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The Protector (Turkish: Hakan: Muhafız) is a Turkish drama fantasy series starring Çağatay Ulusoy.[1][2] It was created by Binnur Karaevli and directed by Umut Aral, Gönenç Uyanık, and Can Evrenol in the first season.[3] The story is inspired from Turkish novelist Nilüfer İpek Gökdel's mystery novel, 'Karakalem ve Bir Delikanlının Tuhaf Hikayesi' (A Strange Story of Charcoal and a Young Man), which was published in 2016.[4] The first season consists of 10 episodes and became available for streaming on Netflix on December 14, 2018.[5] The second season consists of 8 episodes and was made available for live streaming on April 26, 2019. On June 10, 2019 the series was renewed for seasons 3 and 4.[6] The fourth and last season was released on July 9, 2020.[7]

The Protector
Turkish	Hakan: Muhafız
Genre	Action fantasy science fiction
Created by	Binnur Karaevli
Based on	Karakalem ve Bir Delikanlının Tuhaf Hikayesi by Nilüfer İpek Gökdel
Written by	Jason George Yasemin Yılmaz Emre Özpirinçci Kerim Ceylan
Directed by	Umut Aral Gönenç Uyanık Can Evrenol Burcu Alptekin Gökhan Tiryaki
Starring	Çağatay Ulusoy Ayça Ayşin Turan Okan Yalabık Hazar Ergüçlü Burçin Terzioğlu Engin Öztürk Taner Ölmez Funda Eryiğit
Theme music composer	Tufan Aydın Tolga Böyük Emin Yasin Vural Ekin Eti
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	32 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Onur Güvenatam Özge Bağdatlıoğlu Jason George Binnur Karaevli
Producer	Alex Sutherland
Production location	Istanbul
Cinematography	Gökhan Tiryaki
Running time	30-50 minutes
Production companies	Netflix O3 Medya
Distributor	Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	16:9 HD
Original release	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) – July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)

Plot

After his adoptive father Neşet is killed, Hakan Demir, an Istanbul shopkeeper, discovers that he is connected to an ancient secret order whose duty is to protect the city. Hakan must embrace his family's legacy as The Protector, a hero with the duty to kill the Immortal and prevent the destruction of the city.[3][1]

He is helped by Kemal and his daughter Zeynep, members of the secret order of the Loyal Ones, who are dedicated to assisting the Protector.[8]

Cast

Main

• Çağatay Ulusoy as the Last Protector, Hakan Demir / First Protector Harun Muhafız, a man in his twenties who works for his adoptive father Neşet in their small antique shop but dreams of opening a bigger store and becoming successful. After Neşet is killed by people looking for a mysterious Ottoman shirt, Zeynep and Kemal tell him to put the shirt on. As the shirt fuses with his body, he becomes The Protector, the series' protagonist. (Season 1-4).
• Ayça Ayşin Turan as Leyla Sancak, Erdem's assistant [1] and Hakan's love interest.[8] (Season 1-2).
• Okan Yalabık as Faysal Erdem / Hüsrev Hodja, the series' antagonist, a successful businessman whose career has inspired Hakan to try to better himself.[1] He is a second Immortal. (Season 1-4).
• Hazar Ergüçlü as Zeynep Erman, one of the Loyal Ones. She is not much impressed with Hakan at first as she trains him in combat techniques.[8] (Season 1- 4) and Hakan's love interest. (season 3-4)
• Yurdaer Okur as Kemal Erman, Zeynep's pharmacist father,[1] also a Loyal One.[8] (Season 1).
• Burçin Terzioğlu as Rüya Erdem / Sultan Cavidan, Faysal's wife. (Guest: Seasons 1 and 4, Main: Season 2-3).
• Engin Öztürk as Levent Demir, Hakan's brother. (Season 2-3).
• Taner Ölmez as Burak, one of the Loyal Ones (Season 3-4).
• Funda Eryiğit as Nisan Türk /Mrs Valeria, a chemist, first Immortal and grand vizier. (Season 3-4).

