# Menajerimi Ara

Menajerimi Ara (transl. "Call My Manager") is a Turkish drama and comedy television series signed by Ay Yapım, directed by Deniz Çelebi Dikilitaş, script written by Uğraş Güneş and Volkan Yazıcı, first episode aired on 25 August 2020. Blending drama and comedy, the series centers around the lives of four managers with their assistants at a prestigious talent agency. With each episode, actors from the cinema and television industry participate in the series as guests and portray themselves. Adapted from the French TV series Dix pour cent. The series ended with its 45th episode, which was broadcast on July 11, 2021.

## Plot

Four managers of talent agency Ego, namely Kıraç (Barış Falay), Feris (Canan Ergüder), Çınar (Fatih Artman) and Peride (Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu), deal with difficult situations every day and defend their business visions. They skillfully combine art and business, but their private and professional lives sometimes come into conflict. Managers and their assistants take us behind the scenes of the wild world of famous players; where laughter, emotions, intrigue, disappointment and tears constantly collide. Dicle (Ahsen Eroğlu), who entered this wild world for the first time, says that I am also in the war, starting from the bottom in his struggle against personalities whose egos are higher than their height.

## Shots

While the building where the imaginary talent agency EGO is located is 42 Plaza in Istanbul - Maslak, the house where the Dicle character stayed for the first 3 episodes is in the Kurtuluş district of Şişli district. Some of the interior shots took place at the Beykoz Shoe Factory.

## Cast and characters
### Main characters

* Kıraç Özdal (Barış Falay): One of the managers of EGO and Dicle's father
* Çınar Bilgin (Fatih Artman): One of the managers of EGO.
* Dicle Ertem (Ahsen Eroğlu): Feris's assistant and Kıraç's Daughter
* Barış Havas (Deniz Can Aktaş): One of the actors that Feris manages.
* Peride Şener (Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu): One of the managers of EGO.
* Feris Dikmen (Canan Ergüder): One of the managers of EGO. She is self-confident and has a tough personality. Dicle's boss. She went to the US for 6 months with Serkan. (1–35)
* Ceyda Yücesoy (Özge Borak): Serkan's old friend. EGO's partner and later new owner.
* Serkan Tahtacı (Serhat Teoman): Former EGO Agency manager who returned home from the USA. Owner of Berlin Agency. They cannot get along with Kıraç. Later, he buys EGO Agency from Mayda's father and decides to merge the two agencies. He returned to the US with Feris. (12–35)

### Side characters

* Gulin Yetik (Gamze Karaduman): Kıraç's assistant
* Emrah Ayoglu (Semi Sirtikkizil): Çinar's assistant
* Aydin Havas (Beran Kotan): Barış's brother
* Beren Özdal (Yaprak Medine): Kıraç's step daughter, Mayda's daughter and Barış's co-star

