Episode Notes On this week's episode we are coming at you with our thoughts on a highly acclaimed dizi, Yalı Çapkını (Golden Boy) and why we think it's successful. This episode is part 1 of a two parts discussion. In this part we include some comments from our listeners as well as some ideas from other resources we found online. Join us while we explore the success of this dizi phenomenon. We will continue our discussion about Yalı Çapkını on our next episode, so make sure you are signed up to be notified. If there are parts you are particularly interested, here are time stamps for the episode. Time Stamps:   00:00 – 00:40 – Intro music 00:40 – 01:10 – Introduction of this episode’s subject, Yalı Çapkını 01:10 – 01:57 – Why we want to discuss Yalı Çapkını 01:57 – 04:07 – Production, Cast and Crew Credits 04:07 – 07:50 – Exploring YÇ’s success and referring to a Turkish article about Yalı Çapkını 07:50 – 11:47 – Main themes in YÇ – Ağa theme, Halis Ağa, the modern feudal version 11: 47 – 14:10 – Production value difference from other projects 14:10 – 16:51 – Traditional patriarchial values 16:51 – 17:30 – Ferit and Seyran’s chemistry 17:30 – 20:06 – Comments from our listeners 20:06 – 24:25 – Why toxic relationships attract us 24:25 – 25:28 – Closing words – we’ll be back for part 2 The article we mention in the episode (it's in Turkish, you can read it with Google translate): https://www.themagger.com/yali-capkini-dizi-inceleme/ Yalı Çapkını credits: Director: Burcu Alptekin Main cast: Afra Saraçoğlu, Mert Ramazan Demir, Çetin Tekindor, Şerif Sezer, Gülçin Santırcıoğlu, Beril Pozam, Emre Altuğ, Gözde Kansu, Diren Polatoğlulları, Ersin Arıcı, Öznur Serçeler, Sezin Bozacı, Yiğit Tuncay, Hülya Duyar, Buçe Buse Kahraman, İrem Altuğ Screenwriter: Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, Mehmet Barış Günger (Bob) For full cast and crew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21105088/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm Follow us on social media: Dizi Friends Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dizifriends/ Dizi Friends on X: https://twitter.com/Dizi_Friends Thanks for listening! See you on our next episode! Find out more at https://dizi-friends-podcast.pinecast.co