Turkish drama on a global scale … wide and huge returns

Day after day, the Turkish plays sector has become more and more active. Over the last decade alone, Turkey has made a quantum leap in this field, placing it second in the world of theatrical exports. to countries and languages ​​after the United States.

Great returns
Until 2008, imports of Turkish drama did not exceed $ 10 million. But soon, it jumped from this figure and grew to more than $ 200 million until 2014. In 2015, it had risen to $ 250 million. And reached more than 350 million dollars in the last year 2018, according to official Turkish estimates. The most important reason for this increase is perhaps the high rate of views on the Turkish series and its development, followed by more than half a billion people in more than 140 countries of the world, according to reports and reports. official studies, which brought Turkey not only to this, but she worked on planning Increase her imports of plays to 1 billion by 2023. The average annual production of serials in Turkey reaches more 70 series a year, but there are about 40 series of them which do not reach the required number and which are victims of the number of views. While 10 to 15 series of the most successful serials are exported out of Turkey. And is doubled in a number of languages, including Arabic, according to Bashir Tatli, director of the soap opera company Calinos Holding. In the context of international competition, the Turkish series entered the Turkish race and the Turkish series "Blind Love" won the Emmy International Award of 2017 as the best foreign series. The series includes the following series: "Hareem Al Sultan", "Al Ashqq Al Aswad", "Al Qabhadi", "Ma Thnab Fatima Gul", "Isel" and "Al Ashq Al Mamnouh" And "Blind Love".

the Arab world
The Turkish drama in the Arab world began in 2007, through the series "The Garland of Roses", which was a resounding success and aroused the curiosity of viewers in the Arab world and the Middle East. And increased demand for Turkish drama after the "Muhannad and Nour" series of 2008 and the "Lost Years" series of 2008, followed by dozens of works. As Arabic dubbing over 100 Turkish series in past periods, the most famous series "Valley of the Wolves" and "Love Black" and "Odeh Muhannad" and "Girls of the Sun" and "You Patriot" and "blind" blind "and" Artegral Resurrection ". Most of them are still available. Despite the dubbing of Turkish soap operas and its presentation on MBC, the Turkish drama remains very popular in the Arab world. Turkish TV series are no longer limited to television and local and satellite channels, but social networking sites, including YouTube, offer Arab audiences the opportunity to watch Turkish drama. Turkish dramas have been able to raise their level of quality in terms of quality and artistic value. The most important interest of this series is the interest aroused by the good script, which usually highlights many topics that interest people, such as emotional relationships or those that mimic the family. In addition to the series that tells the story of ancient and modern Turkey, and some of them amaze, excite and "action" sometimes.

Fierce competition
Given this huge quantity of production and competition based on the principle of good production, prices have increased, they are being exported abroad, the price of a ring currently being around $ 50,000, according to officials working for Turkish companies, speaking to the "new Arab". The product of the drama is not limited to the sales prices of the series, but also to the influence of the tourism sector, the producers being eager to transport the tourist and historical scene in Turkey through serials, which had a positive impact on the doubling of the number of tourists arriving in the country. Latin America is one of the most influential countries in the world in Turkish drama. It comes from the Chilean series "Thousand and One Nights", which became popular and contributed to the invasion of Turkish works by Latin screens. The Turkish series "Ma Thnib Fatima Gul" The Spanish and Portuguese languages ​​in 2015 follow only millions of people. Despite the Indian drama and its impact on various countries of the world, this does not prevent Turkish soap operas from also breaking the screen since 2015. The Turkish series Madbalij "Fatima Freha" is the starting point of the Turkish drama in India and has achieved high reading rates. Until 2015, India was the only Turkish show, but in the last two years, the number of soap operas has been increased to over a dozen series and it has already been a success considerable. On the other hand, the Film Sector Coordination Committee of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce is currently engaged in the implementation of the project of the Turkish series "Catlog", which will in principle be electronic. It will include the names of the series, the number of episodes and short summaries, indicating the year of production and the order in the number of views, the countries in which it was presented and the number of episodes. 39, other information.