The Turkish distributor is moving forward with new agreements for Sins & Roses in Latin America, while presenting two new dramas at Mipcom, Torn Apart and Dignity. The executive highlights the importance of having complete seasons available for buyers in the region.
*with reporting by Carolina Mussio and Ana Paula Carreira from Cannes, France.
Kanal D International arrived at Mipcom 2026 with three key titles in its catalogue: Sins & Roses, now in its second season in Turkey, and the new productions Torn Apart and Dignity.
“Last year, we presented Sins & Roses at Mipcom when we only had five episodes. Buyers really liked the story and the lead actors, but now, a year later, we’re closing the sales we started negotiating back then,” said Duda Perman, Sales Executive for Latin America at Kanal D International, speaking with ttv.
According to Perman, one of the determining factors is that the first season of Sins & Roses now comprises 103 episodes, giving Latin American buyers greater certainty when planning their schedules.
“Latin American buyers prefer to know that a season has been successful and that they’ll have enough episodes to schedule. We know that in Turkey, when a series doesn’t perform well, it can be taken off the air earlier than expected, sometimes after just 40 or 50 episodes. For free-to-air and pay TV broadcasters in our region, that can be a problem,” she explained.
Regarding regional distribution, Perman highlighted agreements with Medcom in Panama and Mega in Chile, and mentioned recent deals involving Netflix Brazil, Wapa TV in Puerto Rico, Pasiones in the United States and Caracol in Colombia, some already signed and others still being negotiated or finalized.
“We have several deals. Some have already been signed, while others are in the process of being finalized. We hope to have everything completed after Mipcom,” she said.
Torn Apart and Dignity: The New Titles
The company is also beginning to introduce Torn Apart (Daha 17) and Dignity (Haysiyet) to Latin American buyers, two dramas that premiered in Turkey this year.
“I see a great deal of potential in both titles, but they still have very few episodes. With Dignity, for example, we only have three episodes, and buyers want to wait and see whether the series will continue through the end of the season,” Perman explained.
“We’re already sharing episodes, ratings and promotional materials with our clients. The initial results are good, and we’re confident that both series will have full seasons, although you never know what might happen in television. I believe we’ll be closing sales agreements for these two titles next year,” she added.
Produced by Süreç Film, Dignity follows the romance between Mehmet and Simay, two young people from very different economic backgrounds.
“They both come from good families, with involved parents, strong principles and values, but from very different social backgrounds. He lives in Balat, a very old and traditional neighborhood in Istanbul, in a large family with five siblings and a hardworking father. She, on the other hand, comes from a wealthy Istanbul family and lives surrounded by luxury. They’re deeply in love, but they come from completely different worlds and realities. His father wants him to marry a girl from the same neighborhood, someone he grew up with and has known all his life. But he tells him, ‘Dad, I’ve already secretly married the woman I love.’ So the story is about breaking down those social barriers, family conflicts and forbidden love,” Perman explained.
Meanwhile, Torn Apart, produced by Pastel Film, follows Aras, an orphan who travels to Bodrum in search of his brother after growing up believing he had no family.
“He arrives in Bodrum to discover his roots and find his brother. There, he meets a young man who becomes his biggest rival, and at the same time, he falls in love with that rival’s sister,” Perman explained. “Later, he discovers that his enemy is actually the biological brother he’s been looking for. There are secrets he cannot reveal and many twists in the story. These are the classic dramas, full of family conflicts and complicated love stories, that make audiences want to know what will happen next,” she concluded.
