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Çarpışma

TV SERIES · 2018–2019 · TURKEY

Çarpışma

Created by
Ali Aydın
Network
Show TV, MBC 4, MBC Shahid
Seasons
1
Episodes
24
Studio
Ay Yapım

9 archived facts 1 topic 4 sources Last reviewed Oct 2026

After losing his wife and daughter in a terrorist act, Kadir Adalı decides to attempt suicide via car accident, unwittingly changing the course of his life and the three others involved in the accident.

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9 Interesting Facts About Çarpışma

  1. #001

    Uluç Bayraktar directed the series, Ali Aydın wrote the screenplay and Kerem Çatay served as producer.

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  2. #002

    The series premiered on Show TV on 22 November 2018 and ended with its 24th episode, broadcast on 30 May 2019; it ran for a single season in total.

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  3. #003

    The character Kadir Adalı serves as a chief inspector at the Organized Crime Branch of the Istanbul Police Department.

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  4. #004

    Kadir and Zeynep are childhood friends who grew up together in an orphanage, and Zeynep is Kadir's first love.

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  5. #005

    Kadir refused to marry Zeynep because of his wish to become a police officer, and Zeynep consequently married Galip Tunç.

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  6. #006

    Ali Sürmeli played Cansız, the sadistic serial killer who is Kadir's biological father and the series' main antagonist.

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  7. #007

    Characters known from the series Çukur, such as Vartolu Saadettin, Yamaç Koçovalı, Selim Koçovalı and Medet İnce, appeared as guest characters in the series.

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  8. #008

    The production also aired outside Turkey on the channels MBC 4, MBC Shahid and MBC Iraq.

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  9. #009

    The car crash in the final scene of the first episode of Çarpışma went down in history as the scene with the most cars crashing in the Turkish TV and film industry.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb title page (trivia)

Sources for the entries on this page

  1. Wikipedia Vikipedi (TR)Database · accessed 13 Sep 2026
  2. Wikipedia Wikipedia (EN)Database · accessed 13 Sep 2026

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