

Arka Sıradakiler is the title of a Turkish teen drama series, created by Birol Güven and directed by Hamdi Alkan. Meaning "those at the rear desks", name of the series was attributed to a group of forsaken students whose experiences are taken as subject of the storyline. The series began broadcast on September 30, 2007 on Fox Turkey. It is aired weekly on Sundays at 19:45.



A Turkish mortician in his 30s, Baki is an introverted man content with his isolation from society. However, when he comes up against death at close range, a troubling question strikes him: who would wash his body after he dies? This realization pushes him to venture out into the world, hoping to connect with people and perhaps even find a spouse. Yet, his life-changing decision proves difficult to go through with, leading to a series of awkwardly humorous and sometimes bizarre situations.



Mustafaali, as a person who left the modern life behind him and lives in Cokertme Village, spends his days by reading books. Mustafaali, a person who is against working, satisfies all his vital needs from the blessing of nature. Cavit, on the other hand, is a rich businessman who lives in Istanbul. He has worked in his entire life and all he matters is to work, to earn and to make savings. Cavit's life becomes upside down after he met Mustafaali when he wants to buy Mustafaali's land to build a boutique hotel in Cokertme Bay. Living far from the modern life in his small land under the natural circumstances, Mustafaali's philosophy confuses Cavit who is a person from a big city.



A girl tries to manage the demands of her traditional family's wishes and her own as she embarks on a journey to marry the love of her life.


Kısmet, who struggles to run her father's legacy (a valuable piece of land), always refuses her contractor brother İsmet's insistence that she buy the land. Until she reaches the brink of bankruptcy and accepts her brother's bet: If İsmet wins, he will buy the land; if Kısmet wins, the tutoring center’s debts will be paid off, and the medical expenses for the poor student’s brother will also be covered. Which class will win more exams? The construction worker İsmet, who formed his class ("Titans") by paying the university, or the educator Kısmet, whose class ("L") consists of students who have failed the exam for three years? To make matters worse, the mentor teacher Kısmet relied on was kidnapped by the fugitive Bobinci Nuri, and thus the exam motivation techniques are now being taught by a prisoner.

A traditional Turkish woman tries to find love and is forced by her family members to get married.

Muhittin, who owns a monopoly in one of Istanbul's back streets, finds a solution to his financial difficulties by producing his own alcohol. With the addition of pirate taxi driver Kısmet and chemistry student Furkan to the team, they succeed in making the legendary blue raki they had dreamed of. Just when they think they have become rich, everything that could possibly go wrong does.