Kübra is a Turkish drama and thriller television series directed by Durul and Yağmur Taylan, the first episode of which was released on 18 January 2024 on Netflix. It is an adaptation of the book with the same name by Afşin Kum, also the second Netflix series adapted from a book by Afşin Kum (first adaptation was Hot Skull (2022)).
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Plot
Gökhan is an ordinary young man living in Istanbul. His normal life with dreams of marrying the love of his life, Merve, ends with the message "You are different!" from an account named "Kübra" on a religious texting application called SoulTouch. Gökhan, who does not care about the message at first, discovers Kübra is God himself. Kübra gives Gökhan information that warns him about events unknown to anyone. Gökhan embarks on a difficult journey when he accepts this truth. On this difficult journey with his supporters, he encounters various enemies.
Cast
Çağatay Ulusoy - Gökhan Şahinoğlu
Aslıhan Malbora - Merve
Ahsen Eroğlu - Gülcan
Nazan Kesal - Dilek
Cihan Talay - Salih
Aytek Şayan - Serhat
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan - Kara
Sibel Seyhan Bayhan - Nalan
Cemalettin Çekmece - Ali Rıza
Erdem Şenocak - İmam
Murat Garipağaoğlu - Turgut
Onur Ünsal - Berk
Çağrı Çıtanak - Selim
Murat Kılıç - Muzaffer
Deniz Işın
Binnur Kaya
Ferit Kaya - Ali Cemal
Pınar Töre - Tuğçe
Nişan Şirinyan - Hamit
Bülent Düzgünoğlu - Haluk
Nizam Namidar - Nihat
Necat Bayar - Muammer
Production
The series was launched on Netflix in January 2024 and has two seasons.
Reception
A review of the first season praised the way the series approached the topics of faith and technology. Various reviews found the series thrilling and praised the acting. A review of season 2, however, stated, "Without the potential mysticism that propped up Season 1 – the reveal didn’t come until very close to the end – it’s undeniable that Kubra Season 2 has lost an essential quality. But it retains a provocative thematic throughline, and the performers rise to the challenge of selling the dilemma Gokhan finds himself in." Movies.net was much more critical and found the season 2 "worse" than the first.
