20 Dakika

20 Dakika ("20 Minutes") is a Turkish television drama series broadcast on Star TV. This story talks about a beautiful family. A father, mother, daughter and a son that lived together in happiness and peace. One day, the police stormed in and took the mother (Tuba Büyüküstün) to jail. She was suspected of committing a murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Her husband (Ilker Aksum) tries to prove her innocence while at the same time the criminal investigator (Firat Celik) attempts to find as much evidence as he can to discover the truth. The big question however is did she really commit the murder?^[1]

• Tuba Büyüküstün as Melek Halaskar, a woman framed for a murder that she may or may not have committed; Ali's wife
• İlker Aksum as Ali Halaskar, a school teacher, and Melek's husband, a man determined to save his wife and break her out of jail, no matter the cost
• Fırat Çelik as Ozan Çevikoğlu, a detective whose interest in Melek's case may pull him in much further than he expects and he might possibly have feelings for Melek
• Bülent Emin Yarar as Mesut Bilaloğlu, otherwise known as Kedi (cat), a previously convicted man who managed to escape prison seven times, but was caught each time. The trick was that he did it within 20 minutes. Ali discovered this in intense research and requested his help for breaking Melek out.
• Ayten Uncuoğlu as Zeynep Halaskar
• Cihat Tamer as Nedim Halaskar
• İpek Bilgin as Muavin Süreyya Gürok
• Müjde Uzman as Kuzgun, Kedi's daughter. She does her best to assist Ali and her father, often becoming a partner in crime. She, however, falls in love with Ali and this complicates things.
• Defne Kayalar as Derin Solmaz
• Bahadir Ünlü

• Television in Turkey
• List of Turkish television series
• Turkish television drama

• Official website
• 20 Dakika at IMDb