# A Bandit Cannot Rule the World

A Bandit Cannot Rule the World (Turkish: Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz) is a Turkish television series in the genre of action, drama and crime, the first episode of which was released on September 8, 2015, written by Raci Şaşmaz and Bahadır Özdener, and directed by Onur Tan, Zübeyr Şaşmaz and Baran Özçaylan. The series, consisting of a total of 6 seasons, is in its 199th episode, which was released on June 15, 2021. It appeared on the screens for the last time with the episode to make the season finale, and was taken off the air in October 2021 due to the disagreement between ATV and the series team.

## About the series' transition to digital

We shook hands with BluTV for the continuation of the series. First of all, the 200th edition, which was ready but not published. The episode will be a movie with renewed montage and additional scenes. The new name of the project, whose naming rights belong to ATV, is "The Last Legend". On the other hand, the TV series version of the project will be shot in February and the successful actor Ozan Akbaba, who plays İlyas Çakırbeyli, will be in the leading role. Oktay Kaynarca, the character of Hızır in the series, is in prison, and Yunus Emre Yıldırımer, the character of Alpaslan, will not appear in the series because he will be shown in exile abroad.
Following this development, ATV announced that it would file a lawsuit against BVB Yapım for 165 million. According to the news circulating behind the scenes, BluTV withdrew from its contract with BVB Yapım after ATV was preparing to file a lawsuit.

## Background

Raci Şaşmaz, who co-wrote the series with Bahadır Özdener for 3 seasons, could not pay the salaries of the actors in 2019 and had to transfer the production to ATV İç Yapımlar. Bahadır Özdener continued to write the series script together with Berna Aruz. 7th of the series. The first episode of the season is 200. The episode was shot, but as a result of the discussions between ATV managers Ömer Numanoğlu and Bahadır Özdener, the tape was not delivered on October 26, 2021, and the episode was not broadcast. It was announced that the series was canceled on October 31, 2021.

## Cast and characters

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### Main characters

* Hızır Çakırbeyli (Oktay Kaynarca): He is known as Hızır Reis. (season 1–6)
* Meryem Çakırbeyli (Deniz Çakır): Hızır's first wife. (season 1–3)
* Alparslan Çakırbeyli (Yunus Emre Yıldırımer): Hızır's nephew. (season 1–6)
* İlyas Çakırbeyli (Ozan Akbaba): Hızır's brother. (season 1–6)
* Ünal Kaplan (Tarık Ünlüoğlu): Founding leader of NASA. (season 1–4)
* Şahin Ağa/Şahin Yüksel (Turgay Tanülkü): Hızır's Cell Friend. (Seasons 1–6)
* Hızır Ali Çakırbeyli (Yalçın Hafızoğlu): The son of Hızır. (season 2–6)
* Fahri (Kenan Çoban): Hızır's cellmate. (season 1–5)
* Ceylan Özsoy (Sanem Çelik): David's brother. (season 2–3, season 5–6)
* Ömür Façalı (Ceren Benderlioğlu): Haşmet and Behzat's brother. (season 4–6)
* Nazlı Meriç (Müjde Uzman): Khidr's mistress. (season 1)
* Susan Eliot / Suzi (Meryem Uzerli): CIA agent. İlyas' ex-girlfriend. (season 2)
* Tipi ağa-Murat İspirli (Savaş Özdemir): A member of the table. Hızır's best friend.. (season 1–6)
* Beşir Hamdi Korkmaz (Muhammed Cangören): The father of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
* Kimsesiz Yaşar (Olgun Şimşek): A member of the Table. Friend of Elijah. (season 3)
* Ekrem Yıldıran (Mesut Akusta): NATO supporter. A member of the Table. (season 3)
* Tufan Tezyürek (Hüseyin Avni Danyal): A member of the Table. (season 4–6)
* Boran Kayalı (Mustafa Üstündağ): A member of the Table. Friend of Elijah. (season 4–5)
* Haşmet Façalı (Turgut Tunçalp): Behzat and Ömür Ün's older brother.(4–6. season)
* Behzat Façalı (Emir Benderlioğlu): Haşmet's brother. Friend of Elijah. (season 4–6)
* Feyyaz Meftun (Burak Sergen): A member of the Table. (season 5)
* Melike Meftun (Selda Alkor): Feyyaz's older sister. (season 5)
* Sevda Meftun (Naz Elmas): Feyyaz's nephew. (season 5)
* Kimsesiz Doğan (Ali Sürmeli): Father of orphans. (season 5–6)
* Bahar Sincanlı (Pelin Akil): Daughter of the Sincan family. (season 6)
* Beşir Hamdi Korkmaz (Muhammed Cangören): He is the father of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
* Yaman Korkmaz (Engin Benli): Son of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
* İshak (Caner Kurtaran): Counter-guerrilla member. (season 6)

## Publication calendar

| Season | Publication day and time | Season beginning | Season final | Withdrawn number of episodes | Section range | Broadcasting year | TV channel |
| 1. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 8 September 2015 | 14 June 2016 | 40 | 1-40 | 2015-2016 | ATV |
| 2. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 4 October 2016 | 30 May 2017 | 31 | 41-71 | 2016–2017 | ATV |
| 3. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 19 September 2017 | 12 June 2018 | 36 | 72-107 | 2017–2018 | ATV |
| 4. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 25 September 2018 | 28 May 2019 | 32 | 108-139 | 2018–2019 | ATV |
| 5. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 24 September 2019 | 28 April 2020 | 26 | 140-165 | 2019–2020 | ATV |
| 6. season | Tuesday 20.00 | 6 October 2020 | June 15, 2021 (Last episode) | 34 | 166-199 | 2020–2021 | ATV |
* Not: The 200th episode, the first episode of the 7th season of the series, was shot but not broadcast.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Conclusion | Ref |
| 2017 | 4.Mersin Golden Palm Awards | Best TV Series of the Year | Won | |
| 2017 | Moon Life Magazine Awards | Best TV Series of the Year | Won | |