The bold new vertical-format drama series consisting of 50 episodes features the three stars of Turkish drama Kuma: Aybüke Yılmaz, Emre Özmen, and Hilal Tüfek.

Stellar Yapım and VIP 2000 TV today announced the co-production of Double Crossed, a bold new vertical-format drama series consisting of 50 episodes, each approximately one and a half minutes in length. Filming is currently underway in Turkey.

The series reunites the three stars of the hit Turkish telenovela Kuma -Aybüke Yılmaz, Emre Özmen, and Hilal Tüfek- in an entirely new story, where they take on dramatically different roles from the ones that captivated audiences in Kuma.

Kuma, a summer hit for Turkey’s Kanal 7, has garnered more than 400 million views on YouTube and has already been licensed to broadcasters in over 15 territories, including in Mexico Free TV on Monday, September 22, by Imagen TV Fan engagement continues to grow across platforms, with strong activity on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.

This new international Turkish vertical series is a high-stakes thriller of love, betrayal, and revenge, set against the glamorous backdrop of Istanbul. It combines the addictive storytelling of a traditional Turkish telenovela with the fast-paced, cliffhanger style designed for vertical platforms.

“After the international success of Kuma, audiences all over the world, we wanted to bring back together its lead actors Aybüke, Emre, and Hilal in a totally different project,” said Rosalind Rotundo. “With this vertical series, we’re not only bringing them back together, but also reinventing the way audiences consume drama — short, sharp, and impossible to stop watching. We’re thrilled to coproduce once again with Stellar Yapim on such a daring concept.”

İnci Gülen Oar, executive at Stellar Yapım, added: “It’s been wonderful to reunite with the Kuma team. Double Crossed is a fast-paced thriller designed for the vertical experience. The cast and director are really having a lot of fun with it, and that shows up on screen. I can’t wait to share Double Crossed with the millions of fans who made Kuma a hit!”

VIP 2000 TV and Stellar Yapım will launch the new series at MipCancun in November, with international platform releases to follow.

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A co-production of Stellar Yapım, Saran Studios and Pro TV, the new drama is making its debut on February 14 on TV8 in Turkey under the title Canım Annem, and has already been pre-sold to broadcasters in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Moldova.

The producer of the international hit series Elif and Wounded Birds (Omer: Suenos Robados) has teamed up with Saran Studios and Pro TV for A Mother’s Love, the new drama series debuting February 14 on Turkey’s top-rated network, TV8.

The story of Zeynep, an innocent little girl, begins with the loss of her mother in a tragic accident. Her father keeps this from her, paying a lookalike to pretend to be her mother until Zeynep is old enough for life-saving heart surgery. The mystery of this lookalike and how she came into Zeynep’s life, mark the course of A Mother’s Love.

Playing the title role is Selin Sezgin, who starred in all five seasons of Elif, along with a talented ensemble including Erol Gedik, Gece Işık Demirel, Serdar Yıldırım, Dilara Büyükbayraktar and Özlem Savaş.

A Mother Love is a co-production of Saran Studios, a subsidiary of well-known entertainment and sports content distributor Saran Media Group, ProTV, Romania’s leading broadcaster, and Stellar Yapım, founded by Elif producer Inci Gulen Oarr. The series will be airing in Turkey under the title Canim Annem.

The series has already been pre-sold to broadcasters in Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia, and Moldova. Saran Studios is handling international sales, and many territories are still available.

Synopsis

Zeynep is a beautiful little girl with a loving family. Then one day, her mother, Cemre, is in a horrible car accident. Zeynep was born with a dangerous heart defect, and no one wants to upset her with the truth. Instead, her father tells Zeynep that Cemre is away on a trip. Soon after her death, lies spread about Cemre.

Her husband Murat, who used to love her madly, now hates her deeply. That opens the door for Murat’s mother, Asude, to arrange his marriage to Melek, the woman she’d like to see as her daughter-in-law.

Eventually, Zeynep learns that her mother is dead and her father is to marry Melek. It’s all too much for the little girl, and she has an attack. But when Zeynep’s heart is about to give out, a miracle happens: Zeynep sees Nazli, a woman who looks exactly like her mother. As Zeynep embraces her mom’s lookalike, her heart returns to normal.

With his daughter’s life on the line, Murat offers this lookalike a deal. Nazli agrees to become his daughter’s surrogate mother until strong enough for life-saving surgery. What no one realizes is that Cemre and Nazli were actually twin sisters separated at birth, and it was no accident that brought Nazli here to her dead sister’s home…

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