Çukur

For other uses, see Çukur (disambiguation).

Çukur (transl. "The Pit") is a Turkish action, drama and crime thriller television series produced by Ay Yapım, directed by Sinan Öztürk and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on 23 October 2017 and concluded on 7 June 2021 with a total of 131 episodes (four seasons).

Çukur
Genre	Action Drama Thriller
Written by	Gökhan Horzum (Season 1–4) Damla Serim (Season 3–4)
Directed by	Sinan Öztürk (Season 1–4) Özgür Sevimli (Season 2)
Starring	Aras Bulut İynemli Dilan Çiçek Deniz Ercan Kesal Perihan Savaş Şenay Gürler Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Öner Erkan Rıza Kocaoğlu Necip Memili Damla Sönmez Burak Dakak Burak Sergen Berkay Ateş Erkan Avcı Tansu Biçer Cihangir Ceyhan Salih Kalyon Nur Sürer Mustafa Avkıran Nejat İşler Barış Arduç Müfit Kayacan Hazal Subaşı Mustafa Üstündağ
Theme music composer	Toygar Işıklı
Opening theme	"Çukur Jenerik"
Composer	Toygar Işıklı
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	131
Production
Producers	Kerem Çatay (4 seasons) Pelin Diştaş (season 1–2)
Production locations	Istanbul Nevşehir Paris Berlin
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	Ay Yapım
Original release
Network	Show TV
Release	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) – 7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)

Plot

The Koçovalı family is in control of Çukur, the crime-ridden neighborhood of Istanbul. Despite being so involved in crime, the family has its own rules. One of these rules is the prohibition of drugs. No drugs are produced, used or sold in Çukur. But the groups that are new to the game try to break the ban.

Filming

Çukur is shot in the Balat district of Istanbul's Fatih district. Some scenes of the first and second episodes of the first season were shot in Paris, the capital of France, and some scenes of the third season were shot in Berlin, the capital of Germany. After the series ended, in 2022, a fire broke out in the building of the coffee house where the series was shot.

