The Market — Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1
Family, Drama • 138 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 3.8/10
Episode synopsis
Münevver, burdened with the weight as heavy as the wedding dress she will wear, has left her fate in the hands of a stranger to save her family. Her journey, which begins in a small town, brings the dark secrets of the past and the ruthless reckonings of the future to the glittering world of Istanbul. In this world, Turkey’s biggest star, Kenan Akın, is in the leading role behind the dazzling scenes, with his own loneliness and inescapable addictions. But neither the glittering scenes nor the dark secrets can hide the manipulative power behind Kenan. This power is Kenan’s mother, Keriman Akın. As Ahsen Çevik’s pen seeks the truth of the story, it confronts a different secret in every line; and Şefik Arzen is caught between paying the penance of the past and committing the sins of today, as a lonely man at the very center of these secrets.
About The Market
Münevver has left her fate in the hands of a stranger in order to save her family. Her journey, which begins in a small coastal town, carries the dark secrets of the past and the ruthless reckonings of the future to the glittering world of Istanbul. In this world, Türkiye's biggest star Kenan Akın is in the leading role behind the glittering scenes, with his own loneliness and addictions that he cannot escape. But neither the glittering scenes nor the dark secrets can hide the manipulative power behind Kenan which is his mother Keriman Akın. While Ahsen Çevik's pen searches for the truth of the story, she faces a different secret in every line. While Özge and Gani Ceylan are in the middle of a difficult love story, tossed between family ties and individual ambitions, they find themselves at the center of these secrets together with Münevver.