Diriliş: Ertuğrul
An Islamic themed drama series inspired by true events and based upon historical characters in Islam. About the heroic efforts of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Uthman (founder of the Ottoman Empire). It's about the struggles he faced alongside his nomadic tribe in finding a secure settlement to live, how he defended their lands and liberated other lands from oppressive rulers (Crusaders and Mongols) - full of scenes of tawakkul (reliance on Allah), honour, spiritually uplifting and emotional at times, treachery, greed for power, fairness and justice, intertwined with tales of love, humbleness, respect for Awliya, power of zikr, brotherhood, unity and traditions.
Diriliş: Ertuğrul
Season 1 (2014–15)
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Title (English) | Directed by | Written by | Viewers (total) (%) | Rank (total) | Viewers (AB) (%) | Rank (AB) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Av, Part 1" | "The Hunt, Part 1" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.54 | 3 | 8.42 | 1 | December 10, 2014 |
| 2 | 2 | "Av, Part 2" | "The Hunt, Part 2" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.82 | 2 | 8.13 | 1 | December 17, 2014 |
| 3 | 3 | "Av, Part 3" | "The Hunt, Part 3" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.96 | 2 | 9.05 | 1 | December 24, 2014 |
| 4 | 4 | "Hain Olan" | "The Traitor" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 6,13 | 2 | 9.38 | 1 | January 7, 2015 |
| 5 | 5 | "Ertuğrul" | "Ertuğrul" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.93 | 2 | 8.74 | 1 | January 14, 2015 |
| 6 | 6 | "Süleyman Şah" | "Suleyman Shah" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.60 | 7 | 9.08 | 1 | January 21, 2015 |
| 7 | 7 | "İlahi Adalet" | "Poetic Justice" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.06 | 5 | 7.75 | 1 | January 28, 2015 |
| 8 | 8 | "Hesap Vakti" | "Account Time" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 4.87 | 8 | 8.06 | 1 | February 4, 2015 |
| 9 | 9 | "Büyük Rüya" | "The Big Dream" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.71 | 4 | 9,67 | 1 | February 18, 2015 |
| 10 | 10 | "Diriliş Vakti" | "Resurrection Time" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.61 | 3 | 8,97 | 1 | February 25, 2015 |
| 11 | 11 | "Hain Kim?" | "Who is the traitor?" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 6.44 | 4 | 8.67 | 1 | March 4, 2015 |
| 12 | 12 | "Gönlümüz Kudüs" | "Our Heart is Jerusalem" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.72 | 2 | 9.35 | 1 | March 11, 2015 |
| 13 | 13 | "Bedrin Aslanları" | "Bedrin Lions" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.28 | 4 | 9.09 | 1 | March 18, 2015 |
| 14 | 14 | "Gün Birlik Günü" | "Unity Day" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.50 | 3 | 8.73 | 1 | March 25, 2015 |
| 15 | 15 | "Adalet Ordusu" | "Justice Army" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.62 | 3 | 9.08 | 1 | April 1, 2015 |
| 16 | 16 | "Davamız" | "Our Case" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.31 | 3 | 9.22 | 1 | April 8, 2015 |
| 17 | 17 | "Er Meydanı" | "Er square" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.30 | 2 | 8.77 | 1 | April 15, 2015 |
| 18 | 18 | "Diriliş İçin" | "For the Resurrection" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.98 | 2 | 9.88 | 1 | April 22, 2015 |
| 19 | 19 | "Beylik Zamanı" | "Beylic Time" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.37 | 2 | 9.48 | 1 | April 29, 2015 |
| 20 | 20 | "Büyük Oyun" | "Great game" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.76 | 2 | 9.98 | 1 | May 6, 2015 |
| 21 | 21 | "Zulüm Devam Etmez" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 6.02 | 2 | 10.05 | 1 | May 13, 2015 | |
| 22 | 22 | "Zafer Günü, Part 1" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 6.42 | 2 | 9.78 | 1 | May 20, 2015 | |
| 23 | 23 | "Zafer Günü, Part 2" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 5.57 | 2 | 10.22 | 1 | May 27, 2015 | |
| 24 | 24 | "Kutlu Fetih" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 5.21 | 3 | 8.42 | 2 | June 3, 2015 | |
| 25 | 25 | "Milletin Dirilişi, Part 1" | Metin Günay | Mehmet Bozdağ | 4.87 | 2 | 8.57 | 2 | June 10, 2015 | |
| 26 | 26 | "Milletin Dirilişi, Part 2" | Metin Günay | Atilla Engin | 4.06 | 3 | 7.10 | 1 | June 17, 2015 |
Popularity
Rating figures marked Diriliş: Ertuğrul as the best breakthrough Turkish TV series of the 2014 Season. The first episode shook Turkish social media after it was on-aired. Along with Turkey, the series is quite popular among the Islamic world especially in the Middle East and South Asia.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, praised the show in a public speech and recommended Pakistanis to watch it and asked PTV (state-owned channel) to broadcast the TV series, dubbed in the Urdu language to promote Islamic history and values and thus was broadcast on the 1st day of Ramdan 2020.
Aside from the Muslim world, the series is also a huge hit in Asia, Europe, Americas and Africa.
Banned
On February 10, 2020, Diriliş: Ertuğrul was banned in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE directly. Watching this series from Egypt's Fatwa section has been declared forbidden.
Fatwa Department also targeted Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a statement, stating that Erdogan's intention was to restore the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and restore sovereignty over the Arab countries that had previously been under Ottoman rule. Despite the banned series remained quite popular among people of these nations.
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