# Underground (2026)

> A man seeking revenge for his family's murder is sent into prison and must win the trust of a dangerous cartel boss while secretly working for intelligence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/1105013

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 20
- Episode runtime: 145 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Berna Aruz
- Network: FOX, MBC Shahid, NOW
- Cast: Deniz Can Aktaş, Uraz Kaygılaroğlu, Devrim Özkan, Sümeyye Aydoğan, Burak Sevinç, Ülkü Hilal Çiftçi, Koray Şahinbaş, Hülya Gülşen Irmak
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39222526/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: brooding, intense, tense, melancholic, visceral

## Synopsis

Underground (2026-present) is a Turkish crime drama series created by Berna Aruz for FOX, MBC Shahid and NOW. Deniz Can Aktaş plays Haydar Ali, a man who sets out to avenge his family's murder and ends up in prison, where he falls into the orbit of Turkey's most dangerous crime cartel. Uraz Kaygılaroğlu plays Bozkurt, the cartel boss whose trust Haydar must win, and Devrim Özkan plays Ceylan, the woman Haydar never stopped loving. Recruited by intelligence to dismantle the organization from within, Haydar must act as a loyal lieutenant while his allegiances keep shifting, so each episode is built from prison yard maneuvering, tense negotiations and hidden reports. The series is a two-season serialized saga whose engine is the gap between what Haydar feels and what he must pretend. Its tone is brooding and intense, with bursts of violence and a steady undercurrent of romantic longing. Fans of Breaking Bad, Gomorrah and Donnie Brasco will find resonance in its portrait of a fractured underworld and a man losing himself inside it. Set in contemporary Turkey, it plays out across prison cells, criminal strongholds and the streets of Istanbul-style cities.

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