Metin Balekoğlu (Director)

Love for Rent

When Defne's brother gets into debt and is held captive, Defne is forced to accept an offer in exchange for the money. She has to make Ömer, a wealthy shoe designer who owns a company, fall in love with her and marry her.

Release Date2015-06-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count69

Vote Count63

Sınıf

Release Date2008-01-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Kınalı Kar

Kınalı Kar is a miniseries portraying the love stories of several people in the Turkish village of Kınalı Kar, most notably Ali and Nazar.

Release Date2002-09-21

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Episode Count90

Vote Count3

Mavi Kelebekler

Release Date2011-10-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count26

Vote Count1

Gece Gündüz

Gece Gündüz was a police procedural soap produced by the Altıoklar Productions, the main characters are Aslan Aydemir and Kemal. They both work at the Istanbul Organized Crime section of the police force. The series finished on its 33rd episode. The theme song is an edited version of "Gündüz Gece" by Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu who is also named "Uzun Ince bir Yoldayım" which was a famous Turkish folk music and Veysel was the famous one for this song.

Release Date2008-07-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count29

Vote Count3

Fırtına

Release Date2006-07-08

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Episode Count48

Vote Count2

Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer

Release Date1999-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Episode Count21

Gülperi

Release Date2018-09-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count75

Vote Count20

High Society

Kerem is a young and hardworking man who comes from a poor family. His father works as a gardener and his mother works as a cook for a rich family. Cansu is the youngest daughter of a wealthy family from high society. Despite her wealth, she is not happy at all. One day, she accidentally meets a fortune teller who says that Cansu would find a true love if she reads the signs. Out of pure coincidence, Cansu finds herself at Olivia and starts to work there as a sales person. Olivia becomes a complicated place: Kerem thinks that Cansu is a poor girl and starts to have feelings for her. Cansu thinks that Kerem is a decent man even though he cmes forom a high society and starts to have feeling for him.

Release Date2016-07-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count76

Vote Count5

Ağır Roman: Yeni Dünya

Release Date2012-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Kül Masalı

Release Date2024-02-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Tainted Love

Yasemin's story began in Germany and found itself in the ups and downs of life. However, she was not afraid to live and succeeded in entering the law school. Now she is both studying and working. Her sole purpose in life is to receive custody of her hearing-impaired brother, who has been growing up in the orphanage as their fathers are different. On the other hand, she is saving up money for her brother Murat's operation. Cem is the older of two children of a wealthy family. As a child, he has witnessed an incident that led his mother Belkis and his father apart and disrupted their lives. Successful, bright man in business. However, he is distant and insecure to women because of what happened in the past. Yasemin and Cem's life crossed in coincides with an event that happened on the night of the organization of Cem's company. Two broken hearts, two wounded souls. It is a pure love that tries to grow among the dark secrets, ambitions, intrigues. Love that will win the pride?

Release Date2019-04-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count6

Happily Ever After

Unlucky Leyla rebuilds her life as a wedding planner after Sarp abandons her at their nuptials, but the emotional turmoil floods back when she must organize Sarp’s wedding to his new girlfriend.

Release Date2020-09-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count5

Aşktan Kaçılmaz

Release Date2014-09-14

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Devious Maids

Tells the story of 4 maids working in 4 different houses at a luxury compound Cennet Sitesi; in İstanbul and their mysterious and intriguing relations with their landlords.

Release Date2020-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count5

Ayrılık

Ayrılık: Aşkta ve Savaşta Filistin, known in English as Farewell, is a prime time Turkish television series aired on state broadcaster TRT. The series started on 13 October 2009. The concept consultant of the series is columnist Hakan Albayrak in daily Yeni Şafak who had also been on the board of MV Mavi Marmara during the Gaza flotilla raid, while its script consultant is the trade union leader Yaşar Seyman who is a columnist of the left-wing daily BirGün.

Release Date2009-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Yıllar Sonra

Release Date2011-10-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Katakulli

Kemal was an orphaned child, but the people in his neighborhood took him under their wing and never abandoned him. The residents of the neighborhood played the biggest role in his life going so well, never allowing him to fall into hardship. However, no one could have imagined that Kemal would grow up to become a thief. But his conscience would not allow him to make this a habit, and he left it behind to fall in love with a girl. It all began with his love for Maryam.

Release Date2022-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Katakulli 3: Tuzak

Release Date2022-12-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Katakulli 2 : Gözükaralar

Release Date2022-12-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Katakulli 4: Tam Zamanı

When their neighborhood is in trouble, a formerly thieving couple tries to save it — to the dismay of the community and those who want it destroyed.

Release Date2022-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1