Cast

Actor	Characters	About
Aras Bulut İynemli	Yamaç Koçovalı	The Koçovalı family's youngest son and the leader of the Çukur neighborhood mafia. İdris and Sultan's son. He left the neighborhood after he was forced to protect his family by killing someone. Came back after Kahraman's death and became Çukur's leader. Fell in love with Sena and married her. After Sena's death, he fell in love with Efsun and ended up marrying her. Has a daughter from her named Masal and a son from Nehir named Yamaç Jr.
Dilan Çiçek Deniz	Sena Koçovalı	Yamaç's first love and wife. Emrah's half-sister. She suffered from psychological problems because of the drugs Emrah gave her and had an abortion. She sacrificed herself to protect the Koçovalı family and was kidnapped by Mahsun. Killed by Yücel.
Damla Sönmez	Efsun Kent	Baykal's daughter from Şifa. Yamaç's second wife and mother of Masal. First came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family and wanted to avenge her father's death by helping Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı, however she fell in love with Yamaç. She was held hostage by Nizam alongside her daughter according to Kulkan and Çağatay's plan and was forced to become a nightclub singer. She was later rescued by Yamaç and married him.
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil	Salih Koçovalı (Vartolu Sadettin)	İdris Koçovalı's illegitimate son from Mihriban. He was abandoned after his mother's death and lived a very tough life. First came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family for revenge, killed his own brother Kahraman and took over the neighborhood with the help of Selim, Emrah, and Nazım, but later reconciled with his family. Saadet's childhood love and husband. Has a son from her named Idris Jr.
Ercan Kesal	İdris Koçovalı	Founder and leader of the Çukur neighborhood. Father of Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, Salih, and Yamaç. Sultan's husband. Banned the selling of drugs in the Çukur neighborhood. He sacrificed himself to protect his family and was killed by Yamaç according to Yücel's plan.
Perihan Savaş	Sultan Koçovalı	İdris's wife and mother of Cumali, Kahraman, Selim, and Yamaç.
Öner Erkan	Selim Koçovalı	İdris and Sultan's son. Ayşe's ex-husband and father of Akın and Karaca. First betrayed his family and took over the neighborhood with the help of Vartolu, Emrah, and Nazım, but later reconciled with his family. Killed by Çağatay Erdenet.
Necip Memili	Cumali Koçovalı	İdris and Sultan's eldest son. Spent 11 years in prison. Damla's husband. Has a daughter from her named Asiye.
Rıza Kocaoğlu	Ali Çoban (Aliço)	Dustman and skilled sniper who has autism. Yavuz Çoban's son who ran away from home because his father mentally abused him. He was taken in by İdris Koçovalı and became part of the family. He is very intelligent and has an incredible memory, helping the neighborhood against their enemies. He fell in love with Hale and suffered a lot when she was killed. He later met Seher and fell in love with her.
Mustafa Üstündağ	Kahraman Koçovalı	İdris and Sultan's son. Nedret's husband and father of Akşın and Acar. Killed by Vartolu.
Burak Dakak	Akın Koçovalı	İdris Koçovalı's eldest grandchild. Selim and Ayşe's son. Yasmin's husband. Suffers from asthma. Rescued Yücel from death and helped him in his plan to kill his own grandfather İdris. Later, he felt very guilty and came to love and help his family in the most difficult situations.
Burak Sergen	Baykal Kent (Beyefendi)	Powerful mafia leader and enemy of the Koçovalı family. Father of Nazım, Emrah, and Efsun. Wanted to take over the Çukur neighborhood with the help of Salih and Selim. Killed by Elvis and the Russian mafia.
Tansu Biçer	Yücel Tansoy (Yüzüklü)	Co-founder and former co-leader of the Karakuzular. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. He killed Sena and Akşın and with the help of Azer, Timsah, Efsun, and Akin, forced Yamaç to kill his own father İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge his own father's death. He later started working for Çağatay Erdenet. Killed by Yamaç.
Erkan Avcı	Çeto	Co-founder and co-leader of the Karakuzular. Enemy of the Çukur neighborhood and the Koçovalı family. Together with Mahsun and the Karakuzular, he took over the neighborhood after raiding the Koçovalı family. Secretly sells organs of deceased Karakuzular members. Killed by Mahsun after tricking him into killing his father.
