Seddülbahir 32 Hours (Series)

Çanakkale Land Battles is a TRT-produced miniseries focusing on the resistance experienced at the Seddülbahir Front during the Çanakkale Land Battles. This four-episode production was released in 2016.

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The series centers on events that took place on 25 April 1915, the day the land battles of the Çanakkale Campaign began. It portrays the 32-hour defense mounted by 1050 Turkish soldiers under the command of Major Mahmut Sabri against numerically superior enemy forces at Seddülbahir. This resistance depicts the effort to halt the enemy’s advance without external support. The work is based on a real historical event.

"Seddülbahir 32 Hours" is a television production in the action, history, and war genres. It was directed by Yasin Uslu and written by Funda Çetin. Filming took place at five different locations in Çanakkale. The production process lasted approximately eight months, with filming completed over four months. The production employed a large number of extras and prepared period-specific materials including 750 costumes 750 weapons and 16 cannons.

The cast of the series includes İbrahim Çelikkol Dolunay Soysert Okan Yalabık Murat Ünalmış Uğur Güneş Gülsim Ali Hakan Kurtaş İlker Aksum Deniz Celiloğlu and Ahmet Mekin.

"Seddülbahir 32 Hours" premiered on TRT 1 on 14 January 2016 and aired weekly on Thursdays until 4 February 2016.