A newsroom becomes the arena in Kus Ucusu, a Turkish drama about how far someone will go to be seen.
What is Kus Ucusu about?
At the center of the story is a young woman who talks her way into the orbit of a seasoned television anchor, chasing a foothold in a newsroom she has admired from the outside. Once inside, the show turns its attention to what that world actually runs on: ambition, competition for airtime, and the quiet cruelty that can come from people who feel threatened by a newcomer. The series treats the newsroom itself almost like a character, with its rhythms of deadlines, live broadcasts, and office politics shaping every relationship on screen. As the young protagonist gets closer to the career she wants, the show tracks the toll that closeness takes, and how envy among colleagues can curdle into something sharper. It's a workplace drama first, using the specific pressures of live broadcast media to sharpen a more universal story about wanting to matter. K-Time carries Kus Ucusu with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, giving viewers the choice of language for each episode.
About the cast
Birce Akalay and İbrahim Çelikkol anchor the cast, with Miray Daner, İrem Sak, and Defne Kayalar rounding out the ensemble that moves through the newsroom at the center of the story.
Context & significance
Kus Ucusu is a 2022 release, part of the steady output of Turkish television dramas that circulate widely across the region and draw a loyal Persian-speaking following. Director Deniz Yorulmazer keeps episodes tight, at under an hour each, favoring a brisker pace than some of the longer Turkish drama formats and letting the newsroom setting stay the throughline across the season rather than sprawling into a wider ensemble story.
Watching Kus Ucusu on Ktime
Kus Ucusu is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so audiences can watch dubbed or with the original Turkish audio and Farsi text. This page is free to read without signing in; streaming the series itself just requires a free K-Time account, built around a Farsi interface for Persian-speaking viewers.