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Çukur (transl. "The Pit") is a Turkish psychological thriller television series directed by Sinan Öztürk, and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on 23 October 2017 and concluded on 7 June 2021 with a total of 131 episodes (four seasons).

Çukur
Genre	Action Psychological thriller
Written by	Gökhan Horzum (1–131) Damla Serim (68–131)
Directed by	Sinan Öztürk (1–131) Özgür Sevimli (34–67)
Starring	Aras Bulut İynemli Dilan Çiçek Deniz Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Ercan Kesal Perihan Savaş Öner Erkan Necip Memili Rıza Kocaoğlu Damla Sönmez Mustafa Üstündağ Burak Dakak Burak Sergen Tansu Biçer Erkan Avcı Berkay Ateş Mustafa Avkıran Nejat İşler Barış Arduç Müfit Kayacan Cihangir Ceyhan
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Opening theme	"Çukur Jenerik"
Composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	131
Production
Producers	Kerem Çatay (4 seasons) Pelin Diştaş (season 1–2)
Production locations	Istanbul, Turkey
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	Ay Yapım
Release
Original network	Show TV
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) – 7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)

Plot

The control of Çukur, a district of Istanbul, identified with crime, is in the hands of the Koçovalı family. Although it is so closely related to crime, the family has its own rules. One of these rules is the drug ban. Drugs are not produced, used or sold in Çukur, but groups that are new to the game try to break the ban.

Filming

Çukur was shot in Balat district in Fatih district of Istanbul.[1] Some of the scenes in the first and second episode of the first season were shot in Paris, France, and some of the scenes of the third season were in Berlin, Germany.[2][3]

