The Best TV Shows on TRT 1

Every TRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 1956 up until 2024, TRT 1 stands as a beacon of television excellence. Icons of TRT 1, Eurovision Song Contest and Kuruntu Ailesi made their debut in 1956 and 1985, setting industry standards. Peruse our comprehensive roster of TRT 1’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of June 2025.

  • Yunus Emre
    Yunus Emre (2015)8.8

    As Mongol invasions are getting more frequent, Yunus travels to Nallihan where he establishes himself as Seldjuk official. After joining Taptuk Emre's dergâh (dervish monastery), he proceeds to follow his journey on becoming a dervish.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Kuruntu Ailesi
    Kuruntu Ailesi (1985)8.0

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Seksenler
    Seksenler (2012)7.2

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

  • 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.

  • Kasaba Doktoru
    Kasaba Doktoru (2022)7.0

    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.

  • Ayrılsak da Beraberiz
    Ayrılsak da Beraberiz (1999)6.8

  • My Name is Melek
    My Name is Melek (2019)6.4

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

  • Çiçek Taksi
    Çiçek Taksi (1995)6.2

  • 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

  • Zengin Kız Fakir Oğlan
    Zengin Kız Fakir Oğlan (2012)4.0

  • Türkan Hanım'ın Konağı
    Türkan Hanım'ın Konağı (2020)1.0