Medcezir (Tide) is a Turkish teen drama series written by Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu.

With a turnover of ₺25.6 million by the end of season one, Medcezir became the fifth most successful series in Turkey in terms of net sales and earning the producer as much as possible.

[4] Yaman who lives in Tozludere one lower socioeconomic of Istanbul's suburbs, has always tried to change his destiny by working hard to earn a good life.

Challenges arise for the young Yaman who enrols in the Asım Şekip Kaya University along with Mira, Mert, Eylül and their friends.

In January 2013, it was reported that Ay Yapım was planning to produce the series under the title Aşk Hikayesi and was trying to negotiate with Çağatay Ulusoy for the leading role.

[5] It was also revealed that it would be an adaptation of the American TV series The O.C.. On 21 July 2013, it was reported that the principal shooting would begin on 2 August.

[9] The project an adaptation of the work by Josh Schwartz, and the main team of writers consisted of Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu for the first eight episodes.

[12][13] Rezzan Çakır served as the cast manager, while Onur Tuğ was named the series' artistic director and Barış Işık became its cinematographer.

[14] Deniz Marşan and Başar Dizer were fashion consultants to the actors and Ömer Lekesiz took charge of the production team as the main manager.

[19] Television critic Gizem Kaboğlu commented on the success of the series' soundtrack by praising Toygar Işıklı and believed that it was good enough to revive the memories of The O.C.

[22] The promotional teaser for the second season featured a song by Kibariye titled "Sil Baştan" and garnered positive reviews.

[23] Serenay Sarıkaya also commented and said that "Kibariye, and Sil Baştan both had a huge impact" on bringing out the positive reviews for the teaser.

[27] Many old and new songs such as "Sevdim Seni Bir Kere", "Masum Değiliz", "Kandırdım", "Senden Daha Güzel", "Benim Ol", "Sen Ona Aşıksın" and "Kafa" were performed in different episodes by various characters and used on the series' soundtrack.

[28][29][30][31][32] The song "Bir Kuyruklu Yıldıza Mektup" was prepared specially for the series and was first performed with instruments in episode 54.

[33] Halil Sezai and Çiğdem Erken made a guest appearance in the series and performed the song "Dünyayı Durduran Şarkı".

[47][48] Shortly after the first episode of Medcezir was broadcast, Agos called it The New Phenomenon of the Screen and added that it "is already a candidate for being one of the best series of this season".

[49] Ayşe Karaduman, who wrote a review on Radikal's website, commented that "The series that brought together all the talented and experienced actors as a cast, has a script that completely fell below my expectation."

[54][55] Writing for Vatan, Oya Doğan believed the finale was the way that the viewers wanted it to be and added that the series was successful in leaving its influence behind.

[56] The website for Milliyet newspaper published a list of successful series with high ratings, in which the name of Medcezir also appeared as one of the unforgettable shows.

[59][60] The website N'oluyo published an article by Nida Fındık, who said that she would remember the series as a fairy tale and added that it had created a very beautiful two years for its audience.

Following the competitions, the winners met with Hazar Ergüçlü, who portrayed Eylül in the series, and took part in various activities with her such as shopping and received special invitations.

[68] Medcezir ranked fourth and sixth in the EU in terms of the most watched TV series with the ratings it received in the first weeks of its broadcasting.