Cast

Actor	Characters	About
Aras Bulut İynemli	Yamaç Koçovalı	The Koçovalı family's youngest son and the leader of the Çukur neighborhood mafia. İdris and Sultan's son. He left the neighborhood after he was forced to protect his family by killing someone. Came back after Kahraman's death and became Çukur's leader. Fell in love with Sena and married her. After Sena's death, he fell in love with Efsun and ended up marrying her. Has a daughter from her named Masal and a son from Nehir named Yamaç Jr.
Dilan Çiçek Deniz	Sena Koçovalı	Yamaç's first wife. Emrah's half-sister. She sacrificed herself to protect the Koçovalı family. Killed by Yücel.
Damla Sönmez	Efsun Kent	Baykal's daughter from Şifa. Yamaç's wife and mother of Masal. First came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family and wanted to avenge her father's death by helping Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı, however she fell in love with Yamaç.
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil	Salih Koçovalı (Vartolu Sadettin)	İdris Koçovalı's son from Mihriban. He was abandoned after his mother's death and lived a very hard life. First came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family for revenge, killed his own brother Kahraman and took over the neighborhood with the help of Selim, Emrah, and Nazım, but later reconciled with the family. Saadet's childhood love and husband. Has a son from her named Idris Jr.
Ercan Kesal	İdris Koçovalı	Founder and leader of the Çukur neighborhood. Father of the Koçovalı family and Sultan's husband. Banned the selling of drugs in the Çukur neighborhood. He sacrificed himself to protect his family and was killed by Yamaç according to Yücel’s plan.
Perihan Savaş	Sultan Koçovalı	İdris's wife and mother of Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, and Yamaç.
Öner Erkan	Selim Koçovalı	İdris and Sultan's son. Ayşe's ex-husband and father of Akın and Karaca. First betrayed his family and took over the neighborhood with the help of Vartolu, Emrah, and Nazım, but later reconciled with his family. Killed by Çağatay Erdenet.
Necip Memili	Cumali Koçovalı (Rambo)	The Koçovalı family's eldest son. İdris and Sultan's son. Spent 11 years in prison. Damla's husband. Has a daughter from her named Asiye.
Rıza Kocaoğlu	Ali Çoban (Aliço)	Dustman and skilled sniper who has autism. Yavuz commander's son who ran away from home. He was taken in by the Koçovalı family and became their close friend, as well as their eyes and ears on the streets of Istanbul.
Mustafa Üstündağ	Kahraman Koçovalı	İdris and Sultan's son. Nedret's husband and father of Akşın and Acar. Killed by his own brother Salih.
Burak Dakak	Akın Koçovalı	İdris Koçovalı's eldest grandchild. Selim and Ayşe's son. Yasmin's husband. Rescued Yücel from death and helped him in his plan to kill his grandfather. Later, he felt very guilty and came to love and help his family in the most difficult situations.
Burak Sergen	Baykal Kent (Beyefendi)	Powerful mafia leader and enemy of the Koçovalı family. Father of Nazım, Emrah, and Efsun. Wanted to take over the Çukur neighborhood with the help of Salih and Selim. Killed by the Russian mafia.
Tansu Biçer	Yücel Tansoy (Yüzüklü)	Co-founder and former co-leader of the Karakuzular. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. He killed Sena and Akşın and forced Yamaç to kill İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge his own father's death. Killed by Yamaç.
Erkan Avcı	Çeto	Co-founder and co-leader of the Karakuzular. Enemy of the Çukur neighborhood and the Koçovalı family. Together with Mahsun and the Karakuzular, he took over the neighborhood after raiding the Koçovalı family. Killed by Mahsun.
Berkay Ateş	Fikret Canseven (Mahsun)	Co-leader of the Karakuzular. Former enemy of the Çukur neighborhood and the Koçovalı family. Fell in love with Sena. Killed Çeto after finding out that he separated him from his family. Came back later as Yamaç's bodyguard and then later, left with the remaining Karakuzular members and his mother to start a new life.
Mehmet Yılmaz Ak	Ersoy	Accountant of Karakuzular. Bullied at the school, saved by Çeto and Mahsun and later accepted to be in Karakuzular gang. He revealed Çeto's secrets to Yamaç. Killed by Çeto.
Ramin Nazir	Lal Fındık	One of the main members of Karakuzular. He looked after Saadet and her and Salih's child after Karakuzular raid. Killed by Selim.
Mustafa Avkıran	Cengiz Erdenet	Istanbul's richest and most powerful businessman. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. Father of the Erdenet family and husband of Olga and Süreyya. Owner of the Erdenet Holding and Istanbul's biggest drug business. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
Nejat İşler	Çağatay Erdenet	Powerful mafia leader and Istanbul's biggest drug trafficker. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. Cengiz Erdenet's older son from Olga. He had a long time crush on Efsun. Supervised his father's drug business and illegal work. Killed Selim in order to avenge his brother Arık. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
Barış Arduç	Arık Böke Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's younger son from Olga. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Took over his father's drug business after his brother Çağatay was caught by the police. Killed by Cumali.
