Sahmaran is a Turkish fantasy drama series from director Umur Turagay, released in 2023, that pulls its heroine back into her family's past the moment she returns to Adana.

What is Sahmaran about?

The series opens with Sahsu traveling to Adana for a lecture, using the trip as an opening to finally confront the estranged grandfather she has avoided for years. What begins as a personal, uncomfortable family reunion quickly widens into something stranger: half-remembered stories tied to her grandfather's past start resurfacing, and Sahsu finds herself pulled toward an old legend that seems to reach further into her own life than she expected. Blending romance, mystery and fantasy elements, the show follows her as she tries to separate family history from myth while navigating relationships that complicate every step of that search. Each episode runs roughly fifty-five minutes, giving the mystery room to unfold gradually rather than all at once.

About the cast

Serenay Sarıkaya plays Sahsu, with Burak Deniz opposite her; Mustafa Uğurlu, Mahir Günşiray, Ebru Özkan, Mert Ramazan Demir, Hakan Karahan and Elif Nur Kerkük fill out the supporting ensemble across the series.

Context & significance

Sahmaran belongs to a run of Turkish television that leans on regional folklore for its fantasy hook rather than importing tropes from elsewhere, and Adana's setting grounds that folklore in a specific place instead of a generic backdrop. Umur Turagay's direction keeps the series anchored in Sahsu's family conflict even as the mythic material expands around her, which is part of why the show found an audience beyond viewers who typically reach for straight romance or straight fantasy. For diaspora viewers unfamiliar with the legend at its center, the family drama offers an easy way into a story that eventually asks bigger questions about inheritance and identity.

Watching Sahmaran on Ktime

K-Time carries Sahmaran with Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow the Turkish dialogue through the platform's Farsi interface. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login, and browsing this page costs nothing.