Ethos (Turkish: Bir Başkadır) is a 2020 Turkish drama streaming 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

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]

References

External links

• Ethos on Netflix
• Ethos at IMDb