Müfit Kayacan	Cumali Koçovalı Sr. (Amca)	İdris Koçovalı's older brother whom everyone thought was dead. Enemy of the Koçovalı family and leader of a drug trafficking mafia in Turkey and Afghanistan. He was shot by İdris in order to protect Çukur from drugs, however he survived and was banished by him. He came back under the name Halil İbrahim Gökçetaş for revenge and took over the neighborhood. Killed by Salih and Akın.
Cihangir Ceyhan	Azer Kurtuluş	Leader of a drug dealing mafia in Istanbul and enemy of the Koçovalı family. Helped Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge his brother Savaş. Fell in love with Karaca and married her. Killed by Karaca.
Kadir Çermik	Mücahit Savcıbey (Emmi)	Longtime and loyal friend of İdris and Paşa. One of the most respected elders in the Çukur neighborhood. Suffered from Alzheimer's after both of his lifetime friends died. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı Sr.
Çetin Sarıkartal	Cihangir Şahin (Paşa)	Longtime and loyal friend of İdris and Emmi. One of the most respected elders in the Çukur neighborhood. Runs the neighborhood's arms dealing business. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Nebil Sayın	Muhittin Derbent	The Çukur neighborhood's barber and longtime friend of İdris, Emmi, and Paşa. Meke's father. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Cem Uslu	Metin Yaman	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. Lost his left eye in the Karakuzular raid. Has a son named Yılmaz.
Uğur Yıldıran	Kemal Yaman	Metin's younger brother and one of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. He sacrificed himself to protect Yamaç and was killed by Azer Kurtuluş.
Aytaç Uşun	Mustafa Derbent (Meke)	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. Muhittin's son. Fell in love with Fidan and ended up marrying her.
Kubilay Aka	Celasun Gümüş	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Became one of Vartolu's men in order to secretly avenge his father's death, but later reconciled with him. Fell in love with Akşin and married her. Later fell in love with Karaca. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı Sr.
Mustafa Kırantepe	Medet İnce	Vartolu's right hand man and longtime friend. He suffered from lung problems after being shot in the Karakuzular raid. Fell in love with Cennet. He was on bad terms with Salih after Cumali Koçovalı Sr. took over the neighborhood, but later reconciled with him.
Ferit Kaya	Murtaza Surlu (Feri)	Arms dealer who is Paşa's former apprentice. Came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family and worked for Azer and the Erdenet family. Fell in love with Ayşe and married her. Later became Vartolu's right hand man and even saved Yamaç's life. Committed suicide after Ayşe was killed.
Hare Sürel	Damla Koçovalı	Uluç's daughter and Cumali's wife. Mother of Asiye. Brave woman who helps the Koçovalı family in difficult situations.
Ece Yaşar	Karaca Koçovalı	Selim and Ayşe's daughter. İdris's granddaughter. Fell in love with Azer and married him, but killed him on their wedding night after finding about his role in İdris's death. Later fell in love with Celasun. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı Sr.
İrem Altuğ	Ayşe Yılmaz	Selim's ex-wife and mother of Akın and Karaca. Later married Murtaza. Killed by Şahram.
Boncuk Yılmaz	Saadet Koçovalı	The Koçovalı family's maid who was raised in their house. Salih's wife and İdris Jr.'s mother.
İlayda Alişan	Akşin Koçovalı	Kahraman and Nedret's daughter. İdris's granddaughter. Fell in love with Celasun and married him, however her face was severely injured in the Karakuzular raid and she suffered from pyschological problems. Killed by Yücel.
Hazal Subaşı	Nehir Bursalı	Yamaç's former lover and friend whom he met in a mental asylum. Has a son named Yamaç Jr from Yamaç. Entrusted his son to Efsun's care after she got diagnosed with cancer.
Gamze Doğanoğlu	Yasmin Koçovalı	İskender's sister and Akın's wife. Suffers from psychological problems because of the war in her home country Afghanistan.
Zeynep Kumral	Nedret Koçovalı	Kahraman's wife and mother of Akşin and Acar. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Şenay Gürler	Meliha Sancaklı	İdris's former lover and former singer in the Istanbul nightclubs. İdris thought her to be dead after he shot her, but she was saved by Paşa and Sultan.
Nur Sürer	Fadik Kurtuluş	Mother of Azer Kurtuluş and his 8 siblings. Leaves Istanbul after all his sons are killed.
Salih Kalyon	Yavuz Çoban	Aliço's father. Retired commander and soldier, who forces Aliço to live a military life. Killed by his own son Zafer.
İlkay Akdağlı	Nedim	Cumali Koçovalı Sr's right hand man. Worked as a spy amongst the Koçovalı family while pretending to be a waiter at the Çukur coffeeshop. Killed by Salih.
Genco Özak	Kulkan Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's youngest son from Süreyya. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Helped his father in the war against Çukur. With the help of Cumali Koçovalı Sr he kidnapped Yamaç and tortured him for 3 years in a cave in order to avenge the death of his brother Ogeday. Killed by Efsun.
Baki Davrak	Ogeday Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's eldest son from Süreyya. Supervised the Erdenet holding and his father's legal work. Killed by his own brother Kulkan because of a trap set by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