Berkay Ateş	Fikret Canseven (Mahsun)	Co-leader of the Karakuzular. Former enemy of the Çukur neighborhood and the Koçovalı family. Fell in love with Sena. Killed Çeto after he tricked him into killing his own father. Came back later as Yamaç's bodyguard and then finally, left with the remaining Karakuzular members and his mother to start a new life.
Mustafa Avkıran	Cengiz Erdenet	Istanbul's richest and most powerful businessman. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. Father of Ogeday, Çağatay, Arık, and Kulkan. Husband of Süreyya and Olga. Owner of the Erdenet Holding and Istanbul's biggest drug business. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
Nejat İşler	Çağatay Erdenet	Powerful mafia leader and Istanbul's biggest drug trafficker. Enemy of the Koçovalı family. Cengiz Erdenet's older son from Olga. He had a long time crush on Efsun. Supervised his father's drug business and illegal work. Killed Selim in order to avenge his brother Arık. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
Barış Arduç	Arık Böke Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's younger son from Olga. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Took over his father's drug business after his brother Çağatay was caught by the police. Killed by Cumali.
Müfit Kayacan	Cumali Koçovalı Sr. (Amca)	İdris Koçovalı's older brother whom everyone thought was dead. Enemy of the Koçovalı family and leader of a drug mafia in Turkey and Afghanistan. He was shot by İdris in order to protect Çukur from drugs, however he was saved by Muhittin and then was banished by İdris. He came back under the name Halil İbrahim Gökçetaş for revenge and took over the neighborhood. Killed by Salih and Akın.
Cihangir Ceyhan	Azer Kurtuluş	Leader of a drug mafia in Istanbul and enemy of the Koçovalı family. Helped Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge the death of his brother Savaş. Fell in love with Karaca and married her. Killed by Karaca after she found out about his role in İdris Koçovalı's death.
Kadir Çermik	Mücahit Savcıbey (Emmi)	Longtime and loyal friend of İdris and Paşa. One of the most respected elders in the Çukur neighborhood. Suffered from Alzheimer's after both of his lifetime friends died. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı Sr.
Çetin Sarıkartal	Cihangir Şahin (Paşa)	Longtime and loyal friend of İdris and Emmi. One of the most respected elders in the Çukur neighborhood. Runs the neighborhood's arms dealing business. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Nebil Sayın	Muhittin Derbent	The Çukur neighborhood's barber and longtime friend of İdris, Emmi, and Paşa. Meke's father. He saved Cumali 's life after İdris shot him. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Cem Uslu	Metin Yaman	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. Kemal's older brother. He lost his left eye in the Karakuzular raid.
Uğur Yıldıran	Kemal Yaman	Metin's younger brother and one of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Bodyguard of the Koçovalı family. He sacrificed himself to protect Yamaç and was killed by Azer Kurtuluş.
Aytaç Uşun	Mustafa Derbent (Meke)	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Muhittin's son, who inherited the barbershop after his father's death. Celasun's best friend. Fell in love with Fidan and ended up marrying her.
Kubilay Aka	Celasun Gümüş	One of Çukur's most loyal and trustworthy men. Became one of Vartolu's men in order to secretly avenge his father's death, but later reconciled with him. Fell in love with Akşin and married her. Later fell in love with Karaca. Killed by the Masked Man at Cumali Koçovalı Sr's order.
Mustafa Kırantepe	Medet İnce	Vartolu's right-hand man and longtime friend. He suffered from lung problems after being shot in the Karakuzular raid. Fell in love with Cennet. He was on bad terms with Salih after Cumali Koçovalı Sr. took over the neighborhood, but later reconciled with him.
Ferit Kaya	Murtaza Surlu (Feri)	Arms dealer who is Paşa's former apprentice. Came as an enemy to the Koçovalı family and worked for Azer and the Erdenet family. Fell in love with Ayşe and married her. Later became Vartolu's right-hand man and even saved Yamaç's life. He committed suicide after Ayşe was killed.
