Series synopsis
As If, also known as Gibi is a Turkish comedy drama television series that premiered on Exxen on January 1, 2021. It ended on June 6, 2025. It was created by Feyyaz Yiğit, Aziz Kedi. It stars Feyyaz Yiğit, Kıvanç Kılınç, Ahmet Kürşat Öçalan and Necat Bayar.
Yılmaz and İlkkan are two friends who are constantly fighting each other. Their biggest feature is always being able to do things that will turn their ordinary lives upside down. They magnify small events incredibly and give you a nervous breakdown. They are the embodiment of the misfortunes, strange events and despair we experience every day.
Premise
Yılmaz and İlkkan are two friends who are constantly fighting each other. Their biggest feature is always being able to do things that will turn their ordinary lives upside down. They magnify small events incredibly and give you a nervous breakdown. They are the embodiment of the misfortunes, strange events and despair we experience every day.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Feyyaz Yiğit as Yılmaz
- Kıvanç Kılınç as İlkkan Yedinci
- Ahmet Kürşat Öçalan as Ersoy
- Necat Bayar as Ersin Usta
- Arzu Oruç as Tülin
- Tayfun Sav as Terzi
- Burak Güneş as Ümitcan
- Deniz Göktaş as Köle Yanni
Supporting cast
- Can Kolukısa as Niyazi Amca
- Korhan Eriş as Ercüment Amca
- Neşe Mengüloğlu as Sahibe Seher
- Nevzat Yılmaz as Şefik
- Şükran Çağman as Gözde
- Celal Öztürk as Berk
- Kevork Türker as Yönetici Ercan
- Özer Arslan as Magistra Maximus
- Salih Ünal as Emrullah
- Demir Parscan as Murat Tenekecioğlu
- Havva Seziş as Nermin
- Sait Seçkin as Sarı Salim
Guest cast
- Necat Bayar as Ersin Usta
- Arzu Oruç as Tülin
- Tayfun Sav as Terzi
- Burak Güneş as Ümitcan
- Deniz Göktaş as Köle Yanni
- Can Kolukısa as Niyazi Amca
- Korhan Eriş as Ercüment Amca
- Neşe Mengüloğlu as Sahibe Seher
- Nevzat Yılmaz as Şefik
- Şükran Çağman as Gözde
- Celal Öztürk as Berk
- Kevork Türker as Yönetici Ercan
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 71 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2024 |
| Season 1 | 12 | January 1, 2021 | March 26, 2021 |
| Season 2 | 10 | December 31, 2021 | March 4, 2022 |
| Season 3 | 10 | October 21, 2022 | December 23, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 10 | March 31, 2023 | June 2, 2023 |
| Season 5 | 13 | March 8, 2024 | May 31, 2024 |
| Season 6 | 13 | March 14, 2025 | June 6, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bingo | December 31, 2024 |
| 2 | Mandarin | December 31, 2024 |
| 3 | Lover and Beloved | December 31, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kokaric Nobody has to go into business if they don't want to. A person is still a person even if they don't feel obliged to open a kokoreç shop. There cannot be such an obligation. It's not such an obligation anyway! |
January 1, 2021 |
| 2 |
Wadding If your friend comes an tells you "I want to wear jackets with shoulder paddings" one day, don't be mad at them. These things happen. Even if you have to be cruel to be kind, you need to pat them on the back. Choose your friends among the ones who don't hide their love behind the shoulder paddings, not the ones who don't wear a jacket with shoulder paddings. |
January 14, 2021 |
| 3 |
Nu Model A renunciation, a flutter, a roar... The naked story of old Abidin, who confronts his whole family in one pen... Can one shoot his own shadow? |
January 21, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bodybuilder Yalvaç Let's meet at the roots of our view of the body and ask ourselves the following question: Why this body?.. |
December 31, 2021 |
| 2 |
Kuki One man… One child… Another man… One woman… Two men… Another woman… Another man… Many people… Do not miss this breathtaking adventure. |
January 7, 2022 |
| 3 |
Beige You will carefully watch the incomprehensible battle of a wealthy and stout man with a child as big as his hand. Beige; a deconstructive melodrama... |
January 14, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blonde with Jeans You will not be able to hold back your tears as you watch the devastating awakening of the benefactors and loyalists, and you will hide in the trenches of enthusiasm and wait for this attack to end. |
October 21, 2022 |
| 2 |
Sniper Mysterious events started to happen that sucked innocent visitors from a friendly and brotherly country like a vacuum. Unlike İlkkan and Ersoy, who cannot make sense of all these, Yılmaz can make sense of all these. |
October 28, 2022 |
| 3 |
Buffet After watching the pessimistic journey of an antique buffet from Istanbul to Nazilli that will astonish those who see it, you will have to call your loved ones and smother them with kisses... |
November 4, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Praise You can watch with your children Yılmaz and Ersoy raining life buoys on İlkkan, who drowned in the whirlpool of the river of flattery. |
March 31, 2023 |
| 2 |
Thousand Trade is an iron fist dressed in silk gloves. Where it hits, the flowers of profit may bloom, as well as the volcanoes of sustenance that melt those who touch it. Until you understand... |
April 7, 2023 |
| 3 |
Midlife crisis If any or a few of jawline, hairline, liposuction, botox, rejuvenation, lamina, smile design, rhinoplasty, hyperbaric hair transplant, blepharoplasty, injection, bichectomy, gynecomastia, grafting or epilation are among your indispensables, per the screen. |
April 14, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fly While enjoying the pleasure of receiving free spiritual help in the mysterious world of esoteric teachings, the residents of the neighborhood, who were suddenly shaken by the shock of witnessing a talent granted to very few people, have not yet been able to digest what has happened, and this time they will face a dermatological surprise plucked from the yellowed leaves of history. |
March 8, 2024 |
| 2 |
Distress Mustafa's older half-brother Zehra sister and Elit Mobilya Harun Korkmaz's son Görkem's life changed when he fell off the pommel horse and broke his neck while trying to keep Zehra sister's dream of becoming a gymnast alive because one of his legs was shorter than the other, and his story extends to pastry chef with Çoço. A heartbreaking story of separation that focuses on intersectionality. |
March 15, 2024 |
| 3 |
Shako Bosphorus Ilkkan, who has a splendid relationship with his repulsive boss, will find himself in the dreadful atmosphere of a fantastic restaurant dealing with the nauseating consequences of a perfect dinner invitation, while trying to balance the terrific compliments he receives outside of work with the terrible insults he faces at the workplace. Amidst his best friends' disgraceful advice, he'll have to make a choice. |
March 22, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waffle | March 14, 2025 |
| 2 | Microwave | March 21, 2025 |
| 3 | Girls' Night Out | March 28, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Exxen |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 1, 2021 |
| Last aired | June 6, 2025 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday |