Netflix Turkey Content Director Pelin Distaş, who was criticized for constantly working with the same producers and actors and the projects she chose, left the platform. Özge Bağdatlıoğlu will now run the platform’s Türkiye operations.
Netflix, the world’s most popular movie and TV series platform, is also among the most preferred platforms in Turkey. For this reason, we were seeing many original local content coming to Netflix. However, it has recently come under criticism due to the similarity of the contents.
While the criticism continued, an important development took place today. According to the news first reported by journalist Birsen Altuntaş, the company that manages Türkiye operations Pelin Distaş and Netflix parted ways.
Distaş was criticized for always working with the same producers and actors.
Distaş, Because the projects he chooses for the platform always work with the same producers and actors. was under criticism. Dıştaş had been the Original Content Director since 2019.
According to the news shared by Ranini, Dıştaş, focus on personal projects He decided to leave the platform. Distaş’s departure It was stated that it will take place on July 1, 2024. The statement from him is as follows:
“When I look back, I see five beautiful years in which we achieved many firsts and achieved success. We took pride in telling stories that were enjoyed in Turkey and all over the world. Best of all, this was a completely collective success. I would like to wholeheartedly thank all my creative teammates who entrusted us with their stories and dreams, and my teammates in front of and behind the camera who put forth their efforts with great faith and effort to make these dreams come true. Thanks to this unity of power and common belief, we managed to achieve the great goals we set. It was a journey in which I felt very lucky because I had the privilege of walking with my colleagues at Netflix Turkey on this path that we established from scratch, and I felt the support and belief of all the teams abroad with us under all circumstances. Being with them; Witnessing their support, determination and creativity was an experience I will never forget. “Even though I have decided to leave Netflix, I will continue to watch with enthusiasm and excitement everything that this amazing team does.”
Her replacement was Özge Bağdatlıoğlu.
Distaş’s mission Özge Bağdatlıoğlu was brought. Bağdatlıoğlu has been working in TV series on Netflix Turkey since 2020. We will see over time whether Bağdatlıoğlu will make any changes to Netflix’s criticized content and what path the platform’s content in Turkey will follow. Bağdatlıoğlu’s statement is as follows:
“It was a great experience and an important chance for me to work with inspiring leaders like Pelin in the past four years. Our goal will be the same in the future, as it was in this process. We will tell Turkey’s stories to our members all over the world with the most creative names of our country. Netflix’ I am also excited to have the opportunity to shape Turkey’s future with a wonderful team. I would like to thank all my friends in our team for their support and trust in me.”