Hare Sürel	Damla Koçovalı	Uluç's daughter and Cumali's wife. Mother of Asiye. Brave woman who helps the Koçovalı family in difficult situations.
Ece Yaşar	Karaca Koçovalı	Selim and Ayşe's daughter. İdris's granddaughter. First fell in love with Celasun, but was rejected by him. Later fell in love with Azer and married him, but killed him on their wedding night at Sultan's order after finding about his role in İdris's death. Later returned to Celasun when Celasun fell in love with her. Killed by Cumali Koçovalı Sr.
İrem Altuğ	Ayşe Yılmaz	Selim's ex-wife and mother of Akın and Karaca. Later married Murtaza. She owns a beauty salon. Killed by Şahram.
Boncuk Yılmaz	Saadet Koçovalı	The Koçovalı family's maid who was raised in their house. Salih's wife and İdris Jr.'s mother.
İlayda Alişan	Akşin Koçovalı (Akkız)	Kahraman and Nedret's daughter. İdris's granddaughter. Fell in love with Celasun and married him, however her face was severely injured in the Karakuzular raid and she suffered from psychological problems. Killed by Yücel.
Hazal Subaşı	Nehir Bursalı	Yamaç's former lover and friend whom he met in a mental asylum. Has a son named Yamaç Jr from Yamaç. Entrusted his son to Efsun's care after she got diagnosed with cancer.
Gamze Doğanoğlu	Yasmin Koçovalı	İskender's sister and Akın's wife. Suffers from psychological problems because of the war in her home country Afghanistan.
Zeynep Kumral	Nedret Koçovalı	Kahraman's wife and mother of Akşin and Acar. Killed by the Karakuzular.
Şenay Gürler	Meliha Sancaklı	İdris Koçovalı's former lover and former singer in the Istanbul nightclubs. İdris thought her to be dead after he shot her, but she was saved by Paşa and Sultan.
Gamze Dar	Mihriban Helvacı (Gonca)	İdris Koçovalı's former lover. Salih's mother. She met İdris while working in a bar and had a romance with him, resulting in her pregnancy with Salih. While İdris was in prison, she begged Sultan to look after her son and let him grow up alongside his father, but Sultan refused and she was forced by Paşa to marry Kasım, İdris' chauffeur. Killed by Kasım Helvacı.
Nur Sürer	Fadik Kurtuluş	Mother of Azer Kurtuluş and his 8 siblings. Leaves Istanbul in a mad state after all his sons are killed.
Salih Kalyon	Yavuz Çoban	Aliço's father. Retired commander and soldier, who forces Aliço to live a military life. Killed by his own son Zafer.
İlkay Akdağlı	Nedim	Cumali Koçovalı Sr's right-hand man. Worked as a spy amongst the Koçovalı family while pretending to be a waiter at the Çukur coffeeshop. Killed by Salih.
Genco Özak	Kulkan Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's youngest son from Süreyya. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Helped his father in the war against Çukur. With the help of Cumali Koçovalı Sr., he kidnapped Yamaç and tortured him for 3 years in a cave in order to avenge the death of his brother Ogeday. Killed by Efsun.
Baki Davrak	Ogeday Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's eldest son from Süreyya. Supervised the Erdenet holding and his father's legal work. Killed by his own brother Kulkan in a trap set by Yamaç, Cumali, and Akın.
İrem Sak	Seren Erdenet	Cengiz Erdenet's niece and cousin of Ogeday, Çağatay, Arık, and Kulkan. Helped Arık in the war against Çukur. Killed both Olga and Süreyya in order to avenge her father's death. Killed by Çağatay Erdenet.
Suna Yıldızoğlu	Olga Erdenet	One of Cengiz Erdenet's wives and mother of Çağatay and Arık Böke. Russian woman who controls all of Cengiz's money that comes from his drug business. Killed by Seren.
Filiz Taçbaş	Süreyya Erdenet	One of Cengiz Erdenet's wives and mother of Ogeday and Kulkan. Killed by Seren.
Meral Çetinkaya	Makbule Kent	Baykal's mother and grandmother of Nazım, Emrah, and Efsun. Killed by Efsun.
Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar	Nazım Kent	Lawyer who is Baykal's son and Emrah and Efsun's half-brother. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Caused Baykal's death by surrendering him to the Russian mafia. Took over the neighborhood with the help of Emrah, Vartolu, and Selim. Killed by his own brother Emrah.
Alperen Duymaz	Emrah Kent	Former police chief and Baykal's son from Güzide. Sena's half-brother. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Took over the neighborhood with the help of Nazım, Vartolu, and Selim. Killed by his own brother Nazım.