İrem Sak	Seren Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's niece and cousin of Ogeday, Çağatay, Arık, and Kulkan. Helped Arık in the war against Çukur. Killed both Olga and Süreyya in order to avenge her father's death. Killed by Çağatay Erdenet.
Suna Yıldızoğlu	Olga Erdenet	One of Cengiz Erdenet's wives and mother of Çağatay and Arık Böke. Russian woman who controls all of Cengiz's money that comes from his drug business. Killed by Seren.
Filiz Taçbaş	Süreyya Erdenet	One of Cengiz Erdenet's wives and mother of Ogeday and Kulkan. Killed by Seren.
Meral Çetinkaya	Makbule Kent	Baykal's mother and grandmother of Nazım, Emrah, and Efsun. Killed by Efsun.
Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar	Nazım Kent	Lawyer who is Baykal's son and Emrah and Efsun's half-brother. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Caused Baykal's death by surrendering him to the Russian mafia. Took over the neighborhood with the help of Emrah, Vartolu, and Selim. Killed by his own brother Emrah.
Alperen Duymaz	Emrah Kent	Former police chief and Baykal's son from Güzide. Sena's half-brother. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Took over the neighborhood with the help of Nazım, Vartolu, and Selim. Killed by his own brother Nazım.
Ahmet Melih Yılmaz	Celil (Timsah)	Leader of a drug dealing mafia in Istanbul. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Helped Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge his friend Sedat. Killed by Salih.
Serhat Özcan	Uluç (Reis)	Damla's father and İdris and Emmi's friend. One of the respected elders of the Istanbul mafia who owns a shipbuilding factory. Works secretly with Yücel against the Koçovalı family in order to take over Çukur. Killed by Yücel.
Sarp Akkaya	Şahram Göçer	Leader of a motorcycle mafia gang from Afghanistan. He was Cumali Koçovalı Sr.'s ally who saw him as a son. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Attacked and took over the neighborhood at the request of Cumali Koçovali Sr. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, Salih, and Akın.
Uğur Yıldıran	Masked Man	Serial killer who worked for Çağatay Erdenet and Uncle Cumali. He knew the fighting tehniques very well. He killed Celalsun and tried to kidnap Emmi at Uncle Cumali's order. Killed by Yamaç.
Mehmet Bozdoğan	Kumburgazlı Serdar	Mafia leader who works for Feyyaz. Made a deal with Selim to create problems for the Koçovalı family. Kidnapps İdris and Sena and attacks the neighborhood. Killed by Selim.
Hüseyin Soysalan	Feyyaz	One of Istanbul's mafia bosses and İdris's friend. He found out who Beyefendi was and wanted to tell Yamaç, but was killed by Baykal's hired sniper Laz.
Saygın Soysal	Elvis	Part of the Russian mafia and one of Baykal's partners. He kidnapped the Koçovalı women after Baykal was kidnapped. Along with the Russian mafia, he killed Baykal to avenge one of the Russian mafia leaders. Killed by Emrah.
Emrullah Çakay	Fatih	Çağatay Erdenet's servant and right hand man. He smuggled drugs into the Çukur neighborhood at Çağatay's order. Killed by Yamaç.
Ahmet Bağdatlı	Sedat	Part of the Istanbul mafia who is Celil Timsah's friend. Worked with Uluç and Yücel in order to take over Çukur. Killed by Yamaç.
Halil Babür	Veysel/Çiyan	Salih's man, who was beaten to death by the Çukur residents for selling drugs. He survived and later appeared under his Veysel identity. He became Cumali's man, but later betrayed him and worked for Çeto and Mahsun. Killed by Cumali.
Çağrı Atakan	Remzi	Resident of the Çukur neighborhood who is an enemy of the Koçovalı family. Worked for Çukur's enemies in order to take revenge from the Koçovalı family.
Erman Cihan	Şenol	Arms dealer from Karadeniz who did business with the Koçovalı family and became Yamaç's close friend. Killed by Murtaza at Çağatay Erdenet's order.
Alp Demiray	Ecevit	One of young people of Çukur neibourghood and gatekeeper of Koçovali family. He became the Uncle Cumali's men, but later he took the side of Yamaç again. Killed by Şahram.
Erdağ Yenel	Feyyaz Aktarcılar	Homeless man with 4 children who became a resident of the Çukur neighborhood with Yamaç's help and became the waiter at the Çukur coffeeshop. He was forced to marry Cennet by Cumali Koçovalı Sr., but later divorced from her.
Gökşen Ateş	Yıldız	Prostitute who works in nightclubs and is one of Çukur's residents. Sena's friend and Cumali's former lover. Mother of 3 children. She couldn't marry Cumali because of Sultan's disapproval. Eventually married someone else and left the neighborhood.
Elif Doğan	Hale	Journalist, who physically resembled Meliha in her youth. She became Meliha's friend and interviewed İdris Koçovalı at her request. Fell in love with Aliço. Killed by Laz at Baykal's order.
Begüm Akkaya	Seher	Homeless woman with two children who took shelter in Aliço's hut. She later falls in love with Aliço and becomes a good friend of the Koçovalı family.
Aylin Engör	Cennet Hatırsay	İdris Koçovalı Jr.'s nanny. Fell in love with Medet. She was forced to marry Feyyaz by Cumali Koçovalı Sr., but later divorced from him.
İpek Türktan	Hatice Gümüş	Celasun's mother. She became severely depressed after her two younger sons Recep and Bekir were killed by the Karakuzular.
Defne Koldaş	Senem Yaman	Kemal's wife.
Beste Kanar	Deren	Sena's best friend.

