International distributor Eccho Rights has agreed a deal with ProSiebenSat.1 Media-owned Joyn, for Turkish Drama series WOUNDED BIRDS. This represents the first time that a Turkish Daily Drama series has been licensed in Germany.

In a first-of-its-kind deal, the series streams on Joyn in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in its original Turkish with German subtitles rather than dubbed, a move informed by the more than 3 million-strong population of Turkish extraction in Germany.

Herbert L. Kloiber, Eccho Rights CEO commented, “The potential for Turkish Drama in Germany has always been there, but typically the huge diaspora has found other means to consume Turkish content. We are delighted that Joyn has opened the door to local licensing of Turkish series which have found huge success wherever they have aired elsewhere in Western Europe.” 

Produced by Stellar Yapim, WOUNDED BIRDS (201 x 45’) broke new ground when it was first released, becoming the first Turkish Drama series ever to secure international pre-sales when it was sold to Telemundo (Puerto Rico) and OBN (Bosnia & Herzegovina) before debuting on Turkey’s Kanal D. The series has since been sold in a wide variety of territories including the US and Spain where WOUNDED BIRDS scored top ratings for Mediaset’s Divinity. 

From the team behind the international hit series Elif, WOUNDED BIRDS tells the gripping tale of Meryem, a strong and beautiful young woman, who has spent five years raising her “little brother” Ömer. As an infant, Ömer was given to Meryem’s low-life father, Durmus, who intended to sell him but was imprisoned before he could complete the sale. Meryem is determined to keep Ömer off the streets, and has worked night and day to make a good, decent life for them both. Little does she know that the young boy is the son of an influential industrialist and was kidnapped in a power struggle over control of the family empire…