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The Messiah, who has been sent by God to show the right path to the people of the land and make them change their perspective on life. The Chosen One is another Netflix original series from Mexico and was about a young boy who was proclaimed a messiah by a small town in the Latin American country until his powers attracted the attention of certain ultra-rich and influential people. Kubra is a Turkish Netflix original about a man who believes he has received his calling and desires to help people around him. Directed by Durul and Yagmur Taylan, the show was released on January 18, 2024. Kubra is based on the novel of the same name by Afsin Kum.

Kubra is an eight-episode-long show that begins with Gokhan Sahinoglu coming across text messages from someone named Kubra on the application ‘Soul Touch’. Gokhan was a war veteran, lived with his sister Gulcan and their mother,...

One year after launching a production venture in Turkey, L.A.-based production company Karga Seven Pictures has announced the appointment of prominent Turkish media exec Omer Ozguner as CEO of their Istanbul-based outfit.

Concurrently Karga have also forged a partnership with prominent local directorial duo The Taylan brothers, known for megahit dramas “Magnificent Century” and “Wounded Love.”

Durul Taylan and Yagmur Taylan will be based in Karga Seven Pictures offices in Los Angeles where they will develop scripted projects targeting “Turkey, the Middle East and the United States,” the company said in a statement. Karga Seven is a subsidiary of global film and TV group Red Arrow Studios.

Karga Seven’s decision to have these top Turkish creatives work out of L.A. reflects a greater international push underway within the country’s TV industry prompted by the current roughly 40% Turkish Lira devaluation against the Dollar due to tensions...