Payitaht Abdulhamid series, which was broadcast on TRT1 screen and lasted for 5 seasons, was a production that affected a wide audience. Although the experts described it as disconnected from the historical facts and some of its subjects as wrong, a large group of viewers who watched the series and was very impressed.
Many famous acts also took place in the project, in which Bülent İnal took the leading role, and Payitaht Abdülhamid was highlighted as one of the works that TRT1 attaches importance to. Uğur Uzunok also agreed in the publications he participated in that he had done extensive research for the project and created the story by thinking about it for a long time.
Journalist Birsen Altuntaş from TV100 announced that screenwriter Uğur Uzunok and his friends, who wrote the TV series Akif after Payitaht Abdülhamid, have been working on a new project for a while. This will be a production prepared for TRT’s digital platform. The name of the series, which was prepared as a comedy story, was determined as the Balkan Ninnisi.
The story will take place in Skopje. The project, which will reflect the Ottoman traces in the Balkan lands, will tell the love story of a young girl from Skopje and a Turkish teenager. It is thought that the series, which will be shot in Skopje, will have the atmosphere of an Ottoman romantic comedy.
Uğur Uzunok and his friends also wrote the script for the TV series Akif, which tells the life of Mehmet Akif Ersoy. Fikret Kuşkan made an agreement for the lead role in the Akif series. Two series, one drama and the other romantic comedy, are coming by the same series team.