Mehmet Yılmaz Ak	Ersoy	An accountant who is a main member of the Karakuzular. He joined the Karakuzular after Çeto and Mahsun saved him from high school bullies. Later, he betrayed them after finding out about Çeto selling organs of the deceased Karakuzular members and started helping Yamaç. Killed by Çeto.
Ramin Nazir	Lal Fındık	Small mute man who is a main member of the Karakuzular. He is one of Çeto's most trusted men and runs his secret business of selling organs of the deceased Karakuzular members. He tried kidnapping İdris Jr, but was shot and killed by Selim.
Meli Bendeli	Celil (Timsah)	Leader of a drug dealing mafia in Istanbul. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Helped Yücel in his plan to kill İdris Koçovalı in order to avenge his friend Sedat. Killed by Salih.
Serhat Özcan	Uluç (Reis)	Damla's father and İdris and Emmi's friend. One of the respected elders of the Istanbul mafia who owns a shipbuilding factory. Works secretly with Yücel against the Koçovalı family in order to take over Çukur. Killed by Yücel.
Sarp Akkaya	Şahram Göçer	Leader of a motorcycle mafia gang from Afghanistan. He was Cumali Koçovalı Sr's ally who saw him as a son. Enemy of Çukur and the Koçovalı family. Attacked and took over the neighborhood at the request of Cumali Koçovalı Sr. Killed by Yamaç, Cumali, Salih, and Akın.
Uğur Yıldıran	Masked Man	Professional assassin and martial arts master who always wore a black mask to hide his identity. He worked for Çağatay Erdenet and Cumali Koçovalı Sr. Killed by Yamaç.
Mehmet Bozdoğan	Kumburgazlı Serdar	Mafia leader who works for Feyyaz. Made a deal with Selim to create problems for the Koçovalı family. Kidnaps İdris and Sena and attacks the neighborhood. Killed by Selim.
Hüseyin Soysalan	Feyyaz	One of Istanbul's mafia bosses and İdris's friend. He found out who Beyefendi was and wanted to tell Yamaç, but was killed by Baykal's hired sniper Laz.
Saygın Soysal	Elvis	Part of the Russian mafia and one of Baykal's partners. He kidnapped the Koçovalı women after Baykal was kidnapped. Along with the Russian mafia, he killed Baykal to avenge one of the Russian mafia leaders. Killed by Emrah.
Emrullah Çakay	Fatih	Çağatay Erdenet's servant and right-hand man. He smuggled drugs into the Çukur neighborhood at Çağatay's order. Killed by Yamaç.
Ahmet Bağdatlı	Sedat	Part of the Istanbul mafia who is Celil Timsah's friend. Worked with Uluç and Yücel in order to take over Çukur. Killed by Yamaç.
Halil Babür	Veysel/Çiyan	Salih's man, who was beaten to death by the Çukur residents for selling drugs. He survived and later appeared under his Veysel identity. He became Cumali's man, but later betrayed him and worked for Çeto and Mahsun. Killed by Cumali.
Çağrı Atakan	Remzi	Resident of the Çukur neighborhood who is an enemy of the Koçovalı family. Worked for Çukur's enemies in order to take revenge from the Koçovalı family.
Erman Cihan	Şenol	Arms dealer from Karadeniz who did business with the Koçovalı family and became Yamaç's close friend. Killed by Murtaza at Çağatay Erdenet's order.
Erdağ Yenel	Feyyaz Aktarcılar	Homeless man with 4 children who became a resident of the Çukur neighborhood with Yamaç's help and became the waiter at the Çukur coffeeshop. He was forced to marry Cennet by Cumali Koçovalı Sr, but later divorced from her.
Doruk Nalbantoğlu	Isa	He was Koçovalıs' man. When it was revealed that he betrayed them, he committed suicide and died.
Gökşen Ateş	Yıldız	Prostitute who works in nightclubs and is one of Çukur's residents. Sena's friend and Cumali's former lover. Mother of 3 children. She couldn't marry Cumali because of Sultan's disapproval. Eventually left the neighborhood.
Elif Doğan	Hale	Journalist, who physically resembled Meliha in her youth. She became Meliha's friend and interviewed İdris Koçovalı at her request. Fell in love with Aliço. Killed by Laz at Baykal's order.
Begüm Akkaya	Seher	Homeless woman with two children who took shelter in Aliço's hut. She later falls in love with Aliço and becomes a good friend of the Koçovalı family.
Aylin Engör	Cennet Hatırsay	İdris Jr.'s nanny. Fell in love with Medet. She was forced to marry Feyyaz by Cumali Koçovalı Sr, but later divorced from him.
İpek Türktan	Hatice Gümüş	Celasun's mother. She ecame severely depressed after her two younger sons Recep and Bekir were killed by the Karakuzular.
Beste Kanar	Deren	Sena's best friend. She had a crush on Mahsun, but was tortured by him because of his obsession with Sena.

Soundtracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Çukur Jenerik Müziği – Toygar Işıklı"	1:36
2.	"Git (Sezen Aksu)"	5:06
3.	"Bu kız (Son Feci Bisiklet)"	2:56
4.	"Gamzendeki Çukur (Kubilay Aka & Hayko Cepkin)"	3:25
5.	"Yamaç & Sena (Çukur)"	4:59
6.	"Yaşamak İstemem (Yavuz Çetin)"	5:33
7.	"Dinek Dağı (Neşet Ertaş)"	4:05
8.	"Gömün Beni Çukur'a (Eypio)"	3:18
9.	"Mihriban (Musa Eroğlu)"	4:21
10.	"Yaş Elli (Replikas)"	3:08
11.	"Zalım (Ceylan Ertem)"	4:28
12.	"Heyecanı Yok (Gazapizm)"	4:12
13.	"Kalbim Çukurda (Cem Adrian & Gazapizm)"	4:31
14.	"Hiç Işık Yok (Melek Mosso & No.1)"	5:10
15.	"Derindeyim – (MRF)"	3:36
16.	"Beni Siz Delirttiniz – (Cem Karaca)"	3:02
17.	"Keklik Gibi (Melek Mosso)"	4:46
18.	"Talihim Yok Bahtım Kara (Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ)"	4:53
19.	"Nefes Bile Almadan (Redd)"	4:48
20.	"Çukur'un Dibi (Toygar Işıklı)"	1:23
21.	"Zombi Mahali (Adamlar)"	3:53
22.	"Dur (Arın Aykut & Spunk)"	3:22
23.	"Yemin Ederim (Heja & Şam)"	3:01
24.	"Nere Gitsen Çukur Orda (Toygar Işıklı & Çukurspor)"	3:37
25.	"Cemalim (Erkin Koray)"	5:58
26.	"Akrebin Gözleri (Erkin Koray)"	7:05
27.	"Nefes Al (Kadir Çermik & Saki)"	3:45
28.	"Kısır Döngü (Allame)"	2:53
29.	"Çatapat (Tahribad-ı İsyan & Saki)"	2:00
30.	"Kefen Giydim (Pinhani)"	3:26
31.	"Ya Sidi (Orange Blossom)"	4:35
32.	"Nereden Bileceksiniz (Ahmet Kaya)"	4:46
33.	"Alla Beni Pulla Beni (Barış Manço)"	2:50
34.	"Kum Gibi (Çukur Canlı Performans) (Cem Adrian)"	5:00
35.	"Mahsun (Bumerang) (Çukur)"	1:27
36.	"Karakuzular (Çukur)"	1:21
37.	"Vartolu (Çukur)"	1:53
38.	"Yamaç'ın İntikamı (Çukur)"	2.15
39.	"Unutulacak Dünler (Gazapizm)"	4:55
40.	"Ich Bin Çukur (Eko Fresh & Heja)"	2:30
41.	"Bıçak Sırtı (Toygar Işıklı)"	1:52
42.	"Cumali (Çukur)"	1:52
43.	"Aliço (Çukur)"	1:52
44.	"Habanera (Carmen)"	4:28
45.	"Yoruldum (Adamlar)"	4:33
46.	"Savaş Yeni Başlıyor (Bağlama Versiyon)"	1:35
47.	"Çağatay Erdenet (Çukur)"	5.39
48.	"Arık Böke Erdenet (Çukur)"	3.53
49.	"Nedim (Çukur)"	1.28
50.	"Cengiz Erdenet (Çukur)"	2.57
51.	"Ögeday Erdenet (Çukur)"	3.24
52.	"Seren Erdenet 'Nimet' (Didomido & Eglo G)"	2.16
53.	"Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem (Fairuz Derin Bulut)"	4:35
54.	"Ay Karanlık (Cem Karaca)"	3.07
55.	"Kanadım Değdi Sevdaya (Burcu Güneş)"	4.52
56.	"Darıldım (Aşık Mahzuni Şerif)"	3:30
57.	"Pisliğin Üstüne Basmışlar (Gazapizm)"	3.22
58.	"Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa (Barış Manço)"	3.54
59.	"Eski Libas Gibi (Öner Erkan)"	3.57
60.	"Çukur'dan Kaçış Yok (Fuat Ergin & Toygar Işıklı)"	3.33
61.	"Garipler (Müslüm Gürses)"	6.45
62.	"Garipler (Pera)"	5.33
63.	"Ayrılık Acı Bir Şey (Müslüm Gürses)"	4.30
64.	"İyi Değilim (Azer Bülbül)"	4.54
65.	"Mican (Duble Salih)"	4.20
66.	"Rest (Gönder Gelsin) (Ramiz Bayraktar)"	2.37
67.	"Adaletin Bu Mu Dünya? (Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ)"	3.43
68.	"El Değmesin (Gökhan Güney)"	2.08
69.	"Yaşamak İstemem (Yavuz Çetin)"	5.50
70.	"Halime'm (Zara, Orhan Hakalmaz, Erol Köker, Zeynep Atagür, Elvan Erbaşı)"	3.46
71.	"Delalım (Akif Çekirge)"	4.41
72.	"Elinden Geleni Ardına Koyma (Devran Çağlar)"	5.23
73.	"Türk Marşı (Ceza)"	2.02
74.	"Küçük Sevgilim (Mor ve Ötesi)"	4.13
75.	"Odam Kireç Tutmuyor (Cem Karaca)"	4.35
76.	"Ela Gözlüm (Cem Adrian)"	4.02
77.	"Ruhumda Sızı (Ender Balkır)"	6.02
78.	"Sen Gel Diyorsun (Öf Öf) (Cem Adrian)"	6.02
79.	"Ayrılık Hasreti (Seyfi Yerlikaya & Özge Öz Erdoğan)"	4.16
80.	"Bir Ay Doğar (Cengiz Özkan)"	4.31
81.	"Akşam Olur Karanlığa Kalırsın (Nida Ateş)"	7.00
82.	"Nice Nice Yıllara (Selda Bağcan)"	5.11
83.	"Yalan Dünya (Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ)"	3.31
84.	"Haberin Yok Ölüyorum (Duman)"	6.02
85.	"Soran Yok Bilen Yok (Mazlum Çimen)"	3.58
86.	"Durdurun Dünyayı (Damla Sönmez)"	4.41
87.	"Sığmazam (Cavit Murtezaoğlu)"	6.24
88.	"Su Ver Leylam (Damla Sönmez)"	2.21
89.	"Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem (Damla Sönmez)"
90.	"Son Mektup (Damla Sönmez)"
91.	"Sorma Ne Haldeyim (Damla Sönmez)"
92.	"Bu Sokaklar Acıya Kardeş olur (Toygar Işıklı & Kubilay Aka)"	3.16
93.	"Islak Islak (Barış Akarsu)"	4.43
94.	"Nefes Al (Kadir Çermik)"	4.00
95.	"Bu Son Olsun (Cem Karaca)"	2.49
96.	"Savaşın İçindeyim (Toygar Işıklı & Kamufle)"	3.00

