Turkish actress Esra Bilgiç, star of Resurrection: Ertugrul, shared an important message with her fans in Pakistan on her social media accounts as the hit drama continues to mesmerize viewers ever since it started airing in the country, garnering enormous critical and popular success.
Taking to Instagram and Twitter, Bilgiç, who plays Halima Sultan in the mega-hit series, stressed in posts written in Urdu and English that she’s not attached to any management company outside Turkey.
“My only representative and official manager is Duygu Durukan Cici. You can directly contact her for all collaboration ideas, partnership and overall for any project,” the tweet read.
Often described as the Turkish Game of Thrones, the series depicts 13th century Anatolia and tells the story before the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. It illustrates the struggle of Ertugrul Gazi, father of the empire's first leader.
The series illustrates the struggle of Ertuğrul and his warriors against a plethora of adversaries from the Knights Templar to Mongol invaders.
According to the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV), 133.38 million people have so far watched the drama series from April 25 to May 14. Also, its episodes are trending on YouTube in Pakistan every day.
In just 20 days, since the series with Urdu dubbing started riding on the airwaves, PTV’s YouTube channel has registered exponential rise in its viewership with 2.1 million subscribers, shattering all previous records.
