fifth in ABC1.
The series, which made a good introduction to the Saturday night competition, also caused a great reaction from the audience with its first episode. The audience, who reacted strongly to the violence scenes in Elkızı, expressed their anger on social media.
Zülal Kalkandelen, one of the writers of Cumhuriyet newspaper, was one of those who reacted to the violence in the series. In her post on her Twitter account, Kalkandelen said, “Another awful TV series where violence against women and animals is done! Isn’t it enough, the patriarchal reactionary culture you instilled in society? I also condemn the scriptwriters, production team and actors of this series.” she wrote.
Kadına ve hayvana şiddet uygulanan berbat dizilerden biri daha! Yetmedi mi topluma aşıladığınız ataerkil gerici kültür? Bu dizinin senaristlerini, yapım ekibini ve oyuncularını da kınuyorum. @FOXTurkiye #elkızı pic.twitter.com/a0dSx0BFNx
— Zülâl Kalkandelen Ⓥ (@veganzulal) October 24, 2021
Another viewer expressed his reaction as follows: “While violence against women and animals is rampant in the country, this is fueling the fire you know… I do not accept these scenes.”
The reaction of a TV viewer was also quite harsh. “The Elkızı story was very impressive, it would touch hearts, it would be told how the woman did not accept being crushed in the face of obstacles and stood upright (she takes the rifle in her hand and shoots)… Just give it a rest! Violence against women, pudicity, revenge, intrigue… There is even animal killing…”
You can see some of the audience’s reactions to the violence scenes in Elkızı below.
gene çöp bir dizi! kadın yazmış senaryosunu üstelik! daha ilk bölümünde kadın dayak yiyor, hayvan şiddet görüyor. ‘kadın ileriki bölümlerde zulümlere meydan okuyacak’ muhtemel savunmanız olacaktır, bu savunma da çöp. berk cankat’ın tepkilerle reddettiği dizi bu olmalı. #Elkizi pic.twitter.com/a7sapvO39z
— tugce madayanti dizici (@madayantii) October 24, 2021
