TV SERIES · 2007– · TURKEY

Var mısın? Yok musun?

Network

Show TV

Seasons

7

Episodes

5

10 archived facts · 1 topic · 2 sources · Last reviewed Sep 2026

Var mısın? Yok musun? is a Turkish adaptation of the game show Deal or No Deal. Produced by Acun Ilıcalı for Show TV, the show has been aired between September 10, 2007 and October 31, 2009 and in the second half of 2010. Within 350 episodes from 2007 to 2009, the show awarded around 23-24 Million TL to the contestants and donated around 7-8 Million TL several charities and institutions. There were 24 boxes…

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1. #001

   The first Turkish adaptation of the program aired on Kanal D under the title 'Büyük Teklif', hosted by Halit Ergenç. It later began on Show TV on 10 September 2007, produced by Acun Medya.

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2. #002

   The first Show TV run of the competition aired between 10 September 2007 and 16 September 2010. From 2007 until 31 October 2009, 350 episodes were broadcast.

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3. #003

   The competition used 24 boxes containing prizes ranging from 1 TL to 500,000 TL. While the studio and board graphics resembled the French version, the music and logo resembled the US version.

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4. #004

   The offers were made by a fictional banker character named 'Hamdi Bey'. In February 2008 it was claimed that Hamdi Bey was in fact a studio assistant from one of Acun Ilıcalı's earlier programs and that his name was Birol, but Acun Ilıcalı denied these claims.

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5. #005

   A New Year's special episode aired on 31 December 2007. This episode featured 26 boxes and the contestant won 125,000 TL.

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6. #006

   Until 2008 there was only one 500,000 TL box, but from March 2008 two more were added, tripling the chance of choosing the grand-prize box. In the 2008 season one more was added, raising the number of top-prize boxes to 4.

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7. #007

   In September 2009, producer Acun Ilıcalı aimed for at least one person to win the grand prize and increased the number of 500,000 TL boxes to 10. As a result, Ülkühan Yılmaz won the grand prize on 24 October 2009 and became the only person in Turkey to win this prize.

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8. #008

   International celebrities such as 50 Cent, Adriana Lima, Bruce Willis (together with Emma Heming), Christina Aguilera, Paris Hilton and Roberto Carlos appeared on the program as guest contestants. Turkish celebrities such as Cem Yılmaz and Fatih Terim (together with the Turkish national team players at the 2008 European Football Championship) also took part in the program.

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9. #009

   The competition restarted on 8 November 2011 on Fox Canlı, hosted by Asuman Krause. The format was the same as the Show TV version, but the number of boxes was reduced to 22.

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10. #010

    In 2013 a short-lived rerun was broadcast on Show TV. This version was hosted by sports commentator and football referee Ahmet Çakar, used 22 boxes and used the same board as the Fox version.

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