The Turkish version "Kadin" of Nippon TV's scripted drama format Woman -My Life for My Children- wins the special award at Tokyo Drama Award 2018
This marks the second consecutive year MEDYAPIM has received the "Special Award"

  

TOKYO, JAPAN - October 25, 2018 - MEDYAPIM, one of the leading production companies in Turkey, won the "Special Award" tonight at the Tokyo Drama Awards for its Turkish version (Kadin) of Nippon TV's award-winning scripted drama format Woman - My Life For My Children - . MF Yapim CEO Faruk Bayhan and MEDYAPIM CEO Fatih Aksoy were present to accept the award. This honor marks the second consecutive year a Turkish drama and Nippon TV formatted series has been chosen for the "Special Award". Last year, the Turkish version (Anne) of Nippon TV's highly-successful drama series Mother won the award.

Woman - My Life For My Children - is the award-winning drama series that depicts a woman's fight to survive in a difficult world while shedding light on problems rooted in society. This story unfolds the daily life of a single mother and her young family trying to find peace and happiness in a harsh reality.

Kadin finished the first season to rave ratings on FOX Turkey, and the second season started on October 2nd (Tues), 2018, garnering the number one position in ratings in all of Turkey's TV shows on that day. Kadin continues to champion the Tuesday ratings in the following episodes as well.　

Quote from CEO Mr. Fatih Aksoy, Medyapim
"I'm really glad to receive this award. Anne turned into an international hit after the award last year, and I hope Kadin will also be the next international hit for 2019. The collaboration between Medyapim, MF Yapim and Nippon TV will continue with more new series; the first one will be OASIS-a love story- which I hope will be here to receive the same award as well."

Quote from Chairman Mr. Yoshio Okubo, Chairman of the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, and Nippon TV's Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Operating Officer
"I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to all the winners. Please accept this award as an encouragement to the creation of further wonderful drama series."
"Japanese drama series are suited for international adaptation, as it has been proven in recent years. For several years, the Japanese government has focused on the international adapatation of content as one of its growth strategies. Content export value has increased dramatically to about 40 billion yen in recent years, which in 2010 had only been about 6 billion yen."
"However, we have not caught up with the expansion that Korea has already achieved, and there is also still a great difference from other international countries. There is still much room for improvement and we must continue to develop great series and its scripted formats."
"This year, drama series from Turkey, Taiwan and Vietnam were selected as the "Special Award", and we welcome the creators present today. Turkey is the world's second largest drama series exporter after the USA, and there are many things that we must learn from them. Congratulations to everybody."

ABOUT TOKYO DRAMA AWARDS
Founded in 2008, Tokyo Drama Awards recognizes excellent dramas that Japan is excited to bring overseas. In order to achieve further global exposure of the nominated dramas, the award's judging criteria places emphasis on "marketability" and "merchantability" rather than "artistry" or "show quality". This "Special Award" is presented to excellent dramas produced outside Japan for better cultural understanding and business partnerships.

ABOUT WOMAN - MY LIFE FOR MY CHILDREN -
For additional detailed information on Woman - My Life For My Children -, please visit:
https://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/2013/07/woman.html