With the arrival of Fatmagül in Spain, there was a boom in Turkish series that is difficult to explain, and today they have become an almost unprecedented television phenomenon. Four years ago they landed in our country and they have been climbing every time one more step to lead the audience rankings, surpassing national fiction. They have even made the leap to general channels, such as Antena 3 and Tele 5, achieving successes such as the one achieved by Mujer, the first Turkish telenovela to be broadcast on the national Atresmedia channel.

But what is behind all this success? A few months ago we explained the reasons for the success of Turkish series in Spain. Although it has arrived later than in other countries, there is no doubt that the fever of Turkish soap operas, a social phenomenon since the beginning of the century throughout the world, It has also infected the Spanish audience. Currently, series such as Inocentes, Tierra Amarga or Infiel have arrived, other great international Turkish successes, which you can see on Antena 3.

About 100 productions a year are exported by Turkey to 156 countries, from the Middle East and Asia to Latin America and Europe, including the United States, where Resurrection: Ertugrul, about the beginnings of the Ottoman empire in the 13th century, after the most seen worldwide, The Magnificent Century, which narrates the life of Sultan Suleiman. But there are many that have triggered international audiences and are not historical, on the contrary, they show a current reality in which the power of men over women and arranged marriages still prevail.

Among the first positions, some that have already been seen in our country, such as Fatmagül, about a girl who is raped by a group of friends and forced to marry her aggressor; Sila, a young woman forced to marry a tribal chief, or Ezel, inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.

Me when I forgot how to calculate NPV in my accounting final yesterday https://t.co/4yC7qWYxmK

— Heath Walt Tue May 03 14:34:29 +0000 2016

Since television began to be liberalized in Turkey and private channels appeared alongside the public network TRT, production companies realized that 'monetizing' their product necessarily meant exporting it. This would help maintain a level to compete with the foreign programming that many Turks were beginning to tune into.

Obviously love stories are still classics that succeed. But these come at a time when the 'temples' of melodrama, Mexico and Colombia, have modified their themes, going from the rich boy-poor girl story to touching on themes related to the transformation of their societies.

It is for all this that we have decided to make a ranking of the best Turkish series that have been released in Spain. Surely you are hooked on Tierra amarga, but maybe now you will discover another soap opera that you are passionate about.