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The Club (Turkish: Kulüp) is a 2021 Turkish period drama streaming television series directed by Seren Yüce and Zeynep Günay Tan and starring Gökçe Bahadır, Barış Arduç, Salih Bademci, Fırat Tanış, Metin Akdülger and Asude Kalebek.[1] The show was released on Netflix on 5 November 2021, with season one consisting of 10 episodes, divided into two parts of 6 and 4 episodes respectively.[2] Part 2 premiered on 6 January 2022.[3]

The Club
Turkish	Kulüp
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Necati Şahin Rana Denizer
Directed by	Seren Yüce Zeynep Günay Tan
Starring	Gökçe Bahadır Barış Arduç Salih Bademci Fırat Tanış Metin Akdülger Asude Kalebek
Theme music composer	Ender Akay
Composers	Ender Akay Cem Ergunoğlu Gökhan Mert Koral
Country of origin	Turkey
Original languages	Turkish Ladino Greek
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	Saner Ayar
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	O3 Medya
Distributor	Netflix
Release
Picture format	4K (Ultra HD)
Original release	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) – present

Premise

Matilda, an ex-convict, works in one of the most prominent nightclubs of Istanbul in 1955. Trying to establish a good relationship with her daughter, Matilda struggles to keep her daughter Raşel away from Pera's troublemaker, Fıstık İsmet. Matilda also tries to stand against her boss Orhan, nightclub manager Çelebi and artist Selim.[4][5]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
Part 1	6		September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10)
Part 2	4		January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [6]
Part 1
1	1	"Episode 1"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
2	2	"Episode 2"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
3	3	"Episode 3"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
4	4	"Episode 4"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
5	5	"Episode 5"	Seren Yüce	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
6	6	"Episode 6"	Seren Yüce	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
Part 2
7	1	"Episode 7"	Seren Yüce	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)
8	2	"Episode 8"	Seren Yüce	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)
9	3	"Episode 9"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)
10	4	"Episode 10"	Zeynep Günay Tan	Necati Şahin & Rana Denizer	6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)

Cast and characters

• Gökçe Bahadır as Matilda Aseo, a Sephardi Jew and ex-convict working in a prominent nightclub of Istanbul.[7]
• Barış Arduç as "Fıstık" İsmet Denizer, a taxi driver and Raşel's love interest.
• Asude Kalebek as Raşel Aseo, Matilda's daughter and İsmet's love interest.
• Salih Bademci as Selim Songür, the singer of the nightclub.
• Metin Akdülger as Orhan Şahin, the owner of the club.
• Suzan Kardeş, as Orhan's mother.
• Fırat Tanış as Çelebi, the manager of the club.
• Merve Şeyma Zengin as Tasula, the Turkish Greek friend of Raşel.
• Hülya Duyar, as İsmet's mother.
• İştar Gökseven as Ali Şeker, İsmet's father.
• Murat Garibağaoğlu as David.
• İlker Kılıç, as Mordo, fiancé of Raşel.
• Valeria Lakhina, as Diana, an Englishwoman working in the British embassy.
• Doğanay Ünal, as Bahtiyar.

Production

The name of the series was first announced to be Kod Adı: Kulüp by Netflix in October 2020, along with the lead cast Gökçe Bahadır, Barış Arduç, and Salih Bademci.[8] In the same month it was reported that Fırat Tanış will also be cast for the show.[9] In March 2021 journalist Birsen Altuntaş tweeted Ruhi Sarı, Suzan Kardeş and Hazım Körmükçü will be starring as supporting characters in the series.[10] The series was produced by Saner Ayar, Ayşe Durmaz and the Turkish media company O3 Medya for Netflix and directed by Seren Yüce and Zeynep Günay Tan. A team composed of Ayşin Akbulut, Serkan Yörük, Bengü Üçüncü, Rana Denizer and Necati Şahin (lead writer) was the writing team for the series.[9]

Reception

The reception of the Turkish Jewish community to the series was generally positive. The depiction of the Jewish rituals, Ladino language and political topics such as Varlık Vergisi was especially praised by the community members.[11][12][13] Also the depiction of taboo topics such as Crypto Greeks, anti-Greek sentiment in Turkey, and Istanbul pogrom in 1955 (in part 2) was praised by the Greek Orthodox community members.[14]

References

External links

• The Club on Netflix
• The Club at IMDb

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