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*Ethos*
Ethos
Turkish	Bir Başkadır
Genre	Drama; thriller;
Written by	Berkun Oya
Directed by	Berkun Oya
Starring	Öykü Karayel; Fatih Artman; Funda Eryiğit; Defne Kayalar; Tülin Özen;
Country of origin	Turkey
Original languages	Turkish, Kurdish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Ali Farkhonde; Nisan Ceren Göçen;
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 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.

Synopsis

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]

Cast and characters

Öykü Karayel as Meryem
Fatih Artman as Yasin, Meryem's domineering brother
Funda Eryiğit as Ruhiye, Yasin's disturbed wife
Defne Kayalar as Peri, a psychiatrist
Settar Tanrıöğen as Ali Sadi (Hoca)
Tülin Özen as Gülbin, a therapist counselling Peri
Gökhan Yıkılkan as Hilmi
Alican Yücesoy as Sinan, Meryem's wealthy employer
Bige Önal as Hayrünnisa, the hodja's daughter
Derya Karadaş as Gülan
Öner Erkan as Rezan
Nesrin Cavadzade as Melisa, a well-known soap opera actress
Nazmi Kırık as Civan
Gülçin Kültür Şahin as Mesude, the hodja's wife
Özge Özel as Canan
Esme Madra as Burcu, Hayrünnisa's girlfriend
Aziz Çapkurt as Ramazan
Cemre Zişan Sağbır as Esma, Ruhiye's daughter
Göktuğ Yıldırım as İsmail, Ruhiye's son
Nur Sürer as Feray, Peri's mother
Taner Birsel as Orhan, Peri's father
Nihal Koldaş as Sinan's mother
Sinan Tuzcu as soap opera actor

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
2	"Episode 2"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
3	"Episode 3"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
4	"Episode 4"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
5	"Episode 5"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
6	"Episode 6"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
7	"Episode 7"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
8	"Episode 8"	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)

Release

Ethos was released on 12 November 2020 on Netflix.^[3]

Reception

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]