The Best TV Shows on TRT 1

Every TRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

TRT 1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1956 and as recent as 2025. Highlighting TRT 1’s quality programming, Eurovision Song Contest and Our People stand out, premiering in 1956 and 1989. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from March 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Vefa Sultan
    Vefa Sultan (2025)10.0

    Vefa Sultan immerses audiences in the spiritual heart of the Ottoman Empire, portraying the devoted life of Muslihuddin Mustafa—revered as one of Istanbul’s spiritual sultans. Through its rich atmosphere, the production vividly recreates the era’s social and cultural fabric, offering a captivating glimpse into the world of faith and tradition.

  • Yedi Numara
    Yedi Numara (2000)9.2

    A couple with no kids, four city girls and three country boys, all under the same roof: arguing, fighting and sometimes understanding they are not that much different.

  • Yeşil Deniz
    Yeşil Deniz (2014)9.0

  • Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests
    Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests (2024)8.4

    The project, which will follow the story on the life of one of the most important rulers in Ottoman history, Fatih Sultan Mehmed, will also feature important stages of the life of Eyüp el Ensari, an important figure in the Islamic world, in parallel with Fatih's life.

  • Tozkoparan: İskender
    Tozkoparan: İskender (2021)8.3

    If Iskender, a 12-year-old archer with extraordinary abilities, does not return from 2020 to the time he lived, the course of history will change.

  • Our People
    Our People (1989)8.2

    Bizimkiler (Ours, Our People) was a Turkish drama, represented the lives of the people shared the same neighborhood. It is one of the longest-running series in Turkish television drama history.

  • Leyla and Mecnun
    Leyla and Mecnun (2011)8.1

    Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.

  • Resurrection: Ertugrul
    Resurrection: Ertugrul (2014)7.8

    Ertuğrul Bey and the Knights Templar in the 13th century Alba and step and step with the struggle against brutal Mongols depicts the process of establishing the Ottoman principality.

  • Payitaht: Abdulhamid
    Payitaht: Abdulhamid (2017)7.8

    The fight of Abdülhamid II to keep the Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

  • This Sea Will Overflow
    This Sea Will Overflow (2025)7.8

    In a land where people are accustomed to battling fierce waves and constant storms, the story of a woman who stands tall on her feet, with all her emotional strength, resilience and endurance, and a man who is passionate about his "love" and who competes with the storms of the Black Sea and struggles with its waves, comes to the screens with an effective script... The ups and downs of the mountains, the sea and the human soul are told through the eyes of a stranger who finds himself in the middle of the endless war between two mortal enemies...

  • Seksenler
    Seksenler (2012)7.3

    Turkey's series about the events experienced in the 1980s

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Gülşen Abi
    Gülşen Abi (1994)7.2

    It can be considered a pioneer of absurd comedy on Turkish TV channels. It has a very original script and a warm atmosphere. It has a structure that is never tiring to watch, and it leaves behind a considerable legacy of subtle and high-quality jokes for future generations.

  • Sakarya Fırat
    Sakarya Fırat (2009)7.2

  • The Shadow Team
    The Shadow Team (2021)7.2

    National Intelligence Organization members are always ready to serve to destroy the enemies of Türkiye.

  • Saladın: The Conqueror of Jerusalem
    Saladın: The Conqueror of Jerusalem (2023)7.1

    The television series centers on the life of Salahudddin, a 12th-century Muslim ruler, and his conquest of Jerusalem. It also delves into his challenges and conflicts against the Crusaders, as well as his ambition to unify the Muslim territories of Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt under his leadership.

  • Ayrılsak da Beraberiz
    Ayrılsak da Beraberiz (1999)6.8

  • My Name is Melek
    My Name is Melek (2019)6.7

    Melek will rebuild her life with her family and children. Melek is struggling to survive with her three children.

  • Çiçek Taksi
    Çiçek Taksi (1995)6.3

  • Prisoner of Love
    Prisoner of Love (2016)4.3

    After his mother left his father for another man, Ömer’s perception of women was forever damaged, and he considers them unreliable, untrustworthy and even dangerous. The only woman he has time for is his beloved sister Ayse, for whom he would do anything. Ayse herself is a great romantic and wants nothing more than for her brother to be happy and find love for himself. When she falls ill, and with only months to live, Ömer understands that the only way for his sister to die happy is for him to be married