Another character, Saliha, is player by İlayda Elif Elhih.[4]

Soundtracks

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	33		23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)	11 June 2018 (2018-06-11)
2	34		17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)	27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)
3	25		16 September 2019 (2019-09-16)	16 March 2020 (2020-03-16)
4	39		7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)	7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)

International broadcasting

•  Iran on Gem TV since 2019 as Godal (گودال). Dubbed in Persian language.
•  Ethiopia on Kana TV since 2019 as የኛ ሰፈር (Amharic: የኛ ሰፈር, romanized: jɛɲä sɛfɛrɨ)
•  Arab world on beIN Drama since 2019 as Alhufra (الحفرة). Dubbed in Arabic language.
• South Africa in Eextra since 2022 as in Afrikaans as Die Put (english as The Pit)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina on Nova BH since 2022 as Jama
• Serbia on Nova S since 2021 as Jama (Only 1. seasion)

Bookmaking

The screenwriter of the series, Gökhan Horzum, published a book about the first season of the series called Yamaç's Return – Çukur in October 2019.[5]

Reviews

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Çukur has a story that reduces the neighborhood to a bad image (pit), unlike the Turkish TV series that deal with the neighborhood culture of the 2000s. Nurdan Gürbilek devoted a separate section to the line in his work named Second Life and commented on "family, masculinity and mafia series". In the series, the hero first leaves the house and then returns to the threatened neighborhood as a savior. Gürbilek interprets this as a classic return story and evaluates a popular version of the "man returning home" narrative. The soundtracks of the series that are integrated with the scenes of violence (predominantly Gazapizm and Eypio songs) are rap pieces that have been transformed into close combat music according to him. In the series, the name of the struggle between heirs (self and stepchildren) created by the image of the father and the weakening of the father is "the fight of the brothers". On the contrary, those under the command of Baba (İdris et al.) and the neighborhood leader (Yamaç et al.), who stand out as the savior and protector of the Gariban (neighborhood), are "fatherless children". According to Gürbilek, the neighborhood is seen as a "liberated space" in the series, and the reality of despair connects people to the Fatherhood and masculinity order (neighborhood).[6]

Complaints

Since its publication, Çukur has been among the most complained works on TV. RTÜK imposed administrative fines on the channel where the series was broadcast due to scenes of armed conflict, fear, violence and torture.[7] Ercan Kesal, who took place in Çukur for two seasons, replied to the increasing complaints, "The issue of violence in Çukur is much more innocent when you compare it with the violence in daily life."[8]

References

External links

• Çukur on Show TV

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