Ethos | |
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Turkish | Bir Başkadır |
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Written by | Berkun Oya |
Directed by | Berkun Oya |
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Country of origin | Turkey |
Original languages | Turkish, Kurdish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Running time | 40–58 minutes |
Production company | Krek Film |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | 12 November 2020 |
Ethos (Turkish: Bir Başkadır) is a 2020 Turkish drama streaming television series directed by Berkun Oya and starring Öykü Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryiğit, Defne Kayalar, and Tülin Özen. [1] [2] The show was released on Netflix on 12 November 2020, consisting of one season for a total of 8 episodes. It was set and filmed in Istanbul, Turkey, and tells the story of a group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances.
Ethos tells the story of Meryem, a part-time cleaner from a conservative family who lives on the outskirts of Istanbul. [1] She experiences fainting spells and consults Peri, a psychiatrist whose background is dramatically different from Meryem's: she is educated, wealthy, and secular, and holds prejudicial views of openly religious people. Peri herself sees a therapist, to whom she complains about the growing conservatism in Turkish society. [2] The series presents a variety of characters, including a rich but depressed playboy, a middle-class Kurdish family, a soap opera actress, a rape survivor, an ex-soldier, an intellectual, and a hodja and his closeted gay daughter, all of whom are somehow connected through Meryem, and together showcase the diversity of Turkish society. [2]
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | "Episode 1" | 12 November 2020 |
2 | "Episode 2" | 12 November 2020 |
3 | "Episode 3" | 12 November 2020 |
4 | "Episode 4" | 12 November 2020 |
5 | "Episode 5" | 12 November 2020 |
6 | "Episode 6" | 12 November 2020 |
7 | "Episode 7" | 12 November 2020 |
8 | "Episode 8" | 12 November 2020 |
Ethos was released on 12 November 2020 on Netflix. [3]
The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences. TRT World praised it for bringing many characters and perspectives together; however, it also noted that the series "falls short sometimes". [4] Gazete Duvar also lauded the series concept and stated, "Ethos has put us all in the therapist's office and asked us to speak". [5]