Arka Sokaklar (English: Back Streets) is a television crime series that was broadcast on Kanal D on 31 July 2006. In its 19 consecutive seasons the series has become a success story with its TV ratings despite being criticized for continuity/logic errors, near superhero abilities of main characters, overused lines of dialogue, and excessive use of zoom.
In the series, the family lives of the police officers working in a special team in the Public Security Branch of the Istanbul Police Department and the adventures on the streets of Istanbul are told. The team encounters different and varied human stories during their missions. Istanbul Police Chief Rıza Soylu (Zafer Ergin), who approaches these stories that make you smile from time to time and heartbreaking from time to time, with the experience and fatherhood of his professional years, and who also guides the other young members of the team.