MIPCOM Spotlight: ATV

CANNES: The global market can have access to ATV’s dramas, action series and comedies, among other offerings.

A jewel in the crown of the Turkuvaz Media Group, ATV is among Turkey’s most prominent and acclaimed TV networks.

Two of its newest series are Peace Street and Last Summer: The Balkans. Peace Street is a drama series that is adapted from a novel and tells a love story about two incompatible people who are living on the same street. Last Summer: The Balkans is a period drama that starts on the eve of the first Balkan War and ends at the Battle for Gallipoli. “Nowadays, period drama series are very popular,” says Ziyad Varol, the deputy manager for content sales at ATV.

The company is also offering new episodes from The Cliff, a drama featuring two Moldavian sisters who go to Istanbul and are trapped and forced into prostitution. One of them manages to escape and is trying to help save her sister.