A journey meant to last only a few days in Istanbul stretches into years in Adim Farah, as a planned stopover becomes an entire hidden life. The 2023 Turkish drama-crime series follows a young woman rebuilding herself under a false footing in a city she never intended to stay in, with her son's fragile health tying her to it more tightly than any border ever could.
What is Adim Farah about?
Farah left her home years earlier, aiming to settle in France, but an unexpected pregnancy forced her to pause in Istanbul instead. What was supposed to be a brief stop turned permanent once she discovered that her son, Kerimşah, was born with a rare condition that leaves his immune system dangerously weak, requiring him to live in a carefully controlled, sterile environment. Since then Farah has lived largely out of sight, working cleaning jobs far below her actual medical training because she lacks the paperwork to practice or even to remain in the country openly. Every choice she makes is shaped by a single goal: save enough money to finish her son's treatment and finally continue on to France, where she hopes Kerimşah can grow up with something closer to an ordinary childhood. The series builds tension from the gap between who Farah actually is, a trained medical professional, and who she has to pretend to be just to survive day to day in Istanbul. As her circumstances draw the attention of people around her, the careful, invisible life she has constructed starts to come under pressure, forcing her to weigh her son's care against the risk of being discovered.
Cast & crew
Demet Özdemir stars as Farah, with Engin Akyürek, Mehmet Kosaner, and Derya Pınar Ak in supporting roles across the 2023 season.
Context & significance
Adim Farah belongs to a run of Turkish crime-dramas built around a protagonist surviving on the margins of a major city while hiding both an identity and a past. At 150 minutes per episode, it favors the extended, novelistic pacing common to Turkish primetime series, giving Farah's daily struggle and long-term plan room to develop gradually rather than resolving quickly.
Where & how to watch
Adim Farah streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making Farah's story easy to follow closely for Farsi-speaking audiences. This page and the wider catalog are free to browse, and watching only requires a simple K-Time account login, inside an interface designed with Farsi speakers in mind.