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Analysis of the 2022-2023 season BURAK SAKAR
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eginning in September 2022, the 2022/2023 of Turkish TV featured a total of 57 series broadcasted until the end of the season in June, this year. Out of these 57 productions, 41 aired their finale within the season while 16 of them will return starting September. A tremendous earthquake devastated a large part of Türkiye in February. Due to this disaster, Turkish TV series halted for three weeks. In addition, the series aired on stateowned channel TRT 1 went off the air for a few weeks, due to the world Cup 2022. As a result of this situation, the total number of episodes fell slightly below expectations, recording as 1,072. In the 2022/2023 season on Turkish televisions, while 1,072 episodes of the series were broadcasted, the total duration of these series was 2,429 hours. The number of real-life adaptations increased for Turkish TV series in the 2022/2023 season. In fact, three series based on real-life stories aired episodes with subtitles indicating this fact. Out of the top 10 series with the highest ratings at the end of the season, three of them were adapted from real-life stories.
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