Analyzing Special – The Turkish TV series industry has grown so much and has become so important that it has become one of the country’s best export items. Production companies also had a wider and worldwide market. Everyone who deals with this business in the world now accepts the great success of the Turkish TV series industry, which started from the Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century) TV series and continued to today’s projects such as Sadakatsiz (Unfaithfull).
Producers, production teams and actors who set their hearts on the Turkish TV series industry are rightfully part of this great pride. With the broadcasting of Turkish TV series all over the world, millions of foreigners feel the stories of the Anatolian and Thrace people in their hearts and have a great love for Turkey.
All these developments have very positive results in terms of Turkey’s image abroad, enable the development of Turkish tourism, and the customs and traditions of the people of the country echo in a very wide geography.
While such a strong environment has been created, the fact that the information about the TV series that has emerged during the preparation phase of the productions is spread around with the logic of backstage reporting also causes some problems.
While the delivery of various information to the audience through some content that is not clear by whom leaked while the series was still in the preparation stage was a positive and supporting development at first, it has been observed that this has started to harm the industry recently.
For example, although the intelligence information such as which actors will take part in which TV series is often correct, they are either incomplete or confused due to the changes. For example, the same is the case with the names of the series.
This backstage information, which is reflected on the internet and social media, gets stuck in people’s minds, then changes occur about this information, and then those who remember the first information confuse the projects.
For example, the new series of Star TV, which was initially announced as Ab-ı Hayat on the internet, and later changed to Lavanta Konağı (Lavender Mansion), will be broadcast under the name Yüz Yıllık Mucize (Hundred Years of Miracle).
The details became clear with the trailer and the shared bulletin published by Star TV. Ebru Şahin and Birkan Sokullu duo will take the lead role. You will watch the love of the 130-year-old Ali Tahir character with Harika in today’s world.
But what about the content that has been made so far about this series and has been copied and created thousands of times on the internet? This information pollution causes many confusions in terms of watching the series, getting the right information and understanding which project is which.
Are the production companies about the series trying to poll the public opinion by leaking this information, or are some people among the series teams leaking the information to the press for various purposes? At this point, the press is concerned about creating content based on the information they have obtained, and nobody cares about the success of that project. Content is enough. But producers and production teams also need to realize that spreading such information is damaging the industry.
The reflection of the intelligence information on the TV series to the media while the projects are still in the preparation phase, turns into an information confusion after the changes while the preparations continue.
Shouldn’t the series producers now put a stop to this information confusion? In an environment where all series producers use social media very well, this information pollution in the sector will be eliminated if they announce the most accurate information about the projects in the preparation stage and allow confusion.