The Best TV Shows on Kanal D

Every Kanal D Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1973 to 2026, Kanal D offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Highlighting Kanal D’s quality programming, Golden Butterfly Awards and 32nd Day stand out, premiering in 1973 and 1985. As of October 2026, our compilation of Kanal D’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Golden Butterfly Awards
    Golden Butterfly Awards (1973)10.0

  • Family Secrets
    Family Secrets (2021)8.7

    Ceylin is a fierce, rule-bending defence attorney whose father was wrongly imprisoned — for her, justice always comes before the law. Ilgaz is a by-the-book prosecutor who believes the two are the same thing. When his brother is accused of murder, he has no choice but to go to her for help. What follows is a gripping cat-and-mouse legal thriller built on brilliant opposing chemistry — winner of the International Emmy for Best Telenovela in 2023.

  • Waiting for the Sun
    Waiting for the Sun (2013)8.3

    Zeynep is a beautiful high school student who has a moderate and ordinary life with her mother Demet in a small city. Zeynep has been raised without knowing her father but she always think about him when she stays alone. She was told that her father was a seaman and was lost in the sea when he was on duty.

  • Sins and Roses
    Sins and Roses (2025)8.3

    As a boy, Serhat lost both his father and fortune but built an empire on family and integrity. His world shatters when his wife Berrak hides a devastating secret and falls into a coma. While searching for answers, his heart hardens—until he meets Zeynep, a passionate florist chasing the same truth, igniting a journey of trust, passion, and redemption.

  • Far Away
    Far Away (2024)8.2

    Alya Albora arrives in Mardin with her late husband’s funeral and their five-year-old son to fulfill her husband’s last will. However, this arrival marks a point of no return, and there is no way out of Albora. The head of the Albora tribe, Cihan Albora, is not indifferent to Alya’s struggles, but he refuses to let her take her child and leave. Confronting the darkness of the past, hidden secrets, and the harsh realities of the region, Alya Albora finds herself caught in a fierce struggle with her late husband’s family.

  • What is Fatmagul's Fault?
    What is Fatmagul's Fault? (2010)8.1

    Fatmagul, a simple happy village girl, is violated by 4 drunk rich young men, the extreme hardship she faces forced to marry a rapist and the great remorse felt by others for their inaction when innocence was violated forms the story.

  • A Woman Scorned
    A Woman Scorned (2020)8.1

    Asya is a successful doctor and she has a perfect life with her husband and her son. But after finding a blonde hair on her husband's scarf, everything changes and she discovers her husband's extramarital affair.

  • Wounded Love
    Wounded Love (2016)7.9

    Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.

  • Torn Apart
    Torn Apart (2026)7.8

    Aras, a fearless seventeen-year-old boy, comes to Bodrum to search for his younger sibling, the only remaining member of his family whom he lost at the age of five. His new life in Bodrum will turn into a challenging struggle when his path crosses with the Akkaya family, the most powerful family in the city.

  • Time Goes By
    Time Goes By (2010)7.5

    Set in the 1960s, the story of the Akarsu family includes Ali, Cemile and their four children: Berrin, a law student, Aylin and Mete, high school students, and 5 year old Osman. Ali begins an affair with Caroline, a Dutch woman, which leads to the disintegration of the family.

  • Wild Angel
    Wild Angel (1998)7.4

    An orphan who's working in a Mansion, falls in love with the owners' son.

  • Eşref Rüya
    Eşref Rüya (2025)7.1

    A reckless wealthy man named Esref becomes captivated by an unknown love. He meets Nisan, a young musician who makes his heart race.

  • 32nd Day
    32nd Day (1985)7.0

    32. Gün is a Turkish national and international television news show. Launched in 1985 by Mehmet Ali Birand, it is Turkey's longest-running and most influential news programme. Originally aired on TRT 1, it then moved to private channels, moving home several times. It has aired on Kanal D since 2005. Contributors to 32. Gün include Rıdvan Akar, Cüneyt Özdemir, and Can Dündar.

  • Chrysalis
    Chrysalis (2021)7.0

    Nalan, a kind and brilliant architect working for Turkey's largest hotel chain, carries a secret no one knows. Sedat, the company's wealthy heir, has spent years in a forbidden affair with an older socialite — until his powerful father forces him into marriage to protect the family empire. Two strangers bound by obligation, each hiding wounds from a painful past. Will their unlikely union blossom into something extraordinary, or will the darkness they've buried consume them both?

  • Forbidden Love
    Forbidden Love (2008)6.7

    Having lost his wife eleven years ago, Adnan devoted all his attention to his daughter Nihal and his son Bülent. Adnan, who lives in one of the most prominent mansions along the Bosporus in Istanbul with a relative's son Behlül, and his children's nanny, meets Bihter who is also a socialite couple's daughter she is very elegant and beautiful, everyone who meets her get stunned and jealous of her, and he falls in love with her. While searching for peace, safety and happiness in Adnan's mansion, Bihter meets passion. Behlül and Bihter fall completely into each other and become drowned by their infatuation with each other. Their secret love affair will soon affect every member of the family.

  • Valley of the Wolves: Ambush
    Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007)6.1

    A continuation series of Osman Sinav's The Wolves Of The Valley. This produce focuses on politics, National Security and Regional Middle East problems. The Wolves of The Valley: Ambush serie also attracts attention by two film; The Wolves of The Valley: Iraq and The Wolves of The Valley: Palestine.

  • Falling Leaves
    Falling Leaves (2006)6.0

    Yaprak Dökümü is an award-winning Turkish television series based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising 174 episodes overall. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey, and it revolves around the fictional family Tekin, which their arrival in Istanbul tears their family apart, and transforms them in a way they can't imagine.

  • Back Streets
    Back Streets (2006)5.7

    The series tells the story of the family lives of the police officers working in a special team of the Istanbul Police Department's Public Security Department and their adventures on the streets of Istanbul. The team encounters different and diverse human stories during their missions. The Istanbul Police Chief Rıza Soylu (Zafer Ergin), with his years of experience and fatherhood, approaches these stories, which at times make them smile and at other times are heartbreaking, and guides the other young members of the team.

  • Çocuklar Duymasın
    Çocuklar Duymasın (2002)5.5

  • Alın Yazım
    Alın Yazım (2014)3.0