Susam Sokağı

Susam Sokağı is the Turkish adaptation of children's television program "Sesame Street". It was aired on weekday mornings 9:00 a.m./8:00 central on TRT, the state television in Turkey, between late 1980s and early 1990s. It involved a street design in a studio, and original Sesame Street material, translated and adapted.

Characters

*Real People
**Tahsin Usta: "lit. Master Tahsin" A repairman and Sabiha Teyze's husband. (Alp Öyken)
**Zehra Teyze: "lit. Aunt Zehra" A greengrocer. (Güven Hokna)
**Nihat Amca: "lit. Uncle Nihat" A Stationary store owner. (Alpay İzbırak)
**Hakan Abi: "lit. Bro. Hakan " A young man who plays the guitar in the neighborhood. (Tevfik Tolga Tecer)
**Zeynep Abla: "lit. Sis. Zeynep " A young woman living in the street. (Aslı Öyken Taylan)
**Sabiha Teyze: "lit. Aunt Sabiha" A tailor and Tahsin Usta's wife. (Betül Arım)
*Muppets
**Minik Kuş: "lit. Little Bird" Adaptation of Big Bird. He's in an orange color and is called as "little bird" despite his size. As a local adaptation, he's living in the fictional street with Real People characters.
**Kırpık: Adaptation of Oscar the Grouch. Lives in a wooden basket larger than the original one. As a local adaptation, he's living in the fictional street with Real People characters.
**Edi ve Büdü: Adaptation of Ernie and Bert. Taken from the idiom "Edi ve Büdü", based on a folktale, which is used for two people getting along good, particularly used for older couples.
**Kurbağacık: "lit. Little Froggie" Adaptation of Kermit. Kermit's name is Kermit as usual in the Muppet Show episodes shown in Turkey and only adapted into Kurbağacık in "Susam Sokağı"
**Kurabiye Canavarı: Adaptation of Cookie Monster. Name is literally translated.
**Açıkgöz: "lit. Open-eyed" Adaptation of Grover.