Hakan: Muhafız (The Protector) & Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) Reviews

Dear Reader: I’ve ended reviewing the Netflix series Hakan: Muhafız, The Protector.

I am now beginning to review my favorite family show of all time: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother -a show I feel really could help change the world)!!

Since there are not many Hakan episodes, and there will be many Sihirli Annem episodes to review, I’m linking the Sihirli Annem reviews below the Hakan reviews: just click here…

(Sihirli Annem, btw, is also not a Fairy Tale, but does feature Fairies! 🙂 …)

Hakan: Muhafız

I mention in each review, or I try to, my own experiences living in the city ‘Stanbul, with 25 million people, half of whom arrived yesterday from the Anadolu with their dreams in a truck, and built a house overnight.*

The word Muhafız literally means Protector, but I wish that Netflix had found another way to keep Hakan in the title of the show. I loved this show the instant I saw it, even though my experiences of this historic city were not good, personally, when I worked there. I learned a lot from living there, and am also learning a lot from this show, some of which helps to put my experiences as an American ex-pat working in Istanbul into a new perspective. I hope that you find meaning, as I have, in these episodes inspired by the novel, Karakalem ve Bir Delikanlinin Tuhaf Hikayesi, by N. İpek Gökdel (everywhere else, her first name, Nilüfer, is spelled out in the show credits, but always abbreviated in book credits, if you search for the books…).

And remember: “Bu bir masal degil.” -“This is not a fairy tale.”

*(yes, seriously: look up Gecekondu…)

Posting on Turkish Tuesdays…

Ch. 1: Part 1, ep. 1, Febuary 8th, 12022 HE (Holocene/Human Era),

Ch. 2: Part 1, ep. 2,

Ch. 3: Part 1, ep. 3,

Ch. 4: Turkish Tuesdays, and Three Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e4 Teaches About Learning From the Past ,

Ch. 5:Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e5 Teaches About Being Wrong ,

Ch. 6:Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e6 Teaches About Making Decisions ,

Ch. 7:Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e7 Teaches About ‘What’s Behind That?’,

Ch. 8: Empathy… ,

Ch.9: Turkish Tuesdays, Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e9, and a Lesson in Humility (vs. Empathy…) ,

Ch. 10: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e10 Teaches About Those Without Empathy ,

s2e1: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e1 Teaches About Humanity ,

s2e2: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan Teaches About Having a Home ,

s2e3: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector About Experience and Empathy ;

s2e4: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e4 Teaches About Life, and Listening ;

s2e5: Turkish Tuesdays, Two Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz, s2e5, and Ending this Series ;

s2e6: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e6, on Empathy, and Mistakes ,

s2e7: Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e7, on Empathy for Misplaced Love, and Names ,

s2e8: Turkish Tuesdays, and Last Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e8, on Learning via Empathy, and Empathy as a Sacred Duty ;

Sorry, with no Reader interest in this series, I just couldn’t bear season 3 .

Sihirli Annem reviews (starting with two introductory posts explaining the show): Explaining main chars: New Turkish Tuesdays Show: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother) , and

more supporting chars: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother), other characters ,

the opening: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Cute Theme Song!

and then, “Sihirli Annem başlıyor!” “Sihirli Annem begins!“

s1blm1/s1e1 rev1: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): When a Dad Remarries… ,

s1e1 rev2: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): How Caring Dads Handle Kids… ,

s1e1 rev3: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Betüş! ,

s1e1 rev4: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Love is Love… ,

s1e1 rev5: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Jealousy is Not Love… ,

s1e1 rev 6: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Things Are NOT Always As They Seem, Avni… ,

s1e1 rev 7: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Worker Owned Women’s Business Role Models,

s1e1 rev 8: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Will The Kids Win? ,

s1e1 last part: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): When Your Mom Really IS a Fairy GodMother… ,

