Director: Burcu Alptekin
Cast: Kerem Bürsin, Deniz Çakır, Sibel Taşçıoğlu, Lizge Cömert, Rizacan durmus
Carpinti is a 2025 Turkish drama-mystery series directed by Burcu Alptekin, centering on two mothers bound together by a shocking secret and a single shared heart — a slow-burning soap built on buried pasts, fractured identities, and the love that surfaces when long-hidden truths finally come undone.
What is Carpinti about?
Two women — each believing she is fighting alone — discover that their lives are entwined by a secret neither fully understands. The story opens with a seemingly ordinary grief: a mother searching for answers about a child she may have lost, or perhaps never truly knew. As the investigation pulls her closer to a stranger who mirrors her own pain, the show peels back layers of coincidence to reveal something far more deliberate. Loyalties shift, alliances collapse, and every character carries a version of events that cannot be entirely true. Carpinti builds its tension through domestic intimacy rather than grand spectacle, asking which bonds are forged by blood and which by choice.
Cast & crew
Kerem Bürsin leads the cast alongside Deniz Çakır, whose naturalistic intensity grounds the emotional core of the series. Sibel Taşçıoğlu, Lizge Cömert, and Rizacan Durmuş round out the principal ensemble, while veteran stage and screen presence Şerif Sezer and Pınar Çağlar Gençtürk bring weight to the supporting roles. Ogün Kaptanoğlu completes the main cast. Director Burcu Alptekin keeps the camera close and the pacing deliberate.
Context & significance
Turkish drama has long found a dedicated audience among Persian-speaking viewers worldwide, and Carpinti fits squarely within the tradition that diaspora Iranians have embraced for decades: emotionally dense family stories where secrets unravel across generations. The mother-child bond at the series' center speaks to shared cultural values around family loyalty, sacrifice, and the weight of the past — themes that travel effortlessly across the Turkish-Iranian cultural border. Carpinti is available with full Persian dubbing, making it immediately accessible to Farsi-first viewers who prefer to watch without reading subtitles, and it pairs well with other recent Turkish productions that have topped K-Time's drama charts.
Where & how to watch
Carpinti is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. A K-Time subscription lets you watch the full series and cancel anytime.