''Susam Sokağı'' is the Turkish adaptation of

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Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

''. It aired on weekday mornings at 9 am on TRT, the state television in Turkey, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Production

Filming began in 1989. Two seasons, for a total of 250 episodes, were filmed. Funding from the Children's Television Network was $825,000 for the first season and $625,000 for the second season.

Content

The show used an original street design on which to film original content, and also translated and adapted older ''Sesame Street'' material.

Characters

Humans: *Tahsin Usta: ''lit. Master Tahsin'' A repairman and Sabiha Teyze's husband. (Alp Öyken) *Zehra Teyze: ''lit. Aunt Zehra'' A greengrocer. (Güven Hokna) *Nihat Amca: ''lit. Uncle Nihat'' A stationery store owner. (Alpay İzbırak) *Hakan Abi: ''lit. Bro. Hakan '' A young man who plays the guitar in the neighborhood. (Tevfik Tolga Tecer) *Zeynep Abla: ''lit. Sis. Zeynep '' A young woman living in the street. (Aslı Öyken Taylan) *Sabiha Teyze: ''lit. Aunt Sabiha'' A tailor and Tahsin Usta's wife. (Betül Arım) Muppets: *Minik Kuş: (played by Hakan Odabaşı) ''lit. Little Bird'' Adaptation of

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. He's red in color and is called "little bird" despite his large size. *Kırpık: (played by Erdinç Doğan) Adaptation of Oscar the Grouch. Lives in a wooden basket larger than the original one. *Edi ve Büdü: Adaptation of

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and

Bert Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ...

. Taken from the idiom "Edi ve Büdü", based on a folktale, which is used for two people getting along well, particularly used for older couples. *Kurbağacık: ''lit. Little Froggie'' Adaptation of Kermit. Kermit's name is Kermit as usual in the ''

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'' episodes shown in Turkey and only adapted into Kurbağacık in ''Susam Sokağı''. *Kurabiye Canavarı: Adaptation of

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. *Açıkgöz: ''lit. Alert'' Adaptation of

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References

Sesame Street international co-productions Television shows featuring puppetry Turkish children 1980 Turkish television series debuts 1980s Turkish television series Turkish Radio and Television Corporation original programming 1990s Turkish television series 1980s children's television series 1990s children's television series Turkish television series based on American television series {{Child-tv-prog-stub