Director: Mustafa Kotan
A pair of secret-agent parents, two kids left home alone for what should be a quiet weekend, and a battered robot that turns up in the backyard — that is the setup driving this Turkish family comedy from director Mustafa Kotan.
What is Kardes Takimi about?
When undercover-agent parents tell their children they will be gone for just two days, the plan falls apart almost immediately: the couple gets trapped on the job, leaving the kids to fend for themselves. What starts as an unsupervised weekend turns into something stranger once the siblings stumble on a robot hidden nearby. Instead of calling for help, they decide to solve the mystery themselves, dragging the machine along on a chaotic chase through their own neighborhood. Along the way they pick up clues about what their parents actually do for a living, and the robot proves to be far more useful — and more secretive — than a piece of scrap metal has any right to be. The tone stays light and family-friendly throughout, closer to a weekend caper than a thriller, with the kids' bickering and improvised plans doing most of the comedic heavy lifting.
Cast & crew
The young cast is led by Çağan Efe Ak and Ecrin Su Çoban as the siblings at the center of the search, with Mehmet Aybars Kaya and Gece Işık Demirel rounding out the family. Ceyda Kasabalı, Fırat Albayram, Yekta Kopan, and Mert Denizmen fill out the supporting roles as the adults orbiting the kids' investigation.
Context & significance
Kardes Takimi comes out of Turkey's recent run of home-grown family comedies, a genre that has grown steadily on Turkish television and streaming as producers lean into stories parents and kids can watch together. The agent-parents premise borrows a familiar action-comedy hook but keeps the scale small and domestic, focused on two siblings figuring things out on their own turf rather than a globe-trotting plot.
Where & how to watch
Kardes Takimi streams on K-Time with a Farsi-language interface built for the Iranian diaspora audience. The film page itself is free to browse — logging in with a K-Time account is what unlocks playback, so anyone can read the synopsis, cast list, and FAQs before deciding to watch.