Turkish soap operas on Canale 5 this summer: a complete guide to schedules and programming.

Canale 5 's summer of 2026 will be all about Turkish: the show will fill the afternoons and evenings of Mediaset's flagship network, with an offering that ranges from new daytime stories to prime-time highlights. Here's the complete guide.

Afternoon soaps

The afternoon is dominated by daytime soap operas: at 2:10 pm , the story of Forbidden Fruit airs , featuring the Argun and Ekinci families as protagonists of the fourth season. From 2:45 pm , Far Away arrives , the new drama starring Ozan Akbaba and Sinem Ünsal , which tells the story of Alya and her struggle between freedom and family roots.

In the late afternoon, around 16.45pm , Tutto per la mia famiglia continues , while Be My Sunshine presides over the weekend.

Turkish evenings

Friday prime time is dedicated to The Heir ( Halef 's Italian name ), starring İlhan Şen , Aybüke Pusat and Biran Damla Yılmaz : Serhat, an accomplished surgeon, is torn between Melek and Yildiz and must deal with the consequences of a marriage linked to the rivalry between two families.

Sunday evening is the turn of Tale of a Night , the Turkish prime time dizi. In 2026 alone, Mediaset brought six new dizis to Italy: Tale of a Night , The Heir , Be My Sunshine , Far Away , Everything for My Family and Act of Infidelity.

Where to watch them streaming

All Turkish soap operas are available for streaming on Mediaset Infinity , where you can catch up on previously broadcast episodes. This fall, with the return of Uomini e Donne, the schedule will change: Far Away, for example, will move from Monday to Friday at around 4:05 PM.