3rd Jun, 2026

Eccho Rights seals first international deals for Zerhun

Eccho Rights has concluded the first international sales for Zerhun, the daily drama produced by Sincar Medya Group for Turkish broadcaster Kanal 7, with deals agreed for Israels Achla TV, Lithuanias TV3 and Romanias ProTV.

Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights, commented: “We are delighted to see Zerhun find its first international homes so quickly after launch. The series has all the hallmarks of a long-running daily hit - emotional depth, powerful family conflict and a central love story that grips from the very first episode...”

Zerhun is the latest chapter in the long-running collaboration between Eccho Rights and Kanal 7, a partnership that has delivered multiple global successes including Legacy, Winds of Love and Behind the Veil - the latter continuing to hold its position as the highest-rating daily drama series ever broadcast in Turkey.

30th Mar, 2026

New string of Behind The Veil deals in CEE

Eccho Rights has finalised deals in Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Moldova and Georgia for the smash hit daily drama series Behind the Veil. 

Behind the Veil, produced by Film Yapim Merkezi for Kanal 7, is a powerful contemporary drama exposing the hidden emotional battles inside a marriage of convenience. Currently in its third season for Kanal 7, it has proved to be one of the most successful dramas in the daily segment, breaking a number of viewing records for the broadcaster and regularly scoring higher ratings than some of the biggest series on Turkiye’s major channels.

Berkin Nalbantli, Sales Executive for CEE and Africa at Eccho Rights: “Behind the Veil is a fantastic example of what makes Turkish daily drama so compelling - it combines deeply emotional storytelling with the kind of relentless narrative pace that keeps viewers coming back day after day [...]”

This latest deal highlights the continued strength of Turkish daily dramas across Central and Eastern Europe, where serialized storytelling and large episode counts provide broadcasters with dependable long term programming that keeps audiences engaged.

17th Apr, 2025

String of new deals concluded for I Am Mother

Eccho Rights has sealed a string of new sales deals for the Turkish drama series I Am Mother (Sandık Kokusu), produced by O3 Medya and originally commissioned by Show TV in Türkiye. The emotional, character-driven series, which has struck a chord with audiences domestically, now continues its global expansion with several new international partners.

The latest broadcasters to acquire the rights to I Am Mother include Univision for the U.S. Hispanic market, Teleamazonas in Ecuador, Kanal D in Romania, TV3 in Lithuania, TV Klanin Albania and Jibek Joly in Kazakhstan.

These new deals further cement the series’ status as one of the most compelling Turkish dramas of the past two years, exploring the complex emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, and healing.

“I Am Mother offers a rich, multi-layered story of a woman rebuilding her life after trauma, and the ways in which our past continues to shape our future, a theme that has proved universally relatable,” said Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights. “We’re delighted to see so many international partners connecting with this powerful and authentic narrative.”

4th Dec, 2017

First raft of sales announced for Cennet!

Today we announced the first 6 international sales for the new Sürec Film series Cennet (Cennet’in Gözyaslari) with international interest in the series intensifying since its launch at Mipcom.

The Turkish Drama series that tells of a young woman’s struggle to reconnect with her biological mother after years of estrangement, has now been picked up in Bulgaria (BTV), Romania (Happy Channel), Lithuania and Latvia (SIA), Kosovo (Koha TV) and Georgia (Rustavi 2).

We have had amazing feedback on the series since its launch in Turkey in October, and will be concluding a number of further deals early in the New Year. Look out for Cennet as one of the most talked about titles at NATPE in January!

15th Sep, 2017

Brave And Beautiful enjoying a great start in Romania

Brave And Beautiful has started well in Romania on Happy Channel - and the ratings for the series are getting better each day!

The channel has reported a strong increase in performance for the 8pm prime time slot, with Brave And Beautiful scoring more than double the usual share for the channel. And the performance has been on a very clear upward curve since the broadcast started in mid-August, with thousands more viewers joining the telecast each day.

14th Feb, 2017

Six new deals for Insider!

Insider (Icerde) from Ay Yapim, the success of the season on Show TV in Turkey has now been picked up by an additional six countries. Channels in Greece, India, Romania, Iran, Iraq and Albania have all inked deals for the ratings smash hit.

"Insider is an amazing production, once again a No 1 series from Ay Yapim. The series is equally attractive to both female and male audiences, a signature for top Turkish dramas," says Fredrik af Malmborg, Managing Director of Eccho Rights.

Insider started its run in Turkey in September, and has been by far the top performing new show for the Fall/Winter season. With a stable 30% share every week in the commercial demo, the series scores nearly 4 times the average share for Show TV in this demo and time slot. The series airs on Monday night among fierce competition from two returning dramas, Orphan Flowers (Kirgin Cicekler) on ATV, and Broken Pieces (Paramparca) on Star TV, as well as the hugely popular Turkish version of Survivor, which returned to TV8 in January. However Insider remains number one in all categories, as well as scoring record-breaking viewing figures on Youtube where the first episode has now been watched over 10 million times.

16th Aug, 2016

Elif scores further success around the world

Another week, another fantastic ratings report for Elif! Happy Channel in Romania started to broadcast the show at the beginning of August and have already seen a sharp increase in viewing numbers. After two weeks on air the show is regularly drawing in a viewership 4 times higher than the channel's average share.

This follows a dramatic start in Colombia where Caracol have been receiving an average 30% share since first airing the show at the end of July. The second placed channel in the same slot is reporting just a 12% share, demonstrating Elif's continued ability to draw in viewers! Elif will debut in Peru at the beginning of September on Latina.

Back in Turkey, Green Yapim are in the midst of pre-production for the third season that will be premiering on Kanal 7 later in the autumn. Just like Elif's many millions of fans worldwide, we can't wait to see what happens!