The second episode of the series, s1e2: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e2) & Different Is Not Wrong , and the final review of S1e2: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e2) & Lack of Empathy Spreads Pain ,

s1blm3/e3: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e3) & Unfairness Hurts Us ALL, but Magic is Not the Solution, Logic Is… ,

s1blm4e4: Turkish Tuesday Sihirli Annem (s1e4) : #LanguageLearning to Build Empathy even for Evil Ex-Boyfriends?? ,

s1blm5/e5: Voting TuesDay, Sihirli Annem (s1e5) : #LanguageLearning to Build Empathy via Ethical Elders? ,

s1blm6/ep6: Turkish Tuesday (Türkçesi salı günü): Sihirli Annem (s1e6) #LanguageLearning vs. Empathy for Stalkers?? ,

s1blm7: Turkish Tuesday (Türkçesi salı günü): Sihirli Annem (s1e7) #LanguageLearning for Empathy Instead of Assumptions? ,

s1blm8: Turkish Tuesday (Türkçesi salı günü): Sihirli Annem (s1e8) #LanguageLearning for Orphans? , Cilek!

s1blm9: Turkish Tuesday (Türkçesi salı günü): Sihirli Annem (s1e9) #LanguageLearning for Changing Domestic Violence to Empathy? , (and free educational resources in Turkey, that sometimes kids know about that even some adults don’t know…)

s1Blm10: Turkish Tuesday (Türkçesi salı günü): Sihirli Annem (s1e10) #LanguageLearning To Change Jealousy to Empathy?? , even for the hardhearted powerful?

s1Blm11 (One of My Favorite!!): Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e11) What is Really the Best Mother’s Day Gift?

s1Blm12: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e12) And Can Rich Folks Learn From The Poor?

s1Blm13: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e13) And Would You Want to Go Back & Be Young Again?

S1Blm14: Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e14) and What Does it Mean, Adulthood?

s1Blm15: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom: s1e15), and Dealing With Hypocrites ,

s1Blm16: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e16: Jealous Kids, Big and Small… ,

s1Blm17: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e17: Things Are NOT Always As They Appear… ,

s1Blm18: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e18: What is Good?

s1Blm19: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e19: Childishness

s1Blm20: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e20: Secrets are Colored by Our Assumptions

s1Blm21: How would YOU Feel??

s1blm22: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e22: Patience Is An Adult Virtue, As Is Finding Solutions…

s1Blm23: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e23: Who’s The Naughty Girl, Here?

s1Blm 24: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e24: Double Standards For Girls and For Boys? ;

s1Blm25: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e25: Secrets Hurt, But Striving Helps ;

s1Blm26: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e26: Don’t Be a Bully ; and then, in July…

s1Blm27: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e27: Don’t Be a Twit ;

s1Blm28 shows how empathy can help the mental health of all involved… ;

s1Blm29: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e29: Look To The Stars, And Don’t Steal Other Peoples’ Dreams… ;

s1Blm30: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e30: Trust For Girls (which hearkens back to another Big Brother episode, Bölüm 24, right Bulut Abi Fairy? );

s1blm31: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e31: Everything is NOT Money ;

s1blm32: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e32: Beauty, Internal vs. External ;

s1blm33: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e33: Make Me Someone Else! ,

episode/blm 34: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e34: Striving to Learn ;

episode/blm 35: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e35: Magic Is Not Always the Best Weapon ;

episode/blm 36: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mom) s1e36, Hard Work, and Women Role Models in Business ;

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Thoughtful Readers and Fellow Language Learners:

Action Prompt:

      Share your thoughts on how story, like that of Hakan, a “street kid” to some, or orphans  Çilek (from Sihirli Annem), & Özlem (from Babamın Kemanı/My Father’s Violin…) inspires problem-solving, and might keep all children safe, please, and  feel free to share your thoughts on how we Human Beings might start to build a more fully inclusive society for all of us.  If you are inspired to write a book, story, post or tweet that uses these thoughts, we would love to hear about it here.

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