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Yes Sir (Emret Komutanım)

Yes Sir (Emret Komutanım)

TV Series · 2005–2008 · 18 people

Emret Komutanım ("Yes Sir") is a Turkish television series that blends comedy and drama in the setting of compulsory military service. Made by Altıoklar Film Prodüksiyon, it aired on Show TV from June 23, 2005 to June 8, 2007. It returned in 2008 on Kanal 1 and was taken off the air after its 95th episode, closing out four seasons in total.

The story centres on young conscripts serving in a battalion somewhere in Anatolia. Missing home and the people they left behind, they find new friendships and a kind of brotherhood in the barracks. Banter, memories of civilian life and plans for after discharge fill the days. When the officers' discipline collides with the recruits' mischief, the result is scenes that are both funny and touching. The cast includes Arda Kural, Demet Evgar, Sermiyan Midyat, Sarp Levendoğlu and Engin Hepileri.

A ten-person team including Sermiyan Midyat, Ömer Genç and Ömhur Kaynak wrote the scripts, and eight directors, among them Haluk Göl, Kartal Tibet and Mustafa Altıoklar, worked on it. Filming took place in a Halkalı agriculture school that stood in for the "56th Infantry Regiment", a unit since disbanded. The series later spawned Uygun Adım Aşk on FOX in 2009 (10 episodes) and the 30-episode revival Emret Komutanım Yeniden on Kanaltürk in 2013.

Production companyAltıoklar Film Prodüksiyon
NetworkShow TV

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Arda Kural Arda Kural Actor · 46 years old Demet Evgar Demet Evgar Actor · 46 years old Tabip Ütğm. Çiğdem Sipahi Sermiyan Midyat Sermiyan Midyat Actor · 51 years old Sarp Levendoğlu Sarp Levendoğlu Actor · 44 years old Engin Hepileri Engin Hepileri Actor · 48 years old Çvş. Seyfi Sarsılmaz/Sinyor Seyfi Naci Taşdöğen Naci Taşdöğen Actor · 63 years old Rüzgar Erkoçlar Rüzgar Erkoçlar Actor · 40 years old Foto Fato Mustafa Üstündağ Mustafa Üstündağ Actor · 49 years old Private Sadullah Bilir/Sado Münir Akça Münir Akça Actor · 1951 – 2016 Nedim Abi Seda Akman Seda Akman Actor · 48 years old Yzb. Deniz Kaya Damla Sönmez Damla Sönmez Actor · 39 years old Karamel Cengiz Küçükayvaz Cengiz Küçükayvaz Actor · 58 years old Private Atilla Güven/Kerkenez Ati Didem Erol Didem Erol Actor · 51 years old Doctor Serhan Arslan Serhan Arslan Actor · 45 years old Private Tansel Teneke/Tembel Teneke Özge Özder Özge Özder Actor · 48 years old Nurse Sultan Turgut Tunçalp Turgut Tunçalp Actor · 50 years old Uz. Çvş. Numan Ak Melih Ekener Melih Ekener Actor · 61 years old Private Meftun Kader/Küçük Meftun Nefise Karatay Nefise Karatay Actor · 50 years old Nadide

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Lasting four seasons and 95 episodes with a story set in the barracks is no small feat, and Emret Komutanım owes much of it to its cast chemistry. There is a real sense of friendship in the barracks gang of Arda Kural, Sarp Levendoğlu, Engin Hepileri and Sermiyan Midyat. As episodes swing between banter, homesickness and dreams of discharge, you grow attached to these young men. To be honest, though, the traces of a ten-person writing team and eight directors show too: the tone shifts at times and some jokes repeat themselves. The move from Show TV to Kanal 1, followed by its removal from the air, also suggests a show that lost momentum over time.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Memories of military service, longing for home, the brotherhood formed in the barracks: these themes have always touched Turkish audiences. Emret Komutanım, too, finds its best moments where the officers' discipline collides with the recruits' mischief, in scenes that are both funny and moving. There is a warmth that recalls the innocent, good-hearted soldier types of our old comedies. Seeing Kartal Tibet's name among the directors means something special to my generation. Yet in some episodes the humour is too loud, leaning on shouting rather than finesse. The old masters delivered the same flavour at a lower volume.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Compulsory military service is an experience shared by almost every family in Turkey, and Emret Komutanım captures that collective memory somewhere between comedy and drama. Young men from different neighbourhoods and ways of life sharing one dormitory in an Anatolian battalion is a handy frame for building a small cross-section of society. The series presents service not as a heroic tale but as the sum of ordinary days filled with longing, friendship and chats in the canteen. On the other hand, the comic frame leaves little room to question the harsher side of hierarchy and discipline; the show seems to have chosen to stay light on purpose. Its later spin-offs, Uygun Adım Aşk and Emret Komutanım Yeniden, show how well the formula caught on.

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