145 minSeason 2 • Episode 19
LatestMedical drama series, local adaptation of the Korean scripted format “Dr. Romantic”, centering on a genius doctor with an accomplished career who somehow ends up leaving it all behind to be a neighborhood doctor in a small town where he meets some younger doctors and becomes a mentor to them.
Acting
Ozan Akbaba's volcanic charisma carries every scene
Writing
Korean source material adapted with Turkish cultural specificity
Production
Two full seasons with complete story, rare for adaptations
Creator
Kang Eun-kyung
Ozan Akbaba
Uzm. Dr. Hakan Aydıner / Kemal Demir
Deniz Can Aktaş
Dr. Ömer Özen
Hazal Subaşı
Dr. Leyla Erpek
Vildan Atasever
Başhemşire Mine Yıldız
Sinan Albayrak
Başhekim Yalçın Aygün
Özgün Karaman
Dr. Berk Aygün
Barış Yıldız
Başhekim Turgut Ölgü
Sinan Demirer
İhsan Bozkır
Barış Yalçın
Dr. Bülent Kargı
Tarık Uğur Özenbaş
Onur Günce
Alptekin Ertürk
Erol Gümüşok
Fatih Yücebağ
Bektaş Çelik
Didem İnselel
Neslihan Gümüşok
Ezgi Tombul
Nebahat
Tarık Ündüz
Mustafa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Turkish remakes of K-dramas exploded in the 2020s; this one kept the original's medical rigor while adding local healthcare system critiques.
Ozan Akbaba reportedly shadowed actual rural doctors in Anatolia for three weeks, accidentally delivering a baby during research.
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