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	33		23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)	11 June 2018 (2018-06-11)
2	34		17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)	27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)
3	25		16 September 2019 (2019-09-16)	16 March 2020 (2020-03-16)
4	39		7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)	7 June 2021 (2021-06-07)

International broadcasting

• Iran on Gem TV since 2019 as Godal (گودال). Dubbed in Persian language.
• Ethiopia on Kana TV since 2019 as የኛ ሰፈር (Amharic: የኛ ሰፈር, romanized: jɛɲä sɛfɛrɨ)
• Arab world on beIN Drama since 2019 as Alhufra (الحفرة). Dubbed in Arabic language.
• South Africa in Eextra since 2022 as in Afrikaans as Die Put (english as The Pit)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina on Nova BH since 2022 as Jama
• Serbia on Nova S since 2021 as Jama (Only 1. season)
• Albania on TV Klan since November 2022
• Romania on Happy Channel since January 9th 2019 as Legea Familiei.

Bookmaking

Gökhan Horzum, the screenwriter of the series, published a book about the first season of the series called Yamaç's Return - Çukur in October 2019. The cover design of the book was made by Serçin Çabuk and Banu Üstündağ Hatip.

Reviews

Çukur has a story that reduces the neighborhood to a bad image (pit), unlike the Turkish TV series of the 2000s that deal with the neighborhood culture. Nurdan Gürbilek commented on "family, masculinity and the mafia series" by devoting a separate section to the line in his work titled Second Life. In the series, first the hero leaves the house and then returns to the threatened neighborhood as a savior. Gürbilek interprets this as a classic return story and evaluates it as a popular version of the "man returning home" narrative. According to him, the music of the TV series (mainly the songs of Gazapizm and Eypio) that integrates with the scenes of violence are rap pieces that have been converted into close combat music. In the series, the name of the struggle of the heirs (self and stepchildren) created by the father's image and the fall of the father is "brothers' fight". On the other hand, those under the command of Baba (Idris et al.) and the neighborhood leader (Yamaç et al.), who stand out as the saviors and protectors of the poor (neighbourhood), are "fatherless children". According to Gürbilek, the neighborhood is seen as a "liberated space" and the reality of despair connects people to the order of fatherhood and masculinity (neighborhood).

Complaints

Since its publication, Çukur has been among the most complained about works on TV. Due to scenes of armed conflict, fear, violence and torture, RTÜK imposed an administrative fine on the channel on which the TV series was broadcast. Ercan Kesal, who took part in the increasing complaints for two seasons in Çukur, replied, "When you compare the violence issue in Çukur with the violence in daily life, it is much more innocent."

Symbol

The symbol of this series and the neighborhood of Çukur is <•••>, which is tattooed on the bodies of the members of the neighborhood in the series and engraved on the walls of the neighborhood of Çukur as well as countries where the series is very popular. In the series, the concept of the symbol is defined as follows: the upper arrow means the roof, when a person is in trouble, he can go to the neighborhood and knock on the door of a house and show them the tattoo so that house can shelter him. The first point means the family within the house (father, mother, brother, sister), the second point means the family within the neighborhood, which includes neighbors, friends and partners, the third point means the Koçovalı family. They will protect Çukur when needed and Çukur will protect them when needed. The lower arrow also means a pit. The general meaning of the symbol is that as long as there is a roof above us and a pit below us with our family in between, there is no death for us in this world.

External links

• Çukur on Show TV
• Çukur at IMDb