# Ethos (2020)

> Strangers from sharply different backgrounds collide in Istanbul, some by chance and some by force of will.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/93995

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 9
- Episode runtime: 49 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: drama, mystery
- Created by: Berkun Oya
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Öykü Karayel, Funda Eryiğit, Fatih Artman, Defne Kayalar, Tülin Özen, Alican Yücesoy, Settar Tanrıöğen, Bige Önal
- TMDB rating: 8.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11301642/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brooding, intimate, contemplative, tense

## What critics say

Audiences rate Ethos as an acclaimed, intense ensemble drama, with its interwoven stories and Istanbul setting drawing praise.

## Synopsis

Ethos (2020) is a Turkish national-television drama miniseries created by Berkun Oya and released on Netflix. Across nine episodes of roughly 49 minutes each, it follows a group of characters from sharply different socio-cultural backgrounds whose paths cross in the sprawling, colourful city of Istanbul. Meryem (Öykü Karayel) and Ruhiye (Funda Eryiğit) anchor the drama, while Fatih Artman plays Yasin and Defne Kayalar plays psychiatrist Dr. Peri Aksoy, whose professional life brushes against the wider web of secrets. Some encounters happen by chance, others are forced by the characters' own determination, and the engine of the show is how each person's private wants collide with family expectations, religious tradition and the pressures of city life. Each episode peels back another layer of the group's lives, building a slow, weighty mystery shaped by betrayal and fragile loyalties. The tone is intimate, sombre and character-driven, with a contemplative pace and a strong sense of social texture. Viewers who enjoy interlocking urban dramas such as Crash and Babel, or the layered ensemble tension of Big Little Lies, will find a similar resonance here. The series is a single short season that handles heavy themes with a mature, unflinching eye, leaving its central threads open at the close.

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