The Best TV Shows on TRT 1

Every TRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on TRT 1 are Eurovision Song Contest and Our People, with their initial broadcasts in 1956 and 1989. From 1956 through to 2024, TRT 1 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Check out the most acclaimed shows on TRT 1, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for July 2025.

  • Böyle Bitmesin
    Böyle Bitmesin (2012)9.0

  • Yeşil Deniz
    Yeşil Deniz (2014)9.0

  • Yeditepe Istanbul
    Yeditepe Istanbul (2001)8.8

    When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. Without any degree or experience, she tries to survive doing all sorts of odd jobs. Meanwhile, her neighbors, who are completely different from the people in Olcay's old world, begin to get to like the mother and daughter. Some even fall in love.

  • Come What May
    Come What May (2023)8.8

    Alize, who lost her mother the day she was born, is a beautiful but very selfish young girl who was spoiled and raised by her father. Alize, who goes crazy when she learns that her father is getting remarried, decides to fake a marriage with a man he would never allow her to marry in order to take revenge. However, things will not go as planned

  • Alparslan: The Great Seljuks
    Alparslan: The Great Seljuks (2021)8.6

    It deals with the state structure, political events, wars of the Great Seljuk Empire and the life of Sultan Alparslan.

  • An Anatolian Tale
    An Anatolian Tale (2020)8.3

    Taner is a young inventor living in a small town named Gedelli in the middle of the moor. He had lost his father so he was forced to support his family therefore he was not able to attend the Science High School, to which he was admitted, although he wanted it badly. Taner’s mother always tried to get him married, but Taner had no intention to do it as there was a love in his heart, which he had not been able to forget for years. His childhood sweetheart Dilek.

  • 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.

  • Leyla and Mecnun
    Leyla and Mecnun (2011)8.2

    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.

  • Our People
    Our People (1989)8.1

    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.

  • Barbaroslar
    Barbaroslar (2021)7.9

    Barbaroslar: Sword of the Mediterranean will take viewers on a historic journey across the Ottoman Empire based on the life of 16th-century Ottoman admiral "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and the adventures of four brothers who become seafarers. The drama series retells this adventure through the stories of four brothers; Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas, fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas. It focuses on their pursuit of a holy secret with the help of Master Suleyman, and during the course of their journey, they make enemies in, Pietro; the Pope's hand reaching out to the Mediterranean who is also pursuing the secret and organizes an attack against their ship. But this doesn't stop the brothers and they continue their original quest to find the holy secret all the while fighting their enemies at high tides.

  • 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.

  • Kasaba Doktoru
    Kasaba Doktoru (2022)7.6

    Medical drama series, local adaptation of the Korean scripted format “Dr. Romantic”, centering on a genius doctor with an accomplished career who somehow ends up leaving it all behind to be a neighborhood doctor in a small town where he meets some younger doctors and becomes a mentor to them.

  • Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests
    Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests (2024)7.5

    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.

  • Gülşen Abi
    Gülşen Abi (1994)7.3

  • 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.

  • 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)7.2

    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.

  • Yamak Ahmet
    Yamak Ahmet (2011)6.5

    Yamaga Ahmet works as a servant and helps his master prepare food for Ramadan. They often engage in Ramadan-related discussions.

  • Çiçek Taksi
    Çiçek Taksi (1995)6.2