Others

• Mehmet Kurtuluş as Mazhar Dragusha, Erdem's henchman.[1] (Season 1).
• Cankat Aydos as Memo, Hakan's cousin with a gambling problem.[1] (Season 1).
• Defne Kayalar as Suzan Bayraktar. (Season 1).
• Cihat Süvarioğlu as Yasin Karakaya, a journalist. (Season 1).
• Helin Kandemir as Ceylan, one of the Loyal Ones. (Season 1-2).
• Erol Gedik as Murat. (Season 1).
• Selçuk Zurnazanlı as Selim, Hakan's step-dad. (Season 1).
• Şenay Aydın as Derya, a Fallen One. (Season 1-2).
• Fatih Dönmez as Orkun. (Season 2).
• Saygın Soysal as Mergen, an Immortal. (Season 2).
• Çiğdem Selışık Onat as Azra. (Season 2).
• Ayse Melike Çerçi as Piraye. (Season 2).
• Kubilay Karslıoğlu as Serdar. (Season 2).
• Hakan Ummak as Can. (Season 2).
• Boran Kuzum as Okhan, an Immortal. (Season 2-4).
• Miray Daner as Oracle, one of the Loyal Ones. (Season 2-4).
• Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu as Emir, one of the Loyal Ones. (Season 1).
• İlayda Alişan as Aylin, one of the Loyal Ones. (Season 3-4).
• Bige Önal as Berrin, one of the Loyal Ones. Season 3-4).

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
1	10		December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
2	8		April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
3	7		March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
4	7		July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)

Season 1 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Episode 1"	Can Evrenol	Jason George	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
2	2	"Episode 2"	Can Evrenol	Yasemin Yılmaz	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
3	3	"Episode 3"	Can Evrenol	Emre Özpirinççi	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
4	4	"Episode 4"	Umut Aral	Kerim Ceylan	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
5	5	"Episode 5"	Umut Aral	Yasemin Yılmaz	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
6	6	"Episode 6"	Umut Aral	Emre Özpirinççi	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
7	7	"Episode 7"	Gönenç Uyanık	Kerim Ceylan, Binnur Karaevli	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
8	8	"Episode 8"	Gönenç Uyanık	Emre Özpirinççi	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
9	9	"Episode 9"	Can Evrenol	Volkan Sümbül	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
10	10	"Episode 10"	Can Evrenol	Yasemin Yılmaz	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)

Season 2 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
11	1	"Episode 1"	Umut Aral	Cansu Çoban	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
12	2	"Episode 2"	Umut Aral	Atasay Koç	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
13	3	"Episode 3"	Umut Aral	Uğraş Güneş	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
14	4	"Episode 4"	Gonenc Uyanik	Cansu Çoban	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
15	5	"Episode 5"	Gonenc Uyanik	Jason George	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
16	6	"Episode 6"	Gonenc Uyanik	Atasay Koç	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
17	7	"Episode 7"	Gökhan Tiryaki	Ayşin Akbulut	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
18	8	"Episode 8"	Gökhan Tiryaki	Yasemin Yilmaz	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)

Season 3 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
19	1	"Episode 1"	Umut Aral	Atasay Koç	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
20	2	"Episode 2"	Umut Aral	Cansu Çoban	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
21	3	"Episode 3"	Umut Aral	Aksel Bonfil	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
22	4	"Episode 4"	Umut Aral	Deniz Gürlek	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
23	5	"Episode 5"	Burcu Alptekin	Melek Seven	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
24	6	"Episode 6"	Burcu Alptekin	Merih Aslan, Cansu Çoban	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
25	7	"Episode 7"	Burcu Alptekin	Aksel Bonfil, Atasay Koç	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)

Season 4 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [9]
26	1	"Episode 1"	Umut Aral	Atasay Koç	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
27	2	"Episode 2"	Umut Aral	Cansu Çoban, Aksel Bonfil	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
28	3	"Episode 3"	Umut Aral	Deniz Gürlek	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
29	4	"Episode 4"	Burcu Alptekin	Melek Seven	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
30	5	"Episode 5"	Burcu Alptekin	Cansu Çoban	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
31	6	"Episode 6"	Gökhan Tiryaki	Deniz Gürlek, Melek Seven	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
32	7	"Episode 7"	Gökhan Tiryaki	Atasay Koç	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)

Production

The principal photography began on March 7, 2018 in Istanbul.[10]

References

External links

• Official website
• The Protector at IMDb

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