Midnight at the Pera Palace

 (Turkish: Pera Palas'ta Gece Yarısı) is a Turkish political drama series created and produced by Karga Seven Pictures, a Red Arrow Studios company, written by Elif Usman and directed by Karga’s Emre Sahin. The series is adapted from the award-winning non-fiction book of the same name written by Charles King.

Summary
"At a historic Istanbul hotel, a journalist is thrust into the past and must stop a plot that could change the fate of modern Turkey."

- Official Netflix synopsis

The 8-episode series depicts a young journalist, Esra’s encounter with the legendary Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul. When Esra is assigned to write a piece about the hotel, she accidentally discovers that one of the historic rooms is a portal to the year 1919. Thrust into the past, she lands in the middle of a political conspiracy against the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Together with Ahmet, the quirky hotel manager, Esra must protect the course of history and the future of Turkey. But Istanbul in 1919 is a dangerous place, and when Esra meets Halit, the handsome and mysterious owner of Istanbul’s wildest club, she realizes that in the Istanbul of 1919, nothing is as it seems and no one is who they say they are.

Cast and Characters

 * Hazal Kaya as Esra/Peride
 * Tansu Biçer as Ahmet
 * Selahattin Paşalı as Halit
 * James Chalmers as George
 * Yasemin Szawlowski as Sonya
 * Engin Hepileri as Resat

Episodes

 * Season One


 * The Journey
 * Roots
 * Secret
 * Awol
 * What Goes Around Comes Around
 * Life or Death
 * Confrontation
 * Hairspring