### Guest artists

The artists listed below have appeared in one episode in which they portrayed themselves or fictional characters.
| Actor | Episode | Year |
| Alican Yücesoy | 1 | 2020 |
| Tuba Büyüküstün | 1 | 2020 |
| Ali Bilgin | 2 | 2020 |
| Nebahat Çehre | 2 | 2020 |
| Nükhet Duru | 2 | 2020 |
| Melisa Damla Öykü | 2 | 2020 |
| Orhan Deniz | 2 | 2020 |
| Ceylan Özgün Özçelik | 3 | 2020 |
| Çağatay Ulusoy | 3 | 2020 |
| Derya Baykal | 3 | 2020 |
| Müjgan Ferhan Şensoy | 3 | 2020 |
| Ercan Kesal | 3 | 2020 |
| Edis | 4 | 2020 |
| Melisa Şenolsun | 4 | 2020 |
| Demet Akbağ | 4 | 2020 |
| İrem Derici | 5 | 2020 |
| Şükran Ovalı | 5 | 2020 |
| Mesut Can Tomay | 5 | 2020 |
| Ali Biçim | 5 | 2020 |
| Rıza Kocaoğlu | 6 | 2020 |
| Boran Kuzum | 6 | 2020 |
| Gökçe Bahadır | 7 | 2020 |
| Ahmet Rıfat Şungar | 7 | 2020 |
| Burçin Terzioğlu | 8 | 2020 |
| Hazal Kaya | 8 | 2020 |
| Bilge Şen | 8 | 2020 |
| Feyyaz Yiğit | 9 | 2020 |
| Ali Yoğurtçuoğlu | 9 | 2020 |
| İlkin Tüfekçi | 9 | 2020 |
| Sadi Celil Cengiz | 10 | 2020 |
| Aslı İnandık | 11 | 2020 |
| Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu | 11 | 2020 |
| Pınar Deniz | 12 | 2020 |
| Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu | 12 | 2020 |
| Yılmaz Gruda | 12 | 2020 |
| Tilbe Saran (Sabiha) | 12 | 2020 |
| İrem Derici | 13 | 2020 |
| Ozan Dolunay | 14 | 2020 |
| Murat Dalkılıç | 15 | 2020 |
| Selen Uçer | 15 | 2020 |
| Melis Birkan | 16 | 2020 |
| Ushan Çakır | 16 | 2020 |
| Yetkin Dikinciler | 17 | 2020 |
| Erhan Yazıcıoğlu | 17 | 2020 |
| Hayrettin Karaoğuz | 17 |
| Bora Akkaş | 18 |
| Tuğba Çom Makar | 19 | 2021 |
| Perihan Savaş | 19 | 2021 |
| Perihan Savaş | 20 | 2021 |
| Tamer Levent | 21 | 2021 |
| Ege Kökenli | 21 | 2021 |
| Şerif Erol | 22 | 2021 |
| Gülben Ergen | 23 | 2021 |
| Serdar Ortaç | 23 | 2021 |
| Ece Dizdar | 23 | 2021 |
| Aslı Tandoğan | 24 | 2021 |
| Başak Karahan | 24 | 2021 |
| Serdar Ortaç | 25 | 2021 |
| Almila Ada | 25 | 2021 |
| İrem Derici | 26 | 2021 |
| Kalben | 26 | 2021 |
| Levent Ülgen | 27 | 2021 |
| Yaşar Üzer | 27 | 2021 |
| Şenay Gürler | 28 | 2021 |
| İbrahim Kutluay | 28 | 2021 |
| Sedef Avcı | 29 | 2021 |
| Defne Kayalar | 30 | 2021 |
| Aydan Şener | 31 | 2021 |
| Serdar Ortaç | 31 | 2021 |
| Rahmi Dilligil | 31 | 2021 |
| Selda Alkor | 32 | 2021 |
| Tugay Mercan | 32 | 2021 |
| Ayça Varlıer | 33 | 2021 |
| Yağmur Tanrısevsin | 33 | 2021 |
| Ceren Taşçı | 34 | 2021 |
| Devin Özgür Çınar | 35 | 2021 |
| Zeynep Köse | 35 | 2021 |
| Kemal Başar | 35 | 2021 |
| Burcu Altın | 36 | 2021 |
| Bala Atabek | 36 | 2021 |
| Onur Büyüktopçu | 37 | 2021 |
| Ruhi Sarı (Erdem) | 37 | 2021 |
| Çağrı Çıtanak (Murat) | 37 | 2021 |
| Erdem Akakçe (Alper) | 37 | 2021 |
| Gülden Avşaroğlu | 37 | 2021 |
| Ayça Ayşin Turan | 38 | 2021 |
| Alp Navruz | 38 | 2021 |
| Beyti Engin | 38 | 2021 |
| Mustafa Kırantepe | 39 | 2021 |
| Nihan Büyükağaç (Didem) | 39 | 2021 |
| Fatih Al (Timur) | 39 | 2021 |
| Defne Yalnız | 40 | 2021 |
| Serkan Tınmaz (Görkem) | 40 | 2021 |
| Burak Altay (Fırat) | 40 | 2021 |
| Fatih Ürek | 41 | 2021 |
| Gürgen Öz | 42 | 2021 |
| Bahtiyar Engin | 42 | 2021 |
| Sinem Öztürk | 42 | 2021 |
| Cem Belevi | 43 | 2021 |
| Nursel Köse | 43 | 2021 |
| Mehmet Esen | 43 | 2021 |
| Murat Dalkılıç | 44 | 2021 |
| Yasemin Allen | 44 | 2021 |
| Emre Bey